Pour Moi, le Deluge

Jackie ♦ November 6, 2008 ♦ Leave a Comment

So clearly, I was really swamped there for a while! There are a lot of reasons why I let this blog languish for a month:

The elections, of course, which sucked up a lot of my time and energy. I’m so relieved and grateful that it’s all over, and that history was made in such a thrilling way

Class prep and grading has taken up a lot of my time lately as well. Although I really enjoy the texts I chose for this semester in my college course, I have regretted making those choices on a personal level, because having to redevelop the course really took up a lot of my time. I think I underestimated how much my husband’s starting law school would affect the amount of time I had to spend on work here at home. I’m also teaching a redesigned unit during the day on Catcher in the Rye which has taken up a fair amount of time as well.

Of course, the daily grind of everyday life– Halloween parties, trick-or-treating, bake sales, play dates, cooking meals, doing laundry, staying connected to friends and family. My life has actually been pretty lovely lately, but I do wish I had more time for writing and reading. I’ve been feeling that absence this week especially, as I’ve quit drinking soda and am looking for ways to destress that don’t include carbonation or caffeine. I’m wondering if blogging more, instead of less, might be the answer after all.