It's Mondaying again...

Ah, the shoes drop.

Pellet stove woes. It's time to call a professional; G does a good job trouble-shooting, but I think it's time to have someone who specializes in fixing these things. And of course it's 25 degrees out. Sigh. At least we have the oil heat.

That said, it's Monday, and it's another busy week. Not as nutty as the last several, but there are the usual things to work with and around-- mostly field trips and seniors having a special meeting morning to work on applications (though many of them have already gotten acceptance letters, so ??)-- limping our way toward Thanksgiving break, I guess. We'll get there.

The three-day weekend was packed with house cleaning, errands, and so on. I still have a few papers left to grade, but they are not critical, so they'll get done today. What I really want is a day to just sit and read, but that's not going to happen anytime soon. Maybe over the Thanksgiving holiday? We'll see. 

I hope that I can find an hour to just "breathe" and hit my own reset button today. Maybe it'll happen. I have friends who would tell me that I just need to schedule a "date" with myself daily. And I used to-- it's a good practice, and one that would be quite useful for me. I do feel a little out of balance lately. And I do have a poetry book to be reading/annotating for the next review I've been asked to write. 

There. See? All I had to do is talk it out with you. I will pencil in an hour of the afternoon, right after lunch. to NOT do chores, but to read.

Have a good day,

C