Get a Life!

Wow, it has been forever since I've "blogged." Why am I back now? What super natural force has beckoned me? Well it is actually quite simple. I was looking at a friend's blog and noticed he had a link to mine on the side. I figured if my name is more "national" now, that I best be updating and providing something of substance.

Well, I've been quite busy recently. Teaching 150+ kids a day, going to Graduate classes every Monday and Tuesday night, and coaching Cross Country in the fall and now Basketball. Here is a typical day for me recently. Let's take a Tuesday/Wednesday combo. I go in at 6 am to lift with a co-worker of mine. Shower and be back at school in my room at roughly 7:40. Bell rings at 8:30 to start the day. Twenty minute lunch sitting with 100 students. By 7th and 8th Hour, I am drained. Get in the car and drive an hour to class. End class at 7:50, drive the hour back home. Eat, go to bed. Up at 6 on Wednesday morning, in my classroom at 7:30. Go through the day. Late practice this week so I stay at the school and check/plan/do paperwork until 4:45. Practice begins then and ends at 6. Coaches discuss the day's practice, I go home and eat. It is now past 7 and I need to be at at 5:30 to lift on Thursday morning. I know what I'll be giving thanks for on Thanksgiving and that is a couple days off!

Honestly, I'm keeping up alright. Some times papers don't get checked right away, and some times I have to procrastinate on writing papers a little longer than I would like. But I'm doing it. There is one problem though. I feel as if I have no life. My day's activities are of my own choosing and I like teaching, I'm learning a lot in class, and I just can't really see myself giving up coaching, but where is time to kick it with friends, find a girl, see a movie, establish myself. I would love to get a dog, but the poor thing would never see me. If I could get out, maybe I would find a girlfriend, but then she wouldn't know what I looked like after a couple weeks. Maybe I just need to take a deep breath or two and realize that these will be a couple rough years, but once classes are done things will settle down a bit. Maybe I do need to consider what priorities are right now. Maybe I need to grow up, quit being selfish, and realize that I went into a profession that demands all of me. Possibly I should look at the other teachers and see how they balance family and work. Possibly I need to manage my time better (I do admit this as a fault). I do know that I just need to "keep on keepin' on" (thanks Joe Dirt) and have faith that "my life" will eventually just fall into place.