Wednesday, December 12, 2007
I am in the middle of quite possibly the most stressful week of my entire life. That might be a little melodramatic, but if it is, it really is only a slight exaggeration.
I have written 19 pages so far, and I have 23 to go. Plus a Hebrew exam, plus an all-day discernment meeting on Saturday. Blech. Working 10 hours at CARE, teaching two Sunday School classes, writing 40+pages, studying for an exam, doing vocational discernment and oh, yeah, remembering to eat, get dressed and maintain some personal hygiene is proving to be almost more than I can handle. I hope that it is only lack of sleep talking, and that tomorrow I will feel refreshed and rested and not sick and ready to pump out a Sunday School lesson and 10 or so pages. That would be awesome.
I have never asked for an extension before, and this may be a first. We'll see how I feel Thursday night. It's quite a humbling thing. And also, it makes me into a crazy woman who feels like anything unexpected could send me over the edge.
So what am I doing writing on my blog in the middle of this crazy week, you ask? Well, I am coming down with a cold, or am having a terrible allergy attack or both and cannot fall asleep because every time I get close, I start sneezing. Plus, the end of the day puts me in this weird place of being totally exhausted and completely buzzed and jittery at the same time. Not a good combo for sleep. It's like with little kids when they get to the point of being too tired, bedtime becomes not so easy.
Need sleep, send prayers! (that's better than need help, send money, right?)
