Sleep much?

So it's been quite some time since my last post. When I signed on to this job I never thought I'd get as tired as I was when I was in college. My past month here has disproven that assumption. On a typical day I need to be in the office by 7:45am, which means waking up by 7 at the latest so that I can get dressed for the day, eat breakfast, and walk the 7 minute walk to my office. Although I do not teach all day long, most of the "free" is spent lesson planning or in a meeting. School ends at 3:30 and volleyball practice starts at 3:45 and goes for a full two hours. That's certainly the most exciting time of my day. Then its time for a nice dinner in the dorms (the free food is definitely a sperk to this job!). There are two building called Sage and Kellas that are connected and have dining rooms in each. Somehow the time after dinner just flys by. Mondays and Tuesdays are great if there is only practice because I have some free time in the evening.

It's taking me a little while to adjust to being in the working world and realizing that I don't need to, and shouldn't, by working at all times of the day. I need to learn to separate my work from my personal time or else I will go crazy. But then again that's hard to do when you work at a boarding school. These first few weeks I have been wanting to be extremely thorough in my lesson planning and organization of the class period so I've been taking my work home with me and doing in my little office (the second attic room I think I mentioned earlier). But if I take my work home with me I revert to college student mode and dedicate a lot of time to preparing until I feel completely comfortable and ready for the class. Doing work like this leaves me little time to stay sane and have personal time. I need to realize though that it's okay for me to read the newspaper at night, or do some leisure reading, or even watch t.v (which was a very rare activity in college). This job is definitely forcing me to budget my time better.

Speaking of budgeting time.....guess who woke up at 8am Thursday morning for her 8am Spanish 2 class? Yup, you guessed it! I did! I'm learning not only to trust my cell phone alarm but also that I just need to find a way to get to bed earlier.