bushed

Well, it's the end of another day, and I'm exhausted.

I went to bed close to midnight last night, after reading course material (for my Major Prophets class) until I just couldn't keep my eyes open any longer. Then, I was up around 5:30, reading again. I had until 11:00 AM to post two responses to my reading. It really wasn't enough time to digest all I had taken in and then restate it in a meaningful way. But I tried. Hard. My writing was finally posted at 10:54 and 10:56 AM. Just under the wire.

Whew. I will not wait that long again. I have never done an on-line class like this, and I totally underestimated how long it would take.

But in spite of my shaky start, I think I did OK. I read a number of posts by the other students and—guess what?—I'm a pretty good writer. I guess when something comes kind of easy for you, you just assume that everyone can do it. 

Lunch was with some friends, and we spent the afternoon with them. It was a VERY positive time. Sometimes we don't see each other for many weeks, and sort of negative thoughts start to creep in. We assume the others don't want to see us; that maybe they don't like us so much. It's amazing how that happens. But when we get together, the time is so enjoyable, and we really connect. We definitely need to do it again soon.

Home, I drew a map for the Mr. for his class tomorrow. I used Adobe Illustrator. He starts teaching a Bible school class tomorrow. I think he's pretty much ready for this week, but I'm afraid there's going to be ongoing pressure as he prepares new lessons every week.

I'm really ready for bed now, but we have to stay up to skype with our boss. That's in just a few minutes. I will try my best to be alert and with it, but then I'm SO off to bed, with apologies to the kitty. She clearly doesn't think she's gotten enough attention again today, but I just don't have it in me tonight.