Treading Water

I spent a good portion of the day working on a blog post. Not the post you’re reading now but a much longer one. It’s been a bad week and the disappointment from yesterday immense. By the time I was done writing, I was exhausted and not ready to share what I wrote. Go figure.

So here’s an update of the week.

•  Sunset Park: Nothing new. I submitted my edits on 10/4 and have heard nothing back. Back to waiting. 

• Work: For the first time in my teaching career, I actually don’t want to teach. I don’t know if it’s the increased amount of crap that’s going on behind the scenes that won’t quit or my extended low mood. I’ve lost a lot of joy in a lot of things so maybe it is that. Not sure. All I know is that I would much prefer to stay in my little apartment, behind locked doors, and write.

• Weight: I gained when I fell off the diet wagon a couple weeks ago and then my mood tanked and I haven’t felt like eating. Probably not a good thing I’m not eating much (and not very healthily) but the consequences I can live with as I lost what I gained and then some. In total, I’m down 28 pounds total.

•  Television: In love with Arrow which means it’ll probably be cancelled along with Elementary and Last Resort.

Short (by one day) week at school coming up. Friday’s a full day of professional development. I’m so thrilled. Still stuck in the gray days. Feels like I’m treading water.

Dana