I am so glad I don't have to do any grading next year. (My teaching contract ran out, so I'm not going to be teaching at all next year, just working on my research so I can finally finish this degree.) I like teaching, but really hate grading. Webassign, for all its flaws (and it does have a lot), actually let me stop doing the rote grading this past semester, and focus more of my time on lesson planning, and also on grading a few things that actually required a human looking at it, rather than just a yes/no.

My sleep schedule has gotten so screwed up lately. I've been on way too many meds that either wake me up or put me to sleep, but they do it at all the wrong times, and I haven't had enough of a set schedule to avoid just sleeping when the meds made me sleepy, and now I've got to try to fix all that. I should be asleep within the hour. Let's see how well that works.

Silly Americans,

Aw, I was okay with the outcome. Even though yes, OMG HAWT Frenchman. I never got the Frenchman thing until Gilles.

I'm so pleased that Jilli's fine, and Aimee is fine and Babyfras is here.

It's good. I like the good news.

More please.

Thanks for saying that, Kristin.

Of course, Burrell. We grading-haters need to stick together.

P.S. I have managed to take care of scads of other miscellaneous school business but have only gotten through one more paper in the last two hours. Somehow everything else just seemed so much more important interesting preferable.

Burrell, I'm sorry to have jumped on you last night too. I was being overly sensitive.

The back pain is back and keeping me awake. I hope I can get some relief at the chiro tomorrow.

I'm so sorry you're hurting, sj. I hope the chiro helps.

ION, I am down to the final three essays, and I think I'd rather spork my eyes out than grade them.

Can you go to bed? Or do you need to finish them tonight?

I think I just need to grit my teeth and barrel through. Tomorrow is my last chance to turn these back in time for the ninth graders to revise for the final drafts that are due next week (I'm trying really hard not to think about those right now). I have to grade senior projects tomorrow. The seniors' last day is Thursday, and I have two students who are on the edge of needing to take a final exam depending on their grades, so tomorrow needs to be senior grading day. But...then they go away! YAY. (I mean, I love them and all, but still.)

Punctuation for sj and Kristin.

I'm going to bed now. I rather hope I don't wake up at 4 or 5.