Well I am back from my Broome Holiday and feel completely overwhelmed with the amount of marking I still have to do. I have two big boxes of visual diaries on the dining table to mark as well as a full class set of major still life projects to mark.
At school I still have 3 classes worth of ceramic mugs to grade (at least 75), another 25 visual diaries, and 50 lino prints! It is crazy! While that is all magically happening I will have to teach my classes and come up with new task sheets and assignments for the new term that has commenced.
To add to that I have to respond to the unbelievable amount of email I receive from students asking questions. I have truly never had that as an issue before.
I know it will all be fine and I will get through it but right now it feels out of control and I don't like that feeling.
Perhaps I shouldn't go on amazing holidays during the term breaks because coming back to school is extra hard...haha just kidding. As if I would change that!
This is the first time I have felt truly overwhelmed. It took 4 months into the exchange. I am also sick again (the flight?) so maybe I am more sensitive. Drinking peppermint tea to keep my voice ready for at least another day.
Wish me luck!
In other news I was described as an exotic flower by a women I stayed with on Airbnb. That was a first! Wonder why she chose those words. Odd but interesting. I hope it was a good exotic flower. I've never been described like that. I'm sure it was my personality because my looks were truly rough to say the least. Hard to look remotely good when it is 35 degrees unless you have an amazing body and can strut it in a bikini and sadly I don't fall in that category. Whatever, I am a nice person.
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