Stressed

I'm super stressed out.  Work is stressing me out, and I'm tired all the time.  I can't seem to shake my cough nor my sniffles.  Dadey is going through a growth spurt and getting his 2 year molars, which means he screamed for about 15 minutes when I put him into bed. He didn't want to lie down and go to bed.  I took the CD player back upstairs and put on Republic Tigers, and he calmed right down and went to sleep.

I feel for him, on the not feeling good.  He just wants to cuddle up with mommy or daddy and feel safe.  Problem is that this time last year he was super sick and we started letting him sleep with us.  It lasted for months, he wouldn't sleep in his own bed, and we ended up having him sleep with us.  I don't want this to happen.  Neither Clint nor I sleep well when we sleeps with us, so I let him cry until he went to sleep.  Broke my heart, but I had to let him know that he had to sleep in his bed like a big boy.

I don't have to work tomorrow!!!  I get an extra day off, and it's much needed.  I've been pulling 10+ hour days at school plus doing work at home and I still can't seem to get caught up.  The quarter is ending next week, which means I need to have all my grading done and in the system.  I'm starting to do the thing where I'm picking and choosing what is getting graded and what's not. 

The kids are getting better at doing the grading on their own and telling me what their scores are.  That's a whole lot of stress off of me.  By allowing them to grade their own I have to grade less.  I'm starting my reading groups next week.  Hopefully they will go smoothly.  I need to get them back in the groups.  They did so well with them last year.

We have a super busy weekend planned as usual.   Pumpkin Patch tomorrow, Ren Fest again on Saturday with Clint's Mom, and then a work day with Clint's family on Sunday. 

Time to go fold some laundry, grade some papers, and get ready for my shows.