Long time, no read

I realize it's been a while since I've written, so many of you may be wondering what I've been up to... the answer is simple: I work. A lot. Here, for your entertainment (ok, it's probably not entertaining at all, but whatever) is a typical week in the life of Indy.

Monday:
1. typical school day (job #1), which consists of:

• occasional 7:30 meeting (blech!!!)
• teach at the middle school 8:30-9:45
• drive to high school, prepare for class, check email obsessively, grade papers 9:45-11:25
• teach sophomore English 11:30-3:15
• lunch from 12:30-1:00 (which, with the quarter-mile hike to the English office where I eat on the floor above, leaves roughly 25 minutes for heating soup, eating it, and b.s.-ing with colleagues)
• clean up, prepare for next day, grade 3:15-4:00

2. go for a run

3. play guitar hero or otherwise engage in some activity that requires little thought

4. hang out with friends

total hours worked so far: 8 1/2

Tuesday:

1. typical school day (8:00-4:00)

2. eat dinner/watch Oprah

3. Sometimes I do GED (job #2) on Tuesday from 5:45- 9:00, where I give the test and work on grading papers for job #1 or preparing/grading for job #3 (see Wednesday)

4. If I don't have to do job #2, then I still prepare/grade for job #3, but I get to watch TV and talk to the roommates instead of watch people take a test

total hours worked so far: 20 with GED, approximately 18-19 without

Wednesday:

1. typical school day (8:00-4:00)

2. eat dinner/watch Oprah

3. teach English class at local community college (job #3) 5:45-9:00

4. if I'm feeling ambitous, or too stressed to deal with life: karaoke with the girls 9:30-midnight

total hours worked so far: 29-32

Thursday:

1. typical school day (8:00-4:00)

2. eat dinner/fall asleep to Oprah

3. do GED testing 5:45-9:00

4. watch LOST with the roommates, friends

5. play poker with the boys 9/10:00- whenever I get tired and lose my chips

total hours worked so far: 40-43

Friday:

1. typical school day 8:30-3:30 (hey, I'm tired by Friday!)

2. go for a run

3. nap

4. dinner with friends

5. Friday evening shenanigans with friends

total hours worked so far: 47-50

Saturday:

1. run errands

2. grade papers 1-2 hours (sometimes this happens on Sunday, or not at all... sometimes for much longer...)

3. Saturday afternoon/evening tomfoolery with friends

total hours worked so far: 49-52

Sunday:

1. church 9:15-11:15

2. nap

3. go for a run

4. Beatles Anthology viewing (new Sunday activity!)

Ok, I know a lot of people work more than I do, but I think 50 hours a week is enough, and probably a fair estimate of time, although it doesn't include time thinking or talking about work without actually getting stuff accomplished.

So, how do I have time to write this blog, you may ask? Right now, I'm on spring break- so total hours of work so far: nada :)