So burnt out and a new toy!

Today's post is brought to you by 11 DPO -- a time when my brain tends to careen from high to low within seconds.

I just have to make it through one more week of classes, then finals, then a giant pile o' grading and I'll be out of class until June 5th.  Lots of work to do before June 5 (I'm teaching a brand new class this summer to a bunch of students we're bringing onto campus the summer before their freshman year), but I won't be in class for  four weeks!!  I am incredibly burnt out and really need a break.  I need to feel excited about teaching again.  I really hope this new class this summer helps.  Right now I just feel tired and annoyed all the time.  I really need a break.


I'm having typical 1ww roller coaster emotions.  Not that there are any signs that are different this month than any other month, but the irony of getting pregnant while waiting for an IVF consult while incredibly stressed at work would just be too perfect.  So, my hope this month is that the universe thinks like that, too.

I was an emotional mess this weekend.  I sobbed to my DH multiple times about IF then I bawled my eyes out watching the Humane Society awards for animal issue portrayal in the media.  Seriously, I couldn't see I was crying so much.  Note to self:  do not watch either sweet or upsetting TV when you're hormonal.

As to the new toy -- I have a new iPad!!!  OK, so actually, it's not mine.  It was purchased as part of a grant  to see if we can figure out how we can use them in the classroom.  But, at the moment, I get to hold onto it (and test out some apps because, you know, I've got to see the kind of things it can do...).  It. Is. So. Cool.  I've only had it for a day and my DH already thinks I'm addicted.  And, all I can think, as I wander around with it, is "OMG look at me on my Star Trek PADD.  I'm in the future."

Of course, it is keeping me totally distracted from work.  I seriously need to disconnect from technology at some point if I'm ever going to get anything accomplished again...