I’ve never been the type of person to hit Snooze. Once my alarm goes off, I’m usually up and movin’ and brewin’ some coffee. Lately, I’ve been setting all the alarms, pushing Snooze a million times, and constantly feeling like I’m a walking zombie. Is this what life feels like when you’re approaching 30?!?!

In any case, I’m thankful for my caffeine fix this morning. And also this afternoon.

I don’t know how I used to survive off 5-6 hours of sleep. Back when I hated the taste of coffee and just naturally woke up bushy-tailed and bright-eyed. Oh, to be 21 again.

I’ve also been feeling stretched thin at work. If you haven’t read this post, do that. That’s how I’m feeling. Stretched. Thin. (But not in a way that benefits my waistline).

I just hate that all of the other responsibilities that come along with this job are negatively impacting my planning and prep for my kiddos. My lessons are thrown together – whenever I get a free moment away from paperwork and behavior plans – so they’re not thoughtfully planned out. Which is really frustrating when you work with kiddos with processing issues or different learning styles.

They need thoughtful lessons.

They need someone to take the time to create something meaningful so they UNDERSTAND the content covered in class.

And, instead, I feel like I’m letting them down.

Not a good feeling.

But, I’ll just keep “picking the mic back up” and doing what I can. That’s all I can do at this point. And, hopefully, some day, I’ll have figured out a way to balance it all.