Fall is such a shock to the system after summer! September was a blur, and now it’s October, and it’s still hot…

We had a lovely concert last weekend: I played viola, Louie and I hosted a small chamber orchestra at our house for an after-concert party, and my parents ended up being in town for both. It was a lot of stress, but a lot of fun. I won’t deny I was relieved when it was over though! This past weekend was much more relaxing: we got in a hike at Greensfelder Park, had dinner with friends, I went to a friend’s birthday brunch party, and attended a concert as well.

The weeks have been hectic: teaching, insane amounts of bus duty as the buses are routinely 20-30 minutes late, more teaching, followed by teaching. My college students have been so much fun this semester, my private students as well, the school kids I’m still getting to know, and everybody, especially high school and up, seems overwhelming and exhausted. It’s going to be a rough year, but I think so far most people are managing. This may be a quasi-post-pandemic return to the normalcy of being completely overscheduled.

I’m not totally overscheduled, but Mondays are tiring, that alarm comes early. I am used to the long days by now to some extent, but I definitely wish for more days off. I can’t articulate what I would give up for that though, so I suppose it’s a good thing. Maybe Louie and I don’t have enough hobbies to work less anyway. (This is mostly sarcasm, as we have a lot of things we ignore, but we get there.)

Mostly I’m just complaining about my schedule. Boring, right? I finished Abraham Verghese’s The Covenant of Water and really enjoyed that. We are watching Suits (currently on season 3, no spoilers please!) and find it a diversion…I wouldn’t describe it as GOOD exactly, but it’s mostly enjoyable and the characters do stupid things that we yell at them about. It’s fun!

How’s your week going?