I think I'm getting too old for this

Aargh, I definitely am getting too old to be surviving on how little sleep I've gotten in the past few days. I feel exhausted, kind of shakey and somewhat hungover. So, here's the rundown of the past week:

Monday: Trivia night as always. I finally got to meet Mike's girlfriend, Stephanie, who I've heard so much about. She is very sweet and cool. She's got a totally cute look too. They're a ridiculously cute couple. Good night.

Tuesday: Drove my parents to the airport (woo hoo!) and guitar at Ben's. I still feel horribly self-conscious playing in front of other people. I'm working on this and Ben is very patient with me.

Wednesday: Latest issue of the school paper came out and I am waiting for the fallout from it. The kids did a good job with their articles, but the front page story was quite critical of school policy. The principal gave the go-ahead on the article (he was interviewed for it and saw it before we ran it) but I know there are other teachers and other people in the administration that will NOT like it. Left school waiting for the emails and phone calls from parents to start. On the spur of the moment I invited Jon over for dinner-we concocted this chicken/peppers/onions dish with rice and salad. Had a bottle of white wine and 'twas a good, relaxing night. However, I went to bed MUCH too late and was horribly exhausted the next day (it was worth it though). At this point? About 5 hours of sleep that night.

Thursday: My dept head comes to my room first thing. I know it will be about the paper. The good news? She LOVED it, thought it was great and loved that the kids are finding a voice. The bad news? She agrees, I will have pissed quite a few people off with this issue. Waiting for fallout... Guitar lesson went pretty well considering I haven't been practicing nearly as much as I should.

Friday: Still waiting for the fallout. The librarian said she loved the issue but I also heard that I pissed off the vice-principal and his secretary for being "too negative" in the issue. Dept head says they should ask themselves who the paper's audience is. Them or the kids? She's still backing me AND the prinicpal liked the issue, so I guess everyone else can go fuck off. Jon and I cooked dinner again (spicy shrimp, pasta, crusty bread and wine) and then headed to a Purim party where we watched this horrible but very funny kung-fu movie. Again, too little sleep that night.

Saturday: Recovery from the night before. Had breakfast with Jon (he made me pancakes! They were really good:) He definitely spoils me) and then crashed for a while trying to make up for the lack of sleep I've been getting. Was supposed to go to the Billy Talent show with Husband and Jon but the show got rescheduled so Husband, Wife, Joel, Jon, Ben and I hit up Dominick's since the weather was so nice. The sangria was good, the pizza was yummy and the company was great. Sometimes I think Ben and Jon try to compete to see who can be more outrageous, but it's highly entertaining to watch:) We headed over to Ashley's for a bit and then all of the sudden I was EXHAUSTED. Like, I could have fallen asleep in the bar for real. We get back to my car to find someone hit the side-view mirror on the sidewalk side of the car (I was parallel parked). I was SO pissed. Completely fixated on who would be such an asshole to do something like that. I had this happen once before with my old car, and while it isn't as bad this time, it's still a huge inconvenience to now have to deal with the insurance company, get it to the dealer to get it fixed AND somehow do this all on my own AND get to work. Too little sleep again.

And today? I need to do all the grading and planning that I've put off while feeling kinda crappy. All I want to do is go to sleep for a bit, but I know that if I even allow myself a nap, I'll be out till 5pm and get NOTHING done. Oh well. I'm definitely getting too old for this.

Taste of Chaos and Snow Patrol next weekend. Better than that though? Only 8 more days of school till spring break! I can't wait. The kids think they're looking forward to vacation? They don't know the half of it;)