I'm human. My life this week has reminded me of this. Sure I know it but this week I've been confronted with life and the fact that I cannot do everything.

I have dirty dishes in my sink. I should sweep my apartment. I need to do some laundry (but it turns out I'm out of laundry detergent).  And I must take the garbage out this morning on my way to school.

The thing is, I am not sure what I have been doing.

Basically, I've been working or doing things related too work. The only problem right now is that I can't seem to get caught up. I grade work and then I get more. I read student work and then I get essay. I teach class and then I give a quiz. What's more, I've also been going to Balkan dance practice two-plus times a week in the early evening preparing for the school Christmas concert.

On top of all of this, these days it seems to be constantly dark. It's dark in the mornings. So dark in fact that I wonder if I've failed to correctly set my alarm when it goes off at 6am. Likewise it's dark when I leave work.

Anyhow, Friday is our school faculty Christmas party and I'm looking forward to that. We do a secret santa among teachers which is a lot of fun. For three days (Wednesday, Thursday and Friday) we leave clues and a little something (think chocolate) for the teachers who's name you drew. Then on Friday night at the party Santa comes (for real, in a Santa suit and everything) and he delivers presents and the secret santas are revealed.

So last night instead of doing any of the other things I've listed, I made Christmas cookies to give to my santee while singing (poorly) christmas songs. I'm human, too, you know.