Summer at last!

I'm finally done with school for the year! Yesterday I was feeling ecstatic... but also a mix of feeling a little lost. Ecstatic to not have to THINK about my co-workers for three months. (if you were wondering, I didn't go atomic on my co-workers after all. The opportunity never presented itself) Ecstatic to get to sleep in and not wake up at 5 am every weekday.

However, my classroom is my home-away-from-home for nine months of the year. On the last day, I have to turn in my keys and I'm not "allowed" back in my room until August 17th. To me, it feels a little like moving to a new home. You're ultimately happy and excited about what new and better things are ahead of you- but a little sad to be leaving something behind. I know, I'm weird. I don't think most teachers feel this way. But what can I say? I guess I was born to teach and I just miss it when I'm not doing it (most of the time).

There's another side to it as well: I am used to thinking about school most of my waking hours- and spend most of my time doing work for school. When summer rolls around, all of a sudden my schedule is wide open. It can be a bit overwhelming to go from not having enough time to do it all- to having all the time in the world to do anything. And it gets boring really fast when every other person you know (except your co-workers) still has their 8-5 pm job on weekdays. There's no one around to do much with. And without LO's in our home, I have more time to fill than the average teacher in the summer, all by myself.

This summer I don't have summer classes to take (last year I took 7 grad credits which kept me busy) but I do have a huge schedule filler: our IVF. Right now I'm shooting up Lupron nightly and the side effects aren't too bad (right now). I'm twiddling my fingers waiting until my next cycle starts (and thanks to the Norethindrone, could be anywhere from tomorrow to 7 days after that. I don't really know how it may have altered my cycle length and the word is that Lupron can delay it as well). After cycle day 1, things will be a small flurry of activity. One call to the RE to make the day 3 appointment (which should also be the day the Follistim starts if all goes as planned) and one to the acu lady, who doesn't think I need to come in again until then. Then, I'll have a better idea of the dates for our next steps. But until then, I'm twiddling my fingers (and sleeping in).