"OFF"!

My mother loves to emphasize the word "OFF" when she is OFF from work. I'm glad her email to me last night was titled OFF! My mother cracks me up.

I am finished teaching, however, that doesn't mean I'm finished working. I am still required to grade my senior exams given today, enter grades, and write comments. Then comes advisor letters and underclassmen exams in June. In teaching are we ever truly off? When the business office told me I would take some unpaid leave these two weeks, I wanted to scream since I have definitely worked more than my required 40 hours a week every week in my entire teaching career. Such as I am taking a sick day today, but will put in at least 4 hours of work to get senior grades done. The nerve...

My midwife appointment was discouraging. No changes. I made an appointment for next week to discuss induction. I REALLY hope Nugget will come before then. I'm hopeful acupuncture will put me into labor. Attempt 1 is today at 3:30.