I’m so happy to be back home. The hospital released me this afternoon. I couldn’t have asked for a more wonderful group of people to take care of me when I was sick. I’m taking the rest of the week off work to rest and completely recover. I have a workshop in Burlington to attend on Friday, but I am looking forward to it and will get an early dinner up there afterwards.

This week has felt like a long, never ending week, but now it’s almost over. Today will be busy, but hopefully, not as stressful as the rest of this week has been. I have classes to teach today, but that’s not a big deal. It’s just that I try not to schedule multiple classes on the same day for different professors. These classes were easy to prepare for, so that’s not the issue. It’s more of a time thing. I have to pull the objects out of storage, so when it’s two different classes, that can be a lot of objects. After the classes are finished, I also have to put everything away. That might not sound like much, but the classes are in two different rooms on opposite sides of the museum with a small window of time between the two classes. Oh, and there is a third class going on at the same time as my second class, so I had to teach a coworker how to teach it.

When I leave work today at 4 pm, I will be ready for a relaxing and stress free weekend. 🤞

I know I promised Wednesday posts about male nudes in art throughout history, so I apologize that there won’t be one this week. I have been swamped at work all week and too exhausted when I get home to spend the time preparing a post. It’s been the week from hell, and nothing seems to be going like it should. It’s getting to me mentally too, as I’ve been feeling depressed and anxious. I have an event that I organized  happening today, and it seems like everything associated with it has been made more difficult than it should have been. Once today is over, I can breathe a little easier, but the rest of the week is just as busy as the week has been so far. I can’t wait until Saturday when I’ll finally get a day of rest.

I have a very busy week ahead and am not looking forward to any of it. I have tours, extra classes, a luncheon event, and Botox. I rarely have more than one of these things each week, but all of this means I won’t be able to have a work from home day this week. I’m just trying to stay calm and carry on.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.☘️ Traditionally, at least where I’m from, people wear green today. St. Patrick’s Day is a bigger event up north than it is down south, although there may be celebrations in New Orleans, which had a lot of Irish immigrants. I think New York and Boston have major events. There is even a parade in Vermont. The holiday is generally seen as a day for Irish pride. 

My week may be busy, but I hope all of you have a wonderful week!

I hate the time changing, and I know I’m not the only one. When we gain an hour in the fall isn’t too bad, but when we lose an hour in spring, it can be difficult to get back on schedule. Even though I went to bed at 10 pm last night, I didn’t wake until my alarm went off at 5:30 am. I have the alarm set, not really to wake me up because Isabella usually does a very good job of that, but so I don’t oversleep. It’s sort of my last ditch effort to wake up. Normally, it’s not very useful, but it was this morning. I don’t understand how I can get the same amount of sleep, and sometimes even more than usual, but still feel this tired and sleepy when I wake up. Maybe it’s because it’s a Monday. Whatever the reason, I hope everyone has a wonderful week!