Good evening ladies and gentlemen, that's all the songs we know

[mercuriosity]

Today turned out better than expected. I got about four hours of sleep before hauling myself out of bed for a twelve-hour day, which never bodes well; then I managed to work myself into a fine ranty mood about classes before I'd even taught my first one. But then...there was a moment, a student said something to me before class, and even though he was telling me he forgot to bring something, and even though this student is one of those hyperactive bright kids who takes up at least half my energy in the classroom, I just...felt charmed. Maybe it was the fact that he called me "Teacher" and the sheepish air with which he said, "I forgot"...I don't know. For some reason everything my students did thereafter came across as mostly cute, even if exasperating.

Anyway, it saved my mood from total crankiness, and the work day whizzed by instead of crawling as it sometimes does.

Now I'm home and thoroughly exhausted, but still hoping to maybe watch a movie or something while I'm feeling this relaxed.

Oh, also, I bought a newspaper today. Now just give me a month, and I might actually read it all!