Day 5 - 88 -- One Term Event Ends

A crazy busy day to end a crazy busy week -- sounds reasonable. Two classes and two labs. It was the last of the labs for the course, though lab reports are still to arrive on Monday for return by Thursday. so, still in that crazy busy place for the next week. Classes end for me next Thursday. Finding time to breathe between now and then could be challenging.

End of term and into final exams brings several weeks of high impact days and nights. I dream of grading as it is all my brain is working on during waking hours. I read about decision fatigue, and I'm sure that is where we all wind up during this time of students writing and instructors grading exams. It was estimated in the article I read that we make 35, 000 decisions in a day -- most of them small and not really taking a lot of conscious work. So, if studying or writing an exam or grading a pile of papers, lab reports or exams, imagine how many decisions are being made. No wonder I feel tired, hungry and cranky -- all at once. <smile>

Thinking of the last of the lab sessions brought to mind a few lines from the chorus of a song. It was recorded by an early British invasion group.The video shows a group of young men -- distance shots a bit out of focus, but the close-ups are quite telling <grin>. Enjoy!

The Last Time -- The Rolling Stones