Week #8 Meltdown

It's week #8 of the quarter.

The majority of us (me and my classmates) experienced meltdown today.

There were tears.

There was an hour of venting frustrations to one of our professors.

There's a lot of emotional exhaustion and wondering how we are going to get everything done and in on time.

Three major projects - one of them being worth 500 points - are due in two weeks, yet two of them were just introduced to us this week. The rubric for one of them is nine pages. Two weeks seems like a lot of time to complete things, except when we are cranking out lesson plans and teaching 3/4 of day, three days a week.

At one point amidst our venting this afternoon, our professor told us to stand up and hug the person next to us.

Yep, I'm really overwhelmed and I have a lot on my plate. But for some reason, I'm not nearly as stressed as the majority of my classmates. Compared to them, I'm as cool as a cucumber. I'm kind of wondering if I should be more stressed, but I don't think so. I have most of my stuff mapped out in my planner, I've dropped a lot of fun stuff from my agenda these days so I can get stuff done, and I am getting all the sleep I can. And, I know that I can't do any of this with my own strength.

Like Pastor Lynne focused on in her sermon on Zechariah two weeks ago - Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, says the Lord of hosts. Zechariah 4:6