What a week.

My life is insane.

On top of my student teaching this week 

(which we took over all day this week, every lesson is on us. Teaching is exhausting,)

and my work,

my niece got her tonsils taken out on Monday. 

That wouldn't really have affected me all that much, other than visiting her and taking her movies.

But, she spent the few hours after her surgery texting me and begging me to come to my house.

She also wanted to go to my mother-in-law's house.

I talked to my mother-in-law, and she told me that she wanted her to stay at her dad's, but that she was taking her food, and would be spending several hours a day there.

So, that made me feel better, and I drove her out some popsicles and movies that evening. 

When I got up the stairs to the apartment, I walked into:

My mother-in-law trying to coax Nat into swallowing her medicine.

Natalie shoulders heaving, tears rolling, sobbing, from pain.

My father-in-law yelling at my brother-in-law, her father.

Her pain medicine was 2 hours overdue.

So, my mother-in-law and I talked it out, and Natalie spent the last 3 days and nights on my couch, watching movies and sleeping. 

We gave her her medicine every 4 hours for 3 straight days. Including 2AM. And 6AM.

We made sure she ate.

And had everything she needed.

It was utterly exhausting.

She's at my mother-in-law's now, they picked her up today, so things should calm a bit. 

I'm glad to help out, and she needed us and I'm glad we were there, 

but I hate that it had to happen in the first place.

In other news of my life, I have done nothing new or exciting.

Just school and work.

I would love to blab on for hours about how awesome my students are, and how much I love teaching, 

But I could go on for hours about that.
Maybe next time.

My life is so monotonous, now that all i do is work and sleep.

Only 5 more weeks.

 I can do it. 

I hope.

I just want life to be exciting again.

I really miss blogging, too. But when I don't have time to wash dishes, play with my dog, or talk to my husband, I have to prioritize. 

The good news is that I my husband and I get to sleep in in the morning, and it will be the first time in almost a month for me.

And we are so having pancakes.

Wonderful.

I can't wait.

♥