I. Am. Tired.

The two job situation in which I find myself has ramped up to the point that I actually have to do two proper jobs. Properly. I spent nearly eight hours teaching yesterday and while my acquantainances who are real teachers may snort derisively, that’s a lot of teaching for a slack university lecturer. Worse, it’s a lot of me for my unfortunate students. My lecturing style is a lot like my writing style – long winded, unnecessarily pedantic and filled with asides that only I find interesting. Imagine if you will, fifty sets of eyes rolling in unison when I pause mid-thought and say:

“Actually, the discovery of semi-conservative DNA replication is an interesting story…”

When did I become that teacher? The one that I used to laugh at from the back row of the lecture hall and make fun of  to the entertainment of my fellow students? Is this some sort of grand karmic scheme?

But being the doddering science lecturer isn’t my biggest problem. Now that the semester has started. I’m burning the candle at both ends. On any given weekday I’m in my office at the university, in my office at my writing job and if I could do so, it would be helpful to be both places at the same time. Instead, unable to circumvent the laws of physics, I wander back and forth along Adelaide’s North Terrace in a state of semi-consciousness. I make a lot of mistakes at both jobs, and my mood is detioriorating at a rate directly proportional to the number of hours that I’m working.

Grrrrr.

The good news is, with Dr. O’C gainfully employed, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel. If I can keep it together until Christmastime, I’ll hopefully be able to settle back into the mundanity of a single job. I can’t imagine what I’ll do with my time.

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