oh boy...

today, it seemed like nothing was going right. my students aren't learning, despite all my time and effort and energy put into their education, i'm still exhausted after a few good nights of sleep, my math is either completely over my head or so easy I can't stand it, yet I can't seem to understand the stuff completely over my head. I've lost all enthusiasm and feeling hopeless about getting my exam done, and feeling like part of it is because I'm a girl (this is not plain and simple, there is a many faceted reason, all coming down to the fact that I'm a female and many things work differently.) plus all my food keeps ending up on the floor... last night's pot roast, last night's salad, tonight's taco shells, etc.
i thought a lot about decomposition groups, thought a little about power series of finite fields (they don't seem to be all that interesting, but they are different in that I need to require separability of extensions of the residue fields for things to make sense and be true). I miss the people who are gone right now, and my sister misses me, which is hard.
i'm excited about the cake I'm making for my birthday, and so glad I only have to teach one more day this week! Then I can do some math, maybe pick strawberries, and have lots and lots of sleep and fun!!!!!!!