I went to sleep at 7:30 yesterday (teaching and life)

First grade (and my new hobby, insomnia) has me so tired that my body finally crashed at 7:30 last night. It was a coma-like sleep. I woke up several times, looked at the clock, and went right back to sleep. I am still a little sleepy. But, with some very slow movement, I should be able to do something today.

In the few hours leading up to my ridiculously early bedtime, my only topic of conversation was how tired I have been lately. I told my roommate about a recent walk I took from the subway to my apartment after a 12 hour day at school. I saw a 10-year-old boy, riding a bmx with pegs on the back, and seriously considered giving him five bucks to ride me home. It was only thoughts of the possible tabloid headlines that made me reconsider.