It happens
after every semester. Teachers get hammered by all the students, all the
grading, and we just need it all to end. We need the various breaks between
semesters (and even in the middle of semesters) for necessary recharging.
I have had
no such break since the winter.
My Spring
Break was split between two campuses, each with a different schedule. The break
after the the Spring semester evaporated into preparation for summer classes.
And I feel like the lack of recharge is taking its toll on me.
I’m not
talking about teaching, though that is a factor, but my writing, what I want to
focus on doing in my life has taken a backseat to the necessity of teaching. I
need a recharge, physically, mentally, and spiritually. I know my writing can
give me a spiritual recharge, presuming I have the mental component to get the
writing done. There’s also the physical, which was a growing concern towards
the end of the Spring semester.