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I seem to be starting off my fall break in a funk. The last couple of days, I've had a difficult time getting out of bed, not so much because I need more sleep. It could be this moment's rest is only bringing on the realization that I have so much work to do in the next few weeks. Though I managed to grade all the midterm exams yesterday immediately after I collected them, I still have a pile of reading response journals to grade. I have to grade seven in-class presentations. I have to photocopy some six or seven excerpted readings to drop off at the library reserves. I have to read through three books in the next few days. I have to come up with a list of paper topics by the weekend. I have to write a conference presentation for next weekend. I have to pull together a panel proposal to send off tonight. I've started a to-do list, and it is only scaring me more.