My reprieve is that I am continuing to help out with the basketball team at the school (even when that means waking up at 5:15am), and will hopefully continue to meet with a few students doing some creative writing. I'm also occupying myself with interview prep in anticipation of a call or email from CBE or the Catholic Board (updating my website, putting together a hard copy portfolio, preparing for interview questions) and developing a 90 min workshop for participants of the U of C's education symposium.
Still, I'd rather be in a classroom full of smelly, smiley, chatty teenagers panicking about finals :)