Mistake

I messed up today. Oops.

Substitute-teaching was unfortunately rather trying and stressful on account of certain naughty eighth-graders and the weird Career Day schedule at the middle school. Children were hyper and keyed-up over that, not to mention my over-enthusiastic (which is just a big word for rowdy and obnoxious) students seemed intent on making me pay for my intrusion into their lives, as well as coming between them and their four-day weekend. Needless to say, I was fried by the time I made it home today. So, as I said before, I messed up.

I took a nap.

At 4:30 p.m. Nice move, I know, but I simply couldn't help it.

Consequently, I am up later tonight than I had wanted to be. I would have gone to bed a couple of hours ago, if only I had been tired. Of course, it isn't only the fact that I took a nap which is keeping me up. It's also the fact that I had a craving for ice cream and cookies at 11:00 p.m. I even added some chocolate truffles, but then I decided it was too nasty and junky, so I cut up half a banana to go with it. Made it much healthier, of course, and soothed my conscience. It also infused my body with enough sugar to keep me going for a fortnight without blinking, and since then I have been sitting on the couch reading Go Tell It on the Mountain by James Baldwin and watching old episodes of Newsradio (I just finished the second season). D--- those late night cravings and occasional weakness for vanilla ice cream. Sometimes, I'm just tempted above that which I am able, I guess (and yes, I know that is not in keeping with biblical teaching, but it sure feels that way sometimes). Another truffle or two, and I probably would have gone into a diabetic coma; the bright side of that would have been the fact that I at least would be sleeping right now. The dark side: you would not have a new blog post to read today (Did you think I was going to say being in a diabetic coma?). Anyway, when it does wear off, I hope no one wakes me up until Monday; otherwise, I might get angry. You won't like me when I'm angry (Note: I will wake up for about three hours on Sunday for church, but directly after I will come home and go immediately back to bed; I have learned my lesson about late-night snacking and sugar intake. At least for a while).