shock to the system

it's back to school week. meaning, i go back to teaching 60% instead of being in the school 95% of the time. i have about 70 new students, 6 different levels and already some people who are not where they should be. but i think the hardest part was getting up at 6am again. yesterday was torture. not only that, but it was dark outside! dark. like winter's just around the corner again... how depressing. luckily, it's quite warm during the day, so there is still some semblance of summer, which does lighten the mood a bit.