I Hope Im never that desparate

Have you ever met someone that was so desparate to be with someone that they just jump from relationship to relationship and every one is THE ONE? I have a good friend who is like that. He has been married twice to different "THE ONE"s and since Ive known him he is on his 4th "THE ONE" and I just found out they are talking marriage. He keeps saying he doesn't want to make another mistake, doesn't want another divorce but from the things he has told me I just see him heading down the same path. It is sad because he has this need to have someone in his life to be validated.

On to other things, been a while since I posted anything. End of the first nine weeks at school so there has been no spare time. Last Sunday I spent 8 hours grading papers and doing grades for report cards. This year there seems to be so much more to do and so little time to do it. I do tutoring on Thursday nights and I've had parent conferences ever since mid term grades went home and after next Thursday they will start over because Johnny got a B instead of an A. (OI!!! A B is still above average, give me a break.) Sorry, my little teacher meltdown there for a minute. It isn't just me feeling the crunch. Seems like it is school wide. One of my co-workers described it perfectly, she said "I feel like at the bottom of a pit with my arms raised, begging for help, but everyone just keeps shoveling dirt in on me." Yep. buried alive describes it.

My personal life ... pretty much non existent and that's ok. I'm too tired when I get home to do much anyway. Monday night our 4th and 5th grade students are performing at a PTA meeting and the teachers are required to attend so the other 4th grade teachers and I are going out to eat before we go. That is about the extent of my social life...lol.

Hard to believe the holidays are getting as close as they are, I have to be thinking about what kind of gifts to buy for family and students. Im getting to the point where I dont know what to get anyone. Any suggestions?