Whelmed

I'm not sure why things feel so chaotic right now. The first week of a new semester is always busier than I think it ought to be, but we're in week two now and I am just keeping my head above water. I'm not prepping anything new; I'm just tweaking classes I've taught before. We only have three kids at home, and one of them can drive himself around town. And yet I'm still feeling like my head might pop off.

I'm keeping up, just barely. I wouldn't say I'm overwhelmed, but I'm sliding in that direction. We'll call it whelmed, for now, and we will hope that it gets better soon.