Oh Where, Oh Where, Has My Motivation Gone?

Actually, the title of this blog is misleading.  This is my couch (with a friendly stuff carrot pillow).  This is where my motivation has gone.  I thought about taking a picture of the drain, but honestly, it's really about the couch.  If I could stay home all day and rest on the couch, with my feet up, a cold glass of spa water and food delivery, I'd be set.

In reality, despite a severe lack of motivation, I have a lot of stuff to get done before I meet this baby girl: tons of grading to do (but none of it actually in my inbox yet--it's all pending and coming in the next 3 weeks), presentations to coordinate, a curriculum proposal consultation, accreditation meetings to attend, finishing up the flipped curriculum course I'm taking, teaching, volunteering for my son's class, taking him to school everyday, etc. etc. etc.

And, the lack of motivation with the life set up for a highly motivated person means that actually, I just spend a lot of time being tired.  I fight with myself about the things I have to do v. the things I should do v. the level at which I have to do the things that I have to do and all of this takes energy (as does carrying around a baby full time).  While I've thankfully been able to get decent sleep 2 nights in a row, it's always a toss-up.  Without sleep, I feel like I'm going through the motions of my life...very, very slowly.

I know it's all preparation for when Baby Girl comes and I'm actually so excited for her arrival (and still somewhat hopeful that it will come after all of this work is done) but seriously, some extended couch time would be awesome.