Yeah, I'm slowly learning the lesson that I think all hyperresponsible people have to learn at some point: Saying "I don't have time to do it" or "I don't have time to do it right now" will not cause the world to fall off its axis or something. And that if I DON'T say that occasionally, I take on way too much, make myself ineffective and crabby, because I'm not sleeping/not taking time to cook and eat nutritious food/not taking time for myself.

At least today is Friday. I'm going to see how things go, and either come back and sort soil samples after lunch, or decide to take the afternoon off. (I have to meet briefly with a colleague about something; if he can meet during my break between classes, I'm taking the afternoon off; otherwise, if I have to come back after lunch I might as well sort soil.)

And at least on Friday the really flaky people depart campus early, so I'm less likely to have the kind of "OMGWTFBBQ I FORGOT TO TAKE THE LAST TWO EXAMS AND NOW I NEED YOU TO LET ME MAKE THEM UP" kind of freakout happening.

Also, the "Children's Play" (which my AAUW group helps out with: mainly the taking-of-money, which means 18 ziploc baggies filled with a mixture of dollar bills and loose change from every school group that comes. (And we have to count it all. Twice. And figure out how many students were paid for. I'm sure there are some who get in without paying, but whatever.) It's an important service (it raises money for the Theater department and it funds the scholarships we give every year), but it always comes at the busiest part of the year.