I feel like I should have a handle by now on the end of the year/semester and holiday stress. It just feels like a relentless stack of tasks that does not disappear until the middle of January. On top of that is my work boss texting me saying my CPR card is going to expire and I am behind on my annual computer-based in-service trainings. I told her I’m not going to have time to get in there to do it for another few weeks.

We had our research project meeting on Sunday and it did not go the way I would’ve chosen, but I guess I ultimately chose it. I’m having stress because we used ChatGPT on the assignment. I feel like we could integrate terms from our multicultural class and see this as a form of assimilation. I had never even touched this tool until the other day. To fail in the eleventh hour because of such a bottom of the totem pole class and assignment over a breach of academic integrity would just be the stupidest.

Thanksgiving is coming up and every year I feel the weight of putting this on, because I am the blessed one with connection to affordable and big enough venue access. I know how important this is, how it is creating connections and experiences that give greater meaning to our lives. The other thing is my videos have not been HIPPA compliant. I’m completely out of excuses. I did my best but/and I still broke the rules.