What was I thinking?

I've got three conference presentations this month. There's one next week at a conference that's halfway across the country (and I'm still working on the kid-care thing for that one; my husband's running our local marathon during one of the days that I'll be gone. Yikes.) Then the following week there's one I can drive to, but I'll still be gone two days. The third one, thank god, is local.

All three of my presentations are on different topics.

What the %$# was I thinking?

The conferences are all fairly low-key: one regional, one statewide, and the other an internal conference. But they'll all still involve work (and worry) on my part--because I'm the kind of person who just doesn't have the ability to wing a presentation. I wish I had that gift; I totally admire it in others.

And of course, my students have papers due this week. So I have tons of commenting to do, on top of the presentation crap prep.

This same thing happened last October. And I remember telling myself to never let it happen again. Why didn't I listen?