Drowning

I'm here, I'm here - really, I am.

I'm just a little bit...overwhelmed.

My only other full-time person decided not to return from maternity leave. Super cool for her, super sucks for me.  On a personal level, I'm excited for her but on a professional level I'm disappointed that I was told only 2 weeks before her return date.  I've gone the entire semester with an empty position, which could have been filled months ago had I known she wasn't returning. I just feel like I deserved a little more courtesy than that.

But I get it - why give up the paycheck and the benefits until you absolutely have to, right? Our institution doesn't have a policy against it (my former institution you had 30 days to decide) so...

Aaaand one of my part-timers is leaving. So next week it will be me and two part-time people...right in time for our busiest enrollment period. Good times.

Keep me in your thoughts because I'm going to need all the good energy I can find, I'm quickly depleting mine.

Holding on and trying not to drown...