We are approaching the last two weeks of semester. Everyone is cramming to get their work done. Including me. My seniors are stressed – about the end of their studies, the beginning of life outside the academy, about finding a job… I can’t blame them. And I am battling stress as well. I have a workshop in Providence on Friday and then a two day workshop the weekend before finals. I have grading and meetings and many other tasks… I have brought it all on myself. I have said yes to too many things – it is so hard to say no to a good opportunity. Deep breath. Cyborg Kid has been out of school on holiday since last Thursday and won’t go back until Friday. Our schedule has been a complex orchestration of who has to work and who doesn’t, or when we both do – scheduling the babysitter and playdates. Another deep breath. I am a deep sea diver with an empty tank rising to the surface. I can see it. I am almost there.