At a standstill

Life, or my needlework, is currently at a standstill. I'm spending lots of time on my school stuff -- whether teaching school, taking classes about school, writing papers for school, or preparing to the final exams in school. I tried to do some knitting on a dish cloth this afternoon but was only able to get one row completed. I have, however, downloaded lots of knitting and crocheting patterns from the web in the past two weeks. Right. Just what I need -- more knitting and crocheting patterns. (At least some of the crocheting patterns were in international symbols!)