Woke up this morning around 4:15 AM (which have been doing a lot lately) unable to sleep. Lay there in bed for an hour and a quarter until alarm went off and got out of bed and ate breakfast, a bowl of oatmeal (three packs Quaker instant, on sale) and a glass of milk. Read some junk online, then eventually showered, dried off and just let hair sit there. Tip-toed around the one story apartment trying to let Beck sleep, grabbed soda to jump start the day but had been a little slow in getting ready; the clock now read 6:40 - had to be at school by 7:30 to tutor. No problem; usually a 40 minute drive. Grabbed coat and eschewed hat (hair being in perfect just so composition) and made it out to warming up Honda in no time. Sat up in the seat and pulled back through the exhaust-filled driveway; 96.9 played talk radio and I faded into the morning commute...
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...
Got stuck behind a bus en route so getting there took 55 instead of 40. D'oh. Was a tad late for tutoring, but 'twas a more or less fruitless endeavor anyways; domains and ranges and simplifying radicals = too much (especially 30 minutes before test). Ran into a couple of colleagues between tutoring and 8:00; discussed bowling tonight after the soirée at Vinny T's. Taught hour and a half class on utility; went fairly well.
Headed downstairs to grab coffee and mail; there are apples in our mailboxes for Teacher Appreciation Week, and a lot of the (funny) fellow teachers have put their apples in mine, so it looks like I am a well-kissed-up-to teacher or a victim of prank. Talked to Ben in the faculty lounge for about 10 minutes about my class. He has good ideas about focusing the scope and not just repeatedly emphasizing how confusing it all is; he's an experienced teacher and more importantly I trust his judgment. Told jokes about our students and classes; steam-blowing may be the primary function of the lounge. Can't remember if I told him about the bowling (probably did), but he has two children under three anyways (probably won't come).
Headed back upstairs and entered my attendance, checked school e-mail and wrote up today's entry for SASI class. Julie (dean) stopped by; we talked about Marc. Finished up my blog work and headed to Lindsey's science class to help students with a microscope lab (intestinal cells). Quizzed Paula and others on miscellaneous biological facts, most human. Imparted to them wisdom that key to learning biology is assuming that things make sense - even though they occasionally don't, this concept saves time and makes things easier to remember. Saw Cooper and asked him about his test yesterday; he thinks it went well. Headed out and said adios.
Walked laps around the two floors reminding everyone about tonight's candlepin bowling; gave several hard sells (we'll see). Got pulled aside by Anne to discuss Arianna's test. She (Anne) is worried. Stopped by the faculty lounge again and joked around with a group of peers.
Headed back upstairs (again); Arianna stopped by to say her test went okay, but ended up talking mainly about her trouble with English. An emotional matter, but one she has hopefully learned from.
Stopped by Meredith's office on my way out of the school; discussed a shlew of students, showed her online pictures of the dogs and a student came in and discussed his/her 320 dollar shoes, sans ironic wink.
12:30, so drove home.
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