Knee-deep in the hoopla

Where hoopla=grading.

Celebrating Cinco de Mayo, I am not.

My kitchen table is literally covered in papers, folders and writing implements.

Surprisingly, my last class with the Wednesday nighters went very well. I gave a quiz and then did a wrap-up activity, which they really got into. It was cool to see them excited about something. I’m sure the fact that they don’t’t have to come back helped. 😉

I haven’t even *really* started reading the papers yet. I’ve been doing housekeeping stuff. Reading journals. Reading late and rewritten papers. And my brain already hurts. I don’t know how much reading I’ll get done tonight, but I figured any jump I could get on the stuff would help.

Last night, I met Jen at Barnes & Noble after class and signed up for my educator discount card. Woohoo! Suddenly, I’m feeling much more appreciated. Everything I bought last night was 25% off. I got a copy of Fahrenheit 451, decided to pick up a copy of 20 Master Plots after reading Jam’s article at TC,got a cute new writing journal (inspiration!) and a book of writing prompts for the classroom. Excellent.

When I got home from Barnes and Noble, I realized I’d left my wallet there. Ugh. I called, and it was safe, but that meant I had to drive back out there after work today. I then spent way too much time piddling around at the mall. Came home and watched Lost, ate some cereal, and then got down to work.

Can I stop now?

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