I am a creature of habit. Quite often, I stick to an unwavering routine, though I'm not against change, especially when it's really really good. Today was good.
I wake up by 5 every day during the week, and Sunday is usually the only day of the week I don't have to wake up to an alarm. Of course, when your body is used to waking up at 5, it considers 7 "sleeping in." So it was that I awoke at 7 this morning.
I decided to go with it and get some things done. I got my 5 newspapers (yes, you read that right - visit me at www.suzyqpon.com to see why) and got my 5 coupon inserts and checked the ads for more great coupons. I sorted my inserts and typed up a list of the coupons in today's paper and posted to my website. I then sorted other loose coupons that I have floating around and started my list for Winco.
I had almost 2 hours to myself and got quite a bit done. That little bit of quiet was something I really needed. Once the family began to emerge, I made pancakes for breakfast (Bisquick - recipe is on the box; use the Supreme Pancakes option YUM!), ready to get on with the usual routine - grading and class prep!
Sunday at 7 am - be ready, you'll be seeing me from now on.
Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts
Showing posts with label weekend. Show all posts
Sunday, August 21, 2011
Saturday, April 2, 2011
Freedom!
Yesterday, at 1:53 PM, I felt the most amazing, incredible, wonderful sense of relief. It washed over me, taking (almost) every bit of stress out of my body. It wasn't until about 15 minutes later, getting out of the elevator at Howard's office, that I felt the sense of freedom that the end of the quarter brings. I had a huge, goofy grin on my face as the elevator doors opened.
It is difficult to describe this quarter. As I do every quarter, I change up the information a little bit, present it a little differently, try to change those things that didn't work in previous quarters. I don't think it was me. In two of my classes, my students did well. The ones who didn't pass knew the reasons why, and they know what they need to do to pass next time. In my other 2 classes (2 sections of the same class), I had the worst results ever. It's disheartening when out of a total of 36 students, only 10 pass. But again, I don't think it was me.
The 26 students who didn't pass all had one thing in common: missing work. There seems to be this sense among students that it's OK to miss work. I have this feeling that in high school, students were allowed to make up work at the end of the term in order to bring up their grades, which gave them a false sense of how the world actually works. In real life, you don't get do-overs every time you screw up or forget to do something. Sometimes, forgetting or blowing something off has real, definite, and serious consequences. So, too, in my class. I allow late work - students have basically 2 weeks to get every assignment turned in. So why is it so difficult to get it done?
The questions will remain - I don't know why the students do what they do and don't do what they should. All I know is that I'm free today, and I feel good!
It is difficult to describe this quarter. As I do every quarter, I change up the information a little bit, present it a little differently, try to change those things that didn't work in previous quarters. I don't think it was me. In two of my classes, my students did well. The ones who didn't pass knew the reasons why, and they know what they need to do to pass next time. In my other 2 classes (2 sections of the same class), I had the worst results ever. It's disheartening when out of a total of 36 students, only 10 pass. But again, I don't think it was me.
The 26 students who didn't pass all had one thing in common: missing work. There seems to be this sense among students that it's OK to miss work. I have this feeling that in high school, students were allowed to make up work at the end of the term in order to bring up their grades, which gave them a false sense of how the world actually works. In real life, you don't get do-overs every time you screw up or forget to do something. Sometimes, forgetting or blowing something off has real, definite, and serious consequences. So, too, in my class. I allow late work - students have basically 2 weeks to get every assignment turned in. So why is it so difficult to get it done?
The questions will remain - I don't know why the students do what they do and don't do what they should. All I know is that I'm free today, and I feel good!
Friday, December 5, 2008
Finally - the weekend!
I love the holidays, but I feel like I am going non-stop most of the time! I am so very glad it's the weekend, and there is no wrestling! Christian is happy to not have to be up at 5:00 and at school at 6:00 for the bus.... Heck, I am happy not to have to be up at 5:00 dragging a tired kid out of bed to get to school and catch the bus!
Alas, we have lots to do tomorrow. The Christmas lights are still in boxes next to the front door to be hung around the front of the house. We got rope lights to go around the adobe planters in the front yard and the old school big lights to go on the house. I hope we have enough! I have a couple of strings of blue icicle lights that we might put somewhere - don't know where yet... I'd like to go back to the store and get green rope lights and do the trunks of the palm trees. It would be really cool to do the branches, but I don't think I can talk anyone into getting on the ladder to do that... I'm not a big fan of being up on a ladder, so if it's up to me, it's not getting done.
And two more weeks of work then vacation! I am so ready for a break and I'm looking forward to seeing the family. I never look forward to the drive with the baby, but I'm hoping for the best. We haven't done a long car trip for a while, so I hope she'll handle it pretty well. She's doesn't love the car seat after she's had to be in it for a while. It might take a lot longer than 6 hours to get to San Diego - yikes!
Ah yes - the weekend. It's here, but I have a feeling it's going to go by way too fast!
Alas, we have lots to do tomorrow. The Christmas lights are still in boxes next to the front door to be hung around the front of the house. We got rope lights to go around the adobe planters in the front yard and the old school big lights to go on the house. I hope we have enough! I have a couple of strings of blue icicle lights that we might put somewhere - don't know where yet... I'd like to go back to the store and get green rope lights and do the trunks of the palm trees. It would be really cool to do the branches, but I don't think I can talk anyone into getting on the ladder to do that... I'm not a big fan of being up on a ladder, so if it's up to me, it's not getting done.
And two more weeks of work then vacation! I am so ready for a break and I'm looking forward to seeing the family. I never look forward to the drive with the baby, but I'm hoping for the best. We haven't done a long car trip for a while, so I hope she'll handle it pretty well. She's doesn't love the car seat after she's had to be in it for a while. It might take a lot longer than 6 hours to get to San Diego - yikes!
Ah yes - the weekend. It's here, but I have a feeling it's going to go by way too fast!
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