Saturday, March 7, 2009

SLICE OF LIFE: Day 7/31--Things aren't always what you plan!


SLICE OF LIFE: Day 7/31

Rainy, cloudy, with a chance of storms. That is what I would say if I were the weather forecaster. It is warm and that makes it almost worth the cloudy, rainy day. A perfect day for cleaning. That is what I did all morning: clean the back bedroom, dust everything and vacuum the floors. Then we took some time off to go out for lunch.

Driving to our destination, I began to feel funny. Maybe I was just hungry. Maybe it was because I had exercised while hungry and exercised HARD. Maybe I was getting the bug everyone around me has been experiencing. I was starved so the grilled chicken salad tasted great and I scarfed it down. Still didn't feel the best. We made a couple more stops and then got home.

My next project was to tackle all the lessons I had to prepare for next week's classes. I have four lessons and two collaborations on Monday. Not an easy schedule. I have them all listed out. I need to prepare a whole unit of study for persuasive writing for some 4th and 5th grades. I need to review Acuity data for 4th grade. I need to work on an author study and some how-to books. All just for Monday! My stomach tightens up just thinking about it.

I think I will begin with the Author Study and How-to books...then take a nap. Everything's better after a nap! My Slice of Life is that sometimes things don't work out the way you had planned them to work out!

4 comments:

Susan Rugh said...
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Letterpress said...

Let's hear it for naps!

What's that old saying? When you have a lot to do, it's best to get the nap out of the way first.

Hope you feel better and that you accomplish all you plan--
Elizabeth
http://peninkpaper.blogspot.com/

-C said...

Wow! That's quite the to-do list for this weekend! Best of luck on accomplishing all that you need to!

Anonymous said...

Everyone got to see Debbie Miller this week! (Well, I didn't) I went to a reading conference a few weeks ago and she was there, but I decided to go listen to Ellin Oliver Keene instead. It was a good choice.

Hooray for naps! You have a lot going on. Your Monday must be a 15 hour school day!