Aaarrrrgggggghhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, frak. In the first hour of my Heartswater Grading Challenge, I've gotten exactly 4 essays read and responded to, and only been able to figure out finalized grades for 3. I shall now eat a snack and run around the house in hopes of enlivening my sluggish brain, and then get back at it for hour #2. Updates will follow...
It's 1:16pm, Sunday afternoon and I know exactly where my anxieties are--piled in the form of student essays waiting to be graded for 9am tomorrow. Frick, frack, fuck. I've been putting work off all weekend. In my defense, I have been sick for a week or so, and have worked through the plague, so I did need a few days to sloth and eat vitamin C tablets. Defensible or no, however, I gotta come off break now and get this shit done. The term isn't over for two more weeks, give or take a few days, regardless of how done I feel already.
print Lucille Clifton's poem for African American litteach 2 classesmeet Student Girl at office hoursdo rec form for other Student Girldon't forget to do presentation sign-ups in Research Writingprint up Final Portfolio prep assmtrevise, finalize, print up Final Portfolios
Especially when they're endlessly recursive. Sorry about that, but it does help so to get something up here in public that I'm responsible for, and that I can cross out in front of other people, too. Today/night:print feedback for stack 1 of unit 2 portfolios, distribute correctlyprint extra credit assignments from emailread/grade extra creditteach 3 classesstay in a good mood the whole time (!!!!)make & print sign-up sheets for presentationsgrade discussion board postsbuy printer paperbuy assorted stuff at grocery storeeat somethingprint discussion board postsgrade proposals for researched change argumentsgrade late submission ethics argumentsread "Everyday Use" for tomorrowprep African American litupdate Final Portfolio prep assignment & get it posted to ereservesupdate Final Portfolio assignment
Today/night:
print feedback for stack 1 of unit 2 portfolios, distribute correctlyprint extra credit assignments from emailread/grade extra creditteach 3 classesstay in a good mood the whole time (!!!!)make & print sign-up sheets for presentationsgrade discussion board postsbuy printer paperbuy assorted stuff at grocery storeeat somethingprint discussion board postsgrade proposals for researchedchange arguments- grade late submission ethics arguments
- read "Everyday Use" for tomorrow
- prep African American lit
- start the next stack of unit 2 portfolios
- finish the list above
- print Lucille Clifton's poem for African American lit
- read/grade the next stack of unit 2 portfolios, or at least put a huge dent in the pile
- teach 2 classes
- meet Student Girl at office hours
- don't forget to do presentation sign-ups in Research Writing
- update Final Portfolio prep assignment & get it posted to ereserves
- print up a bunch of those
- finish the list above
- prep African American lit
- write next short essay assignment for African American lit
- teach 3 classes
- don't forget to do presentation sign-ups in Research Writing, again
- some other stuff I've forgotten
- go see Keb Mo with SLP :) :) :)
Ok, today, I have:
- finished grading a stack of portfolios
- prepped for 3 sections
- gone to the employee meeting for My Bar
- answered student emails
- finish the next stack (major arguments turned in late, so it's not a full stack; phew)
- print feedback for the first stack to turn back
- print the extra credit that got emailed in over the weekend
- finish another stack
- teach three sections
- read a short story and a poem, so I can
- prep African American Lit for the week
- grade discussion board posts for African American lit
- finish another stack
- teach two sections
- print feedback for the stack to turn back
- finish the stack I most certainly won't have actually finished by then
- teach three sections
- write the next short essay assignment for African American Lit
- grade the extra credit that was emailed in over the weekend
- and a few more things I've forgotten
- print feedback for the stack to turn back
- teach two sections
- take a frickin' break
- My tooth hurts. Again.
- Gotta get some dental insurance, or maybe just some magically found money in an old purse.
- Just over half a stack of papers done; two and a half stacks to go.
- Shouldn't have spent so much time on the phone, but I got to catch up with friends, which I should always spend more time doing.
- Mostly clean house, which is nice. Did tons of dishes and microwave cleaning and whatnot today.
- New pajama pants, very softy nice.
- Cat peace continues to hold.
- Almost all of tomorrow off to play more catch-up.
- And SLP will be home. :)
Ahhhhh....
At the very, very good advice of my dear, dear friends Heartswater and PTM, I have canceled my classes at My Institution for tomorrow. I will teach at The Community College, but then I shall go home and grade, grade, grade allllllllllllll day and return, caught up-ish and refreshed-ish, on Tuesday. Or maybe on Wednesday. ;)
Hoo-boy, the squirrels are nuts today. They've moved into the one wall in my office, apparently. It's raining and windy and crappy out today, so they're having an indoor fun day, running up and down and up and down. The cats usually spend most Indoor Squirrel Fun Days going insane running back and forth at the bottom of the wall, but today they've apparently had enough. They are sleeping, squirrels be damned.
