The day:

• My drive took over an hour both directions.  There was little traffic on the way down, but the roads were pretty bad.  Having spun my car once, I don’t like driving on bad roads. 
• My Basic students have finally decided to kick themselves into gear and do their work so that they can finish on time.  So my workload in that class has gone up significantly again.  I spent the entire 3 hours from my arrival in my office until lunch working on grading, organizing, keeping up with my Basic students.
• After lunch, I had conferences with my Comp students.  The other two days of conferences, I managed to stay on time, but yesterday, I got way behind, more than once.  At one point, I had 2-3 people backed up in the hallway.   Needless to say, I got out of my office very late (after 5:00), but I do think the students walked away helped…which is always good!
• The drive home was in the dark, with lots more traffic, and only slightly better road conditions.  The roads were cleaner, but the winds had caused drifting in a number of places, so we still couldn’t go much above 45 consistently.  And with many more people out, you have to be much more careful.  I didn’t get home until about 6:15. I was hungry by 5:30, and my mom left a voicemail on my cell phone
  which I didn’t want to answer while driving (at least in those road
  conditions), so I had to listen to it beep at me for about half an
  hour.  I was more than ready to get home!
• The entire drive home I was trying to prepare myself for the evening: get home, make dinner, run out again to meet a friend, coming home to crash. 

The happy ending:

• When I walked into my house, dinner was already mostly done.  My husband had cooked exactly the supper I was planning to make (pork chops, rice, green beans, & applesauce).  It smelled yummy, and it tasted great! 
• My friend called to cancel our chat because she didn’t want to go out in the traffic and weather last night.
• Eric and I curled up on the couch and watched a move (The Holiday), then went to bed. 

Now that is a good way to end a day!