I got most of my first class graded in two hours yesterday!  My
method worked like a charm.  In the evening, I finished that class
and started the second, but now I have to finish grading that
class.  However, I am not too worried because my system worked so
well yesterday!

So overall, I had a very productive day.  After lunch, I went to
the bank, bought coffee grounds at Tim Hortons (Eric likes it best),
then ran to Sam’s Club briefly.  When I was done, I went and got
my hair cut.  SO CUTE!  Both my hair and I are very happy
with it.  The whole thing took a long time, but I wasn’t it that
big of a hurry, so it was fine. 

THEN, I ran to WalMart.  I got groceries and household
supplies.  And it wasn’t even too expensive!  Unfortunately,
the store did not have the type of pasta I needed for dinner last
night, so I also had to make a quick run to Meijers (which is right
across the street).  I got that, some snacks for the girls’ night
I’m hosting on Saturday night, and a new travel mug for Eric (his is
broken).  Then I went home.  Eric got home right after me,
and wanted to go for a walk, so we drove to a metro park near us to see
the expansion.  We didn’t walk very far, but that was fine with
me. 

Then I made supper, cleaned the kitchen, made brownies, finished
putting away the groceries, relaxed for a bit and graded for an hour or
so.  Then I went to bed…and could NOT fall asleep.  Maybe I
was too wired from my productive day.  Oh well!

That pretty much sums up my day!

I have to do a lot of reading papers today, and I need to run errands, primarily to the grocery store and Sam’s.  Last night, I didn’t feel like grading, so I did all the other tasks that I usually do on Tuesdays, so I had no excuse to avoid the papers in my bag!

Right now it’s very sunny out (the sun is shining in my eyes as I type), but I guess it’s supposed to cloud over again in the afternoon.  I love the gradual getting warmer of Spring, but I can’t help but wish it could just be sunny continuously for months.  Oh well…

Okay…I guess that’s all the exciting stuff I have for right now!

Okay…I have enough time to post now, so here I am.  My Friday
was not a great day, and it was very rushed, so I didn’t have time to
post until after I figured you all had stopped reading for the
day.  But now I’m posting again…

The weekend was quite busy.  Eric and I hung out on Friday
night.  We ate supper on the couch and watched TV.  I got to
watch the Crocodile Hunter at 6:00 and then he took over for the rest
of the night.  I read a book while some of the shows were on. We
were both really tired, though, so we went to bed at 10:00 or so…

Saturday, I cleaned out my refrigerator and then cleaned my counters
(which were messy from cleaning out the fridge!).  Then I ran to
the grocery to get some fresh food (praise Jesus April has arrived) as
well as pick up the cake for the baby shower we went to.  I spent
the afternoon at the baby shower (12:45-4:00ish) helping serve food and
run gifts.  Jen got lots of cute stuff, but it was a long
afternoon!

Saturday night, we watched a movie that had arrived from Netflicks (a
Jackie Chan movie) and ate supper on the couch again.  We started
our evening early so we could get to be earlier, but still didn’t
actually go to sleep until our normal time…after turning the clocks
forward, of course.

Sunday was church.  Then I had a meeting during the second
service, so I didn’t get home until 1:15.  We had lunch, then I
relaxed with the paper just a bit.  Then I made sugar cookies,
mixed up a cheese ball for small group, made granola, iced the sugar
cookies and ran two full dishwasher loads before we left for small
group.  We ran a bit late, too, so we got to bed pretty
late.  Eric hadn’t really felt that great all day, but I think he
was just tired. 

And now it’s Monday…so far it’s been fine, but it definitely is going
to rain hard in a short while.  Oh well…at least it’s warm!

I just found out that my best friend and roommate from college is pregnant again (sorry guys…it’s not me!).  Mike & Erika got married in July after we graduated and then had a surprise baby who was born the following September.  Then when they were ready to have another, they had a hard time getting pregnant.  So there are 4 years between their first and second.  This will be their third, only 2 years after the second which is good.  Anyway, I thought it was fun!

Today I’m having some friends over for lunch.  We’ve decided to get together every Thursday at lunchtime for talking and accountability, and I’m hosting today.  It should be lots of fun!  I’m making chicken salad sandwiches with grapes and almonds in it.  They’re bringing a side dish and dessert.

I also really need to run some errands today.  I may try to get out before they come, but it might have to wait until evening.  We’ll see.  At least my house is already clean from last weekend (okay I had to tidy up a little bit) when we hosted our small group!  That saves time and hassle.  And I even remembered to get the garbage out this morning.  I’m on a roll, I guess!

For some reason, CU’s website blocker does not like the webring link on
Xanga anymore.  It used to be fine, but now I have to actually go
to your sites through the comments link because I can’t get to the
webring proper anymore.  It’s very annoying!  BTW, has any of
the non-daily bloggers been on recently?  I haven’t been to
anyone’s sites but Trisha, Michelle and Kim for days now.

Today feels like Thursday, not Wednesday, but I’ll try to slog
through.  I bored my students about bibliographies and they are
hard to inspire at 9:00 am.  I really try to be interesting, but
it’s hard because documentation is just not that thrilling. 
Unfortunately, they tend to zone out and then miss stuff and then are
annoyed when I take off points because they didn’t do it right. Oh
well…not really my problem, I guess.  Anyway, only a few more
days of lectures and then we focus on revising and working on papers
which are always more productive.

Last night, Eric made us pizza for dinner as well (but we ate at
6:00).  It was nice to have him cook, but I am also running very
low on food (particularly fresh stuff like veggies) but I refuse to go
shopping until April 1 (new month’s budget and all).  So I have no
idea how I’m going to get dinner done for the next few days!

I walked in the rain today.  Actually it was not raining when I left the house, but then I got pretty wet before I was done!  So I came home and threw the wet clothes into the dryer, so now they ready for tomorrow (when it isn’t supposed to rain!).  Either way, it is finally both warm enough and light enough to exercise outside again, so I am very happy about that.

Last night was uneventful.  I had a hard time thinking of anything for dinner, so we ate at 7:00 (though I did get it ready in 20 minutes when I did decide!).  Then Eric and I both just hung out.  He worked on his computer upstairs and I worked on my laptop on the couch.  We both read for a while and then went to bed.  Not very exciting…

I have to go to CU today.  I’m giving a presentation for the Writing Center today, there’s a reception for someone who’s resigning that I want to go to, and I have a couple of advising meetings.  Unfortunately, having to go down makes today feel like Wednesday, so now the rest of my week will be a day off!  Oh well…

I know this because it’s finally going to be warmer than 50 degrees
during the day and not fall below 40 degrees tonight.  And
yesterday, when we left church, the breeze smelled like the beginning
of spring.  I LOVE warm weather!

Okay, so the weekend wasn’t terribly interesting.  I barely
remember Friday night (oh…Eric went to a hockey game with his
brother, so I sat on the couch and vegged out with the tv and computer
games mostly).  It was a pretty relaxing evening, I guess. 
Eric and I ran around for a bit on Saturday afternoon.  Then I
cleaned a bit, finished the laundry (I even ironed), and made
dinner.  We watched Castaway together after dinner (I didn’t
really like the movie).  Sunday, after church, I finished cleaning
the house (we hosted our small group last night) and made
cookies.  I also did some writing and prep work for drama stuff
that’s coming up.  So I guess it was productive, and it was the
most refreshing weekend I’ve had in a while.

Today is back to classes (I’m starting research and documentation for
the research paper), but the semester is going to start flying by
now!  I have 2.5 weeks until Easter, then 1.5 weeks until Finals
(which I don’t count as part of the semester because everything’s crazy
and I mostly have grading to do).  So we are just getting closer
and closer.  I cannot wait!!!!

Friday!  Friday! Friday!

Lunch with my friends was a good time yesterday.  Good food, good
company, lots of laughs! Of course, I didn’t get much else done during
the day.  I caught up after I got back.  I vacuumed some in
the upstairs, but I accidentally sucked a fabric belt from one of my
sweaters into the vacuum.  So then I had to take the whole dumb
thing apart to make sure it was okay; then it turned out that the
bristles were very much in need of a cleaning, so I actually ended up
with a bigger pile of dirt to sweep up once I got the thing all cleaned
out!

Anyway, I also got the laundry worked through and cleaned the dishes
from dinner (the pot roast turned out great!).  It’s also great
that we get our beef free from Eric’s parents who butcher a cow once a
year, but cannot possibly finish all the meat.  So they let us
raid their freezer whenever we want.  So the fun news: yesterday’s
4 lb. roast cost 4 cents.  Total!  That’s one cent a
pound…definitely better than the store!

Michelle called me yesterday.  We chatted about songs we used to
sing.  Then we talked about our cell phones.  I think we’re
getting old… Well…maybe just me since she’s still only 28.

Yesterday was a very busy day.  I gave someone a ride to CU, so I had to be ready to leave on time.  I had my classes, which took a lot out of me yesterday.  I also caught up all my grading and met with a student about revising one of her papers.  Then I rushed home and made dinner.  Then we ate and headed for church for orchestra and drama.

Drama wasn’t the best night ever.  I had a few things to do, not much because I was tired and wanted to go home early.  But I kept running into walls with members of the group.  So instead of spending quality time doing things, it felt like I’d offer our next activity and then get shot down.  It was sort of frustrating.  Now, I probably should’ve been more prepared with other options, but I had no idea I’d hit opposition.  Grrr…

Anyway, the evening wasn’t a total loss.  We did have some good laughs.  I got to chat with another of the leaders to plan for some future events at church, and Eric was most attentive when we got home.  I got a much needed backrub!  And then I slept like a rock!

So today, I’m getting together with some friends for lunch and we are planning to start an accountability group.  It should be a good thing, I think.  I also need to make a dessert for that, do laundry, work on the cleaning I didn’t get done on Tuesday, and a few other minor things.  So today feels full and I haven’t even started it yet! 

I was tired when I went to bed but couldn’t fall asleep.  Then I
apparently didn’t actually turn on my alarm, so I woke up a few minutes
late but still really tired.  I’m tired of being tired.

Yesterday was not as productive as I’d hoped it would be.  I did
get a few things done (my husband does have undershirts in his drawer
again), but not as much as I had on my list.  I did, however,
scour the bathrooms.  I even washed the base of the toilets (I
forget to do that sometimes because I hate cleaning toilets). 
Then I got down on my hands and knees and scrubbed the floors.  It
was sort of gross, but it looks really nice now!

I also spent a long time sitting in front of the computer and reading
the bible and other books trying to get some inspiration for a piece I
need to write for Easter Sunday.  I didn’t work.  I just
couldn’t get anything going.  Ah…writer’s block…such fun.

Last night, we had chicken burritos for dinner, then I cleaned the
kitchen and did some reading.  Then we went to bed.  I also
remembered at 10:00 (when I was almost asleep) that I had left a pot
roast on the counter, so I had to get back up and put it in the fridge
to finish thawing…how annoying!