Last week finally felt like summer to me. Grading done. Jury duty over. Unstructured time. Sometimes I don't do well with a lot of free time, so I made sure to plan a lot to do last week. Here's a partial list of what I've accomplished so far . . .
Weeded and pruned in my back yard.
Went to a Writing Project meeting.
Gave away roses to Denni and her friend Katie.
Made Indian food for my neighbor Lori.
Blogged.
Got three trees cut down.
Saw a summer blockbuster (which shall remain nameless) with John J.
Planned for the SJVWP Summer Institute.
Went to another Writing Project meeting, this one at Pangea.
Went to Cathy C.'s retirement party and saw former students and old friends.
Had waffles with Alex and Kyle (and admired their new house).
Went to another movie with Saul and Debbie, after which we ate at the Oaxaca.
Read a book on inaugurations (and continued reading B. Kingsolver's newest book).
Prepared one of my Norway presentations using a new program, Keynote.
Read a thesis chapter.
Gave feedback to Tracey on her teaching demonstration lesson.
Went to Fresno High to see student presentations (they were great!).
Had lunch with my former student Susanna.
Was convinced by my eye doctor that I have to go back to contacts in order to see better.
Not too bad for just one week of summer. I'm excited to see what I'm able to do this coming week!
