It was actually nice walking over today.
Cool air. Windy conditions. Massive, thunderstorm-producing clouds overhead.

It recharges a person.
I recall the drive to DL when I taught through NorthWest Tech
back in the day,
and that drive to and from there on Monday and Friday mornings
allowed me to reflect on what had happened in class or what I needed to do.

The walk to NDSCS,
towards the S building, under the chubby, white watertower and over the football team's practice field,
is similar.

I'm starting to feel the strain; I have been overloading my body in two ways this week - mentally & physically.
I am proud of myself for working out much, much more, yet I've also been taking my brain muscles to extreme with thinking ahead preparation-wise for the rest of the semester, the summer, and the fall.

By the end of today, I want to:
a) assess a few more English 120 Paper 3s.
b) send off the Bookstore Order Form (add masking tape to list).
c) look through the Review assignment.
d) create the Final Test for English 110.
e) think about what the Final Essay in English 110 should be.
f) make a list of things to do next week...?

When it comes to grading, I have no problem putting it off until later. No guilt is associated. However, when that changes over to the exercise area of my life, a lot of procrastination affects me greatly. I wish I could even out that guilt. Feel some guilt for not grading everything I could've graded on a particular day and feel less guilt about not going for my walk/run on one particular day.

So, I purchased a really cool bookcase last night (at Target), and I've noticed now that the shelves are a bit bowed (sp?). It takes a good eye to see it, but I still think the purchase was worth it; it's different (one of those ladder bookcases that lean against walls) and it's black and it'll hold my little buddhas & books.
> Which leads me into one of my summer dilemmas... what books to read.
I've decided that I am a sampler-reader (mostly when it comes to non-fiction). Unless the book is RIVETING, I just read a bit of it, blog about how it affects me or how I could apply it to life, and that is that. So, since I know that about myself, I think I'll try to sample various chapters (if not read the entire thing) of at least 7 books. That sounds small, but last summer, I don't even think I sampled 3 unless they were course-related. I don't even remember what I did all summer... oh yea, I moved. Ugh.
> Today, I'd like to send off my Fargo Marathon form as well as grade 5 more Paper 3s in English 120 Online (as well as assess Unit 15 work) and the English 110 quizzes from yesterday. Oh, and I need to fill out a Move Request Form so I can exchange my big bulky desk with the smaller blue one I saw yesterday. In addition to those items: I teach a class, I have an office hour, I have a workout class at 5:30, and then I meet with the TA bunch.

Little Miss Bound-n-Determined here. I walked to drop off my rent money... and then treked up to the school. For a town our size, this was no major feat, but not a lot of people bundle up... and walk... in January... in ND. Call it an attempt at keeping my NYResolutions. What resolutions did I decide on?: Move more everyday, drink more water, don't let annoying people annoy me, and don't eat fried foods except for buffalo wings. That last one is uber difficult because I LOVE Chinese buffets. Ugh.

I think I already dislike my blog's newest header. But I need to prepare my English 105 & English 110 syllabi for printing. That's my goal for this morning, before noon. Then I can spend the rest of today and the week getting that English 120 Online course figured out. I did some work on it yesterday; when I get into a groove, creating templates & revising comes quickly.