My day off included…

• arriving at work at seven to write instructions for the sub, print class rosters, and make enough copies of the classwork; and
• creating replacement ballots for nominations for the homecoming court; and
• making appointments to discuss extended essays with the IB seniors; and
• attending an eight o’clock meeting about the soccer team; and
• going to the dentist for a deep cleaning (there wasn’t that much blood); and
• returning to work by eleven thirty so I could tell the GOPO class that I moved the test date; and
• giving six makeup tests; and
• looking all over campus for the sixteen faculty and staff members who hadn’t cast a vote for this year’s Teacher of the Year; and
• tabulating said ballots and passing the results to the administrators; and
• emptying and moving a filing cabinet to another classroom; and
• rearranging the closet in my classroom; and
• grading homework, scanning scantrons, entering grades into the computer; and
• holding a Chess Club meeting until 4:15.

But I did not spend even one second worrying about proper punctuation in lists. No way– not on my day off.

I also ate an 18-ounce ribeye, medium rare.