How did you spend your Saturday?

Ran, relaxed, watched the Brewer game then went out with some friends. Shortly I will kill two birds with one stone when I go for a run that will take me to my car, then drive it home.

I wanted to grade the stack of papers, I really did. But you know what they say: the red pen is willing, but the couch is soft and comfy... though I got to about 1/3 of one class' work. Some credit for that? :rolleyes:

So I watched far too much TV, and read some, did two loads of laundry, then checked the wide web world, but never left the house (except to get the mail from the box).

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Originally Posted by Bel-Cam Jos

I wanted to grade the stack of papers, I really did. But you know what they say: the red pen is willing, but the couch is soft and comfy... though I got to about 1/3 of one class' work. Some credit for that? http://www.sirstevesguide.com/image/...AASUVORK5CYII=

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Already?!?!? Aren't you 3 days into the school year???

Nope. Just finished week two.

I know the answer can be found in the threads but why search for it when I can ask you? You're school year is 180 days I presume (or it is for the kids)? When does the school year end?

The last two years, our district cut 5 days (and 3 days the year before that), without "officially" taking a pay cut (we're paid by day, and so our per-day rate stayed the same, just minus 5 of those days); so our year is 175 days. This year, we go from Tue. 8/9/11 to Wed. 5/23/12.

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Originally Posted by JimJamBonds

How about Leo winning the mile out kicking Lagat! Quite the scalp as the Brit announcer said!!! And Fleschman winning the 5,000. Good stuff!

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Originally Posted by Mad Slanted Powers

Yeah, too bad she didn't qualify for the team. I like Morgan Uceny's chances in the women's 1500, though.

Did you watch online? I've not caught any of that coverage. I hope to see some of the WC there because I really like who they had last time.

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Looks like Fleshman is on the team with enough of the people in front of her either doing the 10K or not having the standard.

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Originally Posted by Mad Slanted Powers

Looks like Fleshman is on the team with enough of the people in front of her either doing the 10K or not having the standard.

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Did you hear the latest news, Solinsky dropped out on Sunday with that hamstring of his being the problem. Quite disapointing if you ask me.

This was my first boxes-of-grading weekend, and I got most of it done (today needs to finish what I didn't get to do). Did some backyard man vs. nature work (feed the hummingbirds, escort out the pepper-eating grasshopper, run sprinklers). Dropped off my recycling (on pace for my best school-year haul ever :thumbsup: ) and bought a cold soda for the guy there (it's even hotter inside his storage bin when it's 104 outside, and he looked exhausted). Did some reading and watching of the television. Actually cooked dinner instead of getting it out this week (orange chicken, rice, peppers).

So far today:

Replaced the faucet to our water filtration system under the kitchen sink, laundry, dooty patrol in the back yard, gathered recycling stuff, put more on my son's "to do list" getting him ready to go to the University of Oklahoma in January, and went out to dinner at El Patrón, our neighborhood restaurant for comida mexicana. Probably TV for the rest of the evening...