...and colleagues too

First of all, in my last post I think I neglected to fully convey just how ridiculously supportive my friends have been, listening to all my stories and pandering to my every neurosis and insecurity about teaching. Bobby, especially, deserves mad props, as he has heard just about all the stories there are to tell--and has been superwonderful. Thank you, Bobby! You're my number one fan! (And I'm not just kissing up because I haven't been practicing guitar as much as I'm supposed to.)

And on to my colleagues. I just got back from class, where I vented a bit about how stressed and unprepared I feel, and I was relieved (a) to hear that others feel similarly, and (b) to get lots of good ideas and suggestions. The one I'm most excited about is the 13 section accordian folding files, which I bought right after class, and which I'm so excited to fill with all the papers I still need to grade, which are now in, like, 8 different manila folders.

Off to do that! And then to grade some. And then to do the reading I assigned my tenth grade class to prep for our lesson and figure out the reading strategy I want them to use for the upcoming chapters. And then to figure out the plans for my 9th grade creation myth project so I can give the librarian the lesson plan for that. (I was hoping *she'd give me* a lesson plan since she did the same presentation last semester!) And then post a response for my class at SFSU (due at midnight--shoot; I should do that next). And then download the readings for my SFSU class tomorrow. And then maybe remember to brush my teeth before collapsing.