how embarrassed i would have been if you knew what i was thinking of

hardcore english planning today. i have a tentative outline, and it is incomplete since i do not provide all the course requirements. but! i have enough to get through the first half of the year -sorta. and i am set for the first quarter. yay! i do need to do some reading, note taking, and get more familiar with the material that i picked out, but it is at least planned.

so, i realized that out of all the crap the english head gave me, it was by no means complete. i am starting the year with narratives, as i figure we can always talk about ourselves. i do it enough anyway. so, seeing as i had no examples of narratives i deemed it time to go to the library where i got some good collections, along with the new (to me) Douglas Coupland. I also spent some time reading some back issues of Utne, and found an article I am mos def using to start the poetry unit. "Who's afraid of Poetry? Americans." It's pretty much great.

So, that was my day today, and it left me pretty cranky. I know i made progress, but I also know that so much remains to be done. I am going to outline the art classes tomorrow and hopefully get start of year handouts under composition.

blah, another factor contributing to my less than perfect mood is that design kids are coming over for dinner tomorrow and i have to help feed them. bleeeeeeeeeeeeh, i don't know why i don't play nice with these guys. you would think i would be happy to have other folk from tucson around, but instead i wish i was doing something else. my poor attitude has caused a bit of strain with the roommie and it is entirely my fault. i am not quite ready to apologize and let go, as it still makes me mad.

not only do i have to feed them, but i have to now do a major clean up and find another pair of chopsticks as we only have 4, and i think there will be 5 of us. i think i am just negative today and enjoy complaining. generally, i enjoy organizing and find a clean room to be extra productive but i am so set up right now with curriculum supplies everywhere, and i want to keep this pile system out until i get into my classroom and then it can live there.

all i want to write about is how much i don't want to have these people over tomorrow, and how much work i have to do. it is seriously time to let go. meantime, i have to go make pie crust for mango pie. this is seriously one of my best inventions to date, i don't know why more people have not thought of it.