A Day in the Life

• 6:35.  Wake up in just enough time before my alarm not to have quite enough time to fall back asleep.
• 7:00.  Get up and get ready for work.
• 8:05.  Morning commute.
• 9:15.  Teach my first workshop in a very warm room to sluggish students.
• 10:15.  Teach a much better second workshop in a pleasant room to engaged students.
• 11:15.  Grade a few student essays.
• 12:00.  Lunch at Panera Bread with The Player of Games by Iain M. Banks.
• 1:45.  Workshop three.
• 2:45.  Workshop four, which I teach barefoot, since my left foot inexplicably cramps, in shoes I’ve had for years.  Bizarre.
• 3:45.  Drive home.
• 4:30.  Crash on couch with Banks novel.
• 6:00.  Rouse self for spaghetti dinner.
• 6:30.  Finish novel.
• 7:45.  Read some delightful chapters from The Golden Crab, a novel-in-progress by C. A. Cole.
• 8:30.  Is it bedtime yet?  Browse Amazon.com.
• 9:15.  Blog.
• 9:30.  Bed.

By 5 pm, my writing day is essentially over, so I don’t feel too guilty about reading for pleasure this evening.  Besides, teaching the same lesson four times is suprisingly wearing (though I’m sure I’ll get better at it).