A Perfect Day

Despite crawling into bed way too late last night, I was up on time this morning feeling fine. I watched That's Clever, cooked 5 grain cereal for breakfast and managed 20 minutes of workout (step aerobics and practice interpreting to upbeat Christian songs) time before showering and heading out the door. My hair wasn't awful today and I was able to get to Dutch Bros. for an Annihilator before work. (Okay, so it wasn't perfect. I forgot to order it Skinny.)

At work, I managed to fill my water bottle and get through the important emails before my students arrived. We got the Senior Invitations printed - and I am so thrilled to have students who have the capacity and desire to learn to operate the offset press!

During my prep period I printed all the worksheets for the scavenger hunt I designed for my History class and hid all the clues in all the right spots. Despite the many details, I managed to pull everything together just in time for class. The activity went off without a hitch and was highly successful. Students were motivated, I was able to assess their mastery, or lack thereof, of vocabulary and skills. They had a good time. They learned. I learned. I felt great about the challenges I put to them and we decided we will do something similar as their final exam in June. They even gave me suggestions to make it more difficult. We even had enough time left over to play another challenging thinking and memory game.

Lunch was great. Yam and banana followed by blueberries in strawberry yogurt. No "cheating" or unhealthy snacks. Caught up on most emails and finished one game of Pathwords before heading back to work.

My afternoon was spent preparing for a presentation I'm giving with 3 coworkers tomorrow. I felt proud that I'm mastering a new presentation software I just learned about and put together a presentation that reflected all the major points we had discussed yesterday. It should be fun and informative tomorrow and help us cover all the material. I worked overtime creating graphs of student test scores (we are presenting on using assessment data to guide our teaching decisions) and I created a second Prezi presentation looking at the data I graphed.

I didn't cop out on dinner, but grabbed a bunch of veggies and a little chicken to make a quick stir fry. It was delightful. I finished off my homemade ginger ice cream - that was made with nonfat milk. Now, I'm getting some writing done, too, in keeping with my goal of writing more regularly, if not daily.

At this rate, I can relax a bit before getting to be ON TIME tonight.

Health. Food. Work. Communications. Interpretation practice. Teaching. Learning. TV time (Go, Judge Judy!) Chores. (Yes, doing the dishes and laundry actually make it a good day because I feel good about the accomplishment and it makes life balanced. "Perfect" doesn't mean all fun and games.)

Well, my crazy pooches need to go outside. I need to put the car away. I want to enjoy the remainder of the sunshine before settling down for a good night's sleep.

What makes a perfect day for you?