hopefully something rhetorical

Just thought I would check in and let you know a little more about what I was up to…

1. First and most important, the boy and I celebrated our eight year anniversary yesterday.  This week, I am a little stressed out because of number three four (I can’t count!) down there, and he knew just the right thing to do.  He also bought me a beautiful plant.  (He told me “Flowers just die.”)  It wasn’t a perfect day, but every moment of it made me remember how much I love him and how happy I am with him.
2. I am following Ali Edwards and her a week in the life of series.  It has been really fun to examine my life more carefully, and I want to try to take more pictures for the rest of the week.  I did get a great one of the HUGE spider I killed the other night. That was a fun adventure.  I have been doing a pretty good job of writing about my day throughout the week though.
3. We found the coolest new breakfast place in our town.  It is fabulous, and the stacked french toast is amazing.  So amazing that when I made the boy go there with me for breakfast on our anniversary and he tasted it, he actually moaned.  Incidentally that was my second visit for the week, but who’s counting.
4. As a roll-over from last week, I am still grading job packets for my tech writing students.  Besides the final report, this is the assignment that takes the longest to grade, at almost 20 minutes a piece.  With 76 students, I am ready to be done.  I wonder if all teachers feel like they are always saying the same thing over and over again when they are giving feedback.
5. I am going to start working on posting my mother-in-law’s cool fused glass work to her new Etsy site, hopefully today.
6. Yesterday, I submitted a proposal for a conference in Baton Rouge about the Second Life stuff I have been working as part of the grant I received last year.
7. I am going to get to see a friend that is coming back in town for the weekend.  A younger version of myself!  That promises to make this weekend really fun.
8. Friday is a diversity conference.  I was inspired at the conference last year, so I am hoping it will do the same again this year.
9. Finally, I am planning the all-day sewing extravaganza for Saturday.  I don’t plan to work on anything school related all day!  My new labels will be here, and I can hardly contain myself I am so excited about the prospect.  I hope to have lots to show at the end of the weekend.