The first semester is finally officially over; it's been a doozie. I start with a new set of students on Tuesday. I'm so thankful to be in one of the few districts in our state that works on an accelerated block schedule on the high school level. Similar to college, students do a full course of work in one semester's time and start with new courses the second half of the year. We only have 4 periods in the day - 90 minute classes - rather than 6 or 7 45-minute classes everyday for the full year. That means I'm only dealing with 80ish students at a time rather than 160 or so, and students are not trying to juggle so many courses all at once; makes all the difference in the world. I might have to retire if and when they move back to a 7 period day. I did it for years, but I dread the thought of going back to it.

So I have a nice 3-day weekend with no grading to do. I plan to relax. I think we're going to take in a movie tomorrow and that may be about it. Church on Sunday and chorus Monday night, but otherwise I plan to pretty much vegetate.

Time to head back to bed; my dog woke me up wanting to go out but now I think I'm ready to sleep again.