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Kickin' Butt and Taking Names

School has been so busy this year - I thought that by the third year, I'd have some sort of system and be cruising along. Instead, I feel like I'm behind and running to catch up. I did get a nice complement from a student yesterday - during the club meeting (advisorship - new this year!) - the student said that I seem like I knew exactly what was going on and what needed to happen. Little did she know that I've been carrying over 100 essays around for two weeks and haven't graded any.

This weekend I'm volunteering all Saturday at a cross country meet, going to a play and hoping that on Sunday I'll get to spend the day at Barnes and Noble reading all the new books that have just come out and can't afford to purchase.

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