Day 251 -- running a race somewhere

The race has begun a couple days sooner than I'd expected. Over Sunday and today, a large number of students in one class did their first and second online assignments. This is wonderful, even though what I'd planned to do tonight was set aside to look through and get the grading begun. Impressive to see people do this at the beginning instead of waiting until the last week to submit these items. It makes everyone's schedule easier to manage, too. Now there will be some last minute folks, but it may not be the bulk of the crew. This class is large, so the fewer procrastinators the better. <smile>

While this did make me reschedule my evening work plans, it is a good thing. Seeing enthusiastic responses within the first week of the term gives me hope and makes me smile. The day was also sunny, so it was pleasant to see outside my window. I did work to find a few minutes to re-centre and breathe.  Now this is only Monday, so we'll see how things progress. The goal is to not spin out of control, right? <smile>

I thought of a song today that addresses the frenetic aspects of the term beginning and one I need to think about as the term begins to explode, I'm sure.  This selection has a great beat and some fantastic lyrics -- "so much jibber jabbers clogging up our soul"  -- gotta love that poetry. Enjoy!

Where are we runnin -- Lenny Kravitz