Four-fifths of one-twentieth = ?

At the beginning of this week, I thought I'd be sapped by now. But, here it is, Thursday, and I've made it through. I'm four-fifths of the way through the first of 20 weeks of second semester.

Here's my desk before school started Monday morning. I'm going to shoot it tomorrow after school, too. I've actually done quite well with my new "make sure it's clean before you leave" philosophy.

Having the kids back has pumped up my energy level quite a bit. That, and the fact that we will make our 50-page deadline tomorrow. All the pages are ready, they just have to be PDFed and sent.

J1 has been fun so far this week, too. It's a whole new crop of kids in two classes. In letters of introduction they wrote to me, many of them said they took J1 because they want to be on yearbook or newspaper. That's great news. I didn't get anyone who said: "Uh. I took this class because it was the only one open." So, we're starting off on the right foot.

There's a few interesting personalities in the classes, and I think they'll be a lot of fun to teach.

So, there's been some classroom successes this week, but there's been a couple of knitting disasters. I'm experimenting with some designing of felted items, but so far it hasn't clicked yet. They're still drying, but MAYBE I'll post a photo or two when they're done. They can serve as a cautionary tale, I guess.

Grr. I'm going to start sock number two this weekend, so that I'll actually have a pair fairly quickly, I think.

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If you're not reading my friend Denise's blog, check out this post. It's all about sweet Olan Mills photos from the 1970s. She's posted a challenge, and as soon as I can get over to Mom's to pick up some photos, I'll be scanning and adding a few to the mix. Jaime's gotten in on the action as well. I can't believe how much those color photos taken in the 1970s have faded. Or, did everyone just wear a lot of oranges and eat a lot of carrots?

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Off to do a little more misguided knitting, before doing tonight's run. Gotta get it in before Grey's - new eps start tonight! (At least until they run out, I guess.)