Vacation?!

Made plans to meet up with another teacher-friend who's visiting from California (no, not you, Nicole) - an early brunch tomorrow. He instantly recognized "Friday afternoon teacher voice" - a little husky (not necessarily in a sexy way) and quavering from overstimulation. Sometimes all you can do is sit on the floor with your back against the wall.

Still, when the world calms, I plan to treat myself to a week of crazy productivity. Here's my list:

• Buddy Miller concert
  
• brunch with aforementioned teacher-friend
  
• yoga every weekday - and I know that sun salutations at 7:30 am might not sound like a treat to everyone, but during the schoolyear I dream of slow mornings with sunshine and exercise... of course, I might sleep in a bit and do the 9:30 basics class instead
  
• host Saturday night get-together at Uncle Ming's with my friend W.
  
• Williamsburg Spelling Bee
  
• plan unit on plants
  
• sketch out the rest of the year's curriculum
  
• revise 6th and 7th grade health curricula
  
• plan drama class production of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory
  
• file taxes
  
• grade student's invertebrates lessons
  
• plan afterschool high school prep class
  
• research middle school advisories (if you work at a middle school or high schools that does advisories, drop me a line - I have questions for you!)
  
• clean my room
  
• spend some gift card money at Macy's on a weekday when it will be less crazy
  
• go to the MOMA
  
• brunch in Jackson Hts. at the Indian diner there
  
• watch/read at the Bowery Poetry Club Urbana slam
  
• discuss Macbeth with my newly-formed book group (my friends who formed the group want to read the books they skipped during high school or college... I didn't actually skip that many books - mainly Nietzche - so I'm trying to push them towards books similar to the books we were assigned... like, say, Proust or Tolstoy... so far, no luck)
  
• finish reading Snow, an amazing book by a Turkish author (thanks, Tim)
  
• um, blog
  
• go back and see the Gates again
  
• watch science films like Microcosmos, Plant Reproduction, and The Miracle of Life
  
• sleep
  

Well, we'll see what happens.