10/15: the other side

...of the work curve.  On Monday night I was grading until a bit past midnight; tonight I'm done before 9 p.m.  Usually I try to arrange my assignments so that grading is relatively evenly distributed, but I misjudged scheduling assignments for a new course I'm teaching and so I'm having to adapt to more fluctuations.  Although I'll be glad when the uneven grading peaks and valleys are over (at the end of this month), for now it's nice to know that a late night of work will be followed by a lighter load the next evening.