5/17: getting

...a summer research project with students underway.

5/16: finishing another

...draft of another bureaucratic report.

5/15: finishing

...a draft of an end-of-year bureaucratic report.  It took several hours, but at least I can close the day with a complete draft.  (And hopefully when I look at it tomorrow it won't seem like it needs a lot of revision.)

5/14: al dente

...tortellini.

5/13: having just enough

...ground coffee at school to make a cup today.

5/12: a little bit more

...of the aurora borealis.

5/11: entering

...the remaining final grades for all of my courses.

5/10: seeing

...the aurora borealis from my bedroom window, the sky glowing purple and magenta. 

5/9: picking berries

...along the roadside with Chris this morning.

5/8: deciding on

...a topic for an essay to write this summer, and being excited about it.

5/7: working from home

...today.  I was glad I was able to, since I needed some uninterrupted grading time.

5/6: reflecting

...a little on the school year.  I did some quiet writing while a student was taking a make-up exam.

5/5: writing a business letter

...this afternoon.  I knew it would be something that I'd have to be deliberate about, so I had set aside the afternoon and evening for it, but I managed to finish it before dinner.  That meant I could do some sweeping this evening.

5/4: remembering

...that the mulberry tree on campus had some ripe berries and that I meant to use that as a good thing earlier this week (but forgot).  After dinner I had to get something at my school office, and I walked over to the mulberry tree to pick a berry so it could be a good thing for today instead.

5/3: reading

...the Myth students' lists of 3 things they especially enjoyed about the course.  It was heartening, and some of the comments were especially wonderful.

5/2: quietly printing

...my Myth students' final assignments so I don't have to read them on the screen.  They amount to quite a stack!

5/1: getting

...24 small bags of chips plus a pallet of 24 individually wrapped blueberry muffins with this semester's "free" dining dollars.  It doesn't use up my allowance, but at least I didn't let go as much to waste as last semester.