What Does a Normal Day Look Like?

A typical day involves waking at 5:30, doing some back and stomach exercises, eating breakfast, making lunch, feeding the dogs and getting them fresh water. I leave around 6:30 and can get to school in about 10 minutes.

I arrive and we have morning devotions at 7am. Then we have about 30-40 minutes until the students show up at 8. Everyone in the school (200 students) lines up in a covered area and then disperses from there. I have a pastoral group which is the year 12 & 13 (11th & 12th graders) that I see 3 times a week - and do devotions w/ them (or at least that is the idea) 2 times b/c there is another guy who does it the third day. I typically teach 3 different classes each day for about 4 hours total (I have double-period classes on many days). We get a 20 minute break at 10am and then a ONE (whole) hour lunch at 12. So, really, it is a great schedule. Obviously there are all the other things that have to get fit in -- staff meetings, homework grading, planning, creating quizzes and tests -- this takes a fair amount of time b/c practically nothing is available for years 10, 11, and 12/13. I typically leave around 4:30 or so.

I will eat w/ Doug and Heidi a couple times a week and have tended to have one other invitation each week to someone's house for dinner which has been nice. I get home, make sure I have everything ready to go for the next day, shower, watch some DVD (lately I have been watching 'The Unit' season 2), put the dogs up on the upstairs deck, and go to sleep around 9:30. That is pretty much a day in the life. Queue the music... I read the news today, oh boy...