After Biffing a Doctor's Appointment and Working On CWP-Fairfield Spring/Summer Programs, I Decided to Call an Early Last Night (Just to Read)

An evening of Crandall's choice...no grading, no planning, no responding, no writing...just some kielbasa, a walked dog, and feet on the couch with a pile of books. Yesterday, I launched Young Adult Literacy Labs for the summer and I also debuted the special project with the Center for Climate, Coastal, and Marine Studies where Dr. Karen Karbiener will come to campus in celebration of Walt Whitman. All the projects took months of planning and formation so that the launch (including online registrations) were ready in time. All of this is to say that by 6 p.m. last night I was done with my laptop. I grew tired of the mental labor and wanted to lose myself in a story or two...so I did.

I have a larger pile of YA novels sent to me by publishers and friends and there are few I've wanted to prioritize. I know today I have meetings, interviews, and evening board-member work, so I opted to have a little Bry-time last night under a blanket. I have to get it where I can, and I think my body is internally feeling the temperature plummet coming our way again this weekend. Ugh.

I created a Padlet to invite teachers to the Walt Whitman project and differentiated invitations for all grade levels (as I know how tricky audiences are...especially young ones. We have a couple of months to get the work done, so the net was cast and we'll see what we'll lure in. But now, I need to head to campus for another of those long-$@# days.

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