Spring Break Isn't a Bad Time to Align with Conference Tournaments as Day Long Basketball Seems To Serve as a Decent Distraction

Although I need to be grading. I did conduct an interview in the morning, hit send on another project, attended a national webinar to raise money for teachers in Minneapolis to buy books for kids, and baked a cinnamon coffee cake. Karal was also walked, although she had so much energy all day, especially when Casey stopped by because she had a hair appointment in the area. She finally tuckered out around 8 p.m., but I didn't think she was ever going to settle.

Syracuse lost. Seems to be a common saying to sum up their season. Louisville plays tomorrow. We shall see. Doesn't seem like the tournament has the hype it had during all the years I lived in Kentucky.

Mom has doctor's appointments today (maybe a haircut) and she has her black shoes ready to go. ESPN is only showing Division III games, so I'm thankful my ESPN app online was able to access the games I really wanted to watch (while Dad ate two places of cinnamon swirl cake). 

Got to talk to Sean-man, albeit briefly, as he's up at Clarkson getting ready to head out of his Spring Break - he's off next week and is hoping for a trip to Sydney in the Fall.

It was a beautiful day. 70 degree temperatures with cooler winds...great for hiking around the neighborhood. I do need to tackle materials to be graded, and put it off 24 hours because they're calling for rain the rest of the time I'll be in Syracuse. I figure hunkering under a blanket while the wet stuff falls from traditionally gray CNY skies is totally conducive with a day of assessing student work (although I am trying to have some semblance of down time...just a little)