Step Away From the Cake

 of school and I could not be more excited. We have 4 weeks left which translates to 15 days. I was planning out the remaining days for chemistry yesterday while they took a test. There is just not that much time. Those 15 days translate to 7 A days and 8 B days. That's it. That last day is given over to final exams and I need at least a day for review. So that means 5 A days and 6 B days. Not a lot of time.  I've been mulling over this year and I have some changes I want to make next year. First, I want to double down on the notebooks. I think that was awesome when I did it well and I know a lot of students liked it. But I lost it around December and just could not get it back. So, now that I know what it all entails I think I can do a little better planning this summer and get it ready for the year. Second, I honestly think I'm dumping the modeling curriculum. I do. There are many, many things I like about it but I don't like the pacing or the seemingly randomness of ...

 The new weekly focus has posted at DMSC and I'm not even sure that I want to watch it. I just went and checked and the topic is fear, worry, and anxiety. I've got it on right now and I'm just going to listen while I type this. One thing that I know I've dropped the ball on is my planner. I've not really used it as it should be used in the past few weeks, maybe months. One thing I know is that when I use it regularly my life rocks. It's just something that helps me keep on track with the things I want to do. Otherwise, things fall through the cracks and I can let apathy and depression creep in. Can't let that happen. So today is a planner day as I do other things. I am making stickers for the little boxes in my planner so that I have titles for the boxes. I like using the boxes but writing in the titles for a whole week, every week is real pain in the butt. So I made some labels this morning and will cut those out in a little bit. Then I will past them in my...