Daily 5 - Day 327

Today's Daily 5:

1. Pork and mango pitas for supper.  One of my favorite recipes, and one I've converted my parents to as well.  I cook it probably once every month or so at their house it seems.
2. The excitement and love in the eyes of a little boy in the window of a daycare I walked past this morning as he waved goodbye to his mom from the window.  Particularly fabulous was watching his face and realizing the moment when he suddenly knew for certain that she had seen him, and blew her a kiss.
3. The joy in the face of a little girl I saw peering through the window of her front door, staring at all the traffic and busyness on the street outside her house.
4. Thankful for buses that for the most part run on time
5. Mom often makes fruit smoothies in the morning as part of her breakfast, and when I'm there in the mornings (which is most days just currently), that means I benefit from the smoothie too.
6. Toast with peanut butter where the warmth of the toast has melted the peanut butter to an almost liquidy, ooey, gooey, goodness.
7. natural health treatment tonight that relieved some muscle problems I've had the last several days.
8. taking a short break this afternoon in the midst of a whole lot of stats to do a 10 minute yoga video and take a hot shower.
9. the sense of accomplishment in getting nearly (one question left that I need some help with) all the way through 2 stats assignments today.
10. making a random trip with my dad this morning to the fly fishing equipment outfitter he uses.  Just spending time with him.

Tuesday

Is it bad that it's only Tuesday and I'm already feeling a bit panicked about the way that the week is shaping up?

This is an incredibly busy week, and I absolutely, positively MUST accomplish the things on my list.  And there is a lot of stuff (mostly school work) on my list.  This is the first week that assignments can be submitted, quizzes written, and tests scheduled, and I've got some of all three on my list.

But it's going slower than I'd hoped.  Yesterday wasn't as productive as I would have liked (though it was productive) because I wasn't feeling well - I was busy fighting with a headache and aching muscles all day.  Today, well, a stats assignment that I'd hoped would take a couple of hours has taken most of the day.  I'm confident in the answers I've arrived at for the assignment, but it was time consuming.  Other than ten minutes of yoga, a few emails, a shower, and a brief lunch break, it's all I've done today.

You can imagine what kind of a good mood all those hours of math (with more to come - there are more assignments left to do!) has left me in.

Tomorrow is going to be a bit crazy.  Coffee with a friend from out of town will fill part of my morning.  And coffee with a different friend in the evening removes those hours from my day as well.

It's looking like it's going to be the kind of week where the weekend holds quite a lot of homework as well.  Ah, well.  Here's hoping that the hours left today, the hours I fit in tomorrow, and the hours of Thursday and Friday are highly productive.  Perhaps I won't have to cram too much into the weekend.  At least I'm hoping not anyway.