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Yes, I went jogging yesterday! Woo-hoo! 5.8 miles! After the first two miles, I started coughing and grumbling, but after I passed my car and started the second loop, I was feeling much better. Afterwards I felt fine, today I felt fine. I was going to go jogging again, but since I'm doing 14 tomorrow, I figure I'd chill. Plus, Christine just called - she's in town and we're going to brave the Galleria so she can go Christmas shopping and we can catch up on the gossip between us.

Not only did I jog yesterday, but I re-read most of "Romeo and Juliet" and made up a vocabulary list for the intro to Shakespeare and Acts 1-4. I hope to finish the vocabulary lists tonight and make the vocabulary quizzes. Tomorrow, after the 14 miler and before we do the obligatory family visit, in which my mom and I are the only ones from our side, I hope to do "Julius Caesar." The problem with trying to write a quick vocabulary list for "Julius Caesar" is that I haven't read it in a while and need to re-read and analyze it since I'm teaching it. That will take me most of tomorrow and into Sunday evening. Monday, I hope to write Act tests and both Romeo and Julius. Tuesday, maybe write lesson ideas. Wednesday, lesson ideas for "Animal Farm" and/or "Of Mice and Men." Thursday, same. I wanted to get everything done for the semester for my classes, but I'll be ok if I can do at least one unit each (if not two).

I bought a new book yesterday (since I'm a book sponge). "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey. I've been looking at that book for over a month, every time I walk into a bookstore and yesterday I finally bought it. It's a raw account (true) of a 23-year old alcoholic and crack addict in a 6-week rehab stint. He wakes up on a plane, not knowing where he is or how he got there or where he's going. He's missing his front 4 teeth, has a broken nose and a hole in his cheek (eew). That's how the story opens. It's pretty raw not sugar-coated at all. But I'm enjoying it. I'll let you guys know as I progress...