It's a Matter of Time

This is midterm Thursday and were it not for the fact I will soon have twenty-one tests to correct, I'd be very happy at this moment. Right now, we're having our class in the regularly-scheduled computer lab. My students are writing the three hour exam by hand but will have access to the computers during the final hour of class.

As usual, I have a few extra minutes after getting all stray papers corrected. So, at the moment, I'm typing on the teacher's console in the front of the room. Of course the LCD projector is switched off today. Even if it were on, the students are far too busy on the exam to notice I'm blogging now.

I wrote an email to the class a few minutes ago and needed to put in specific dates. I am very used to just clicking on the current time in the task-bar. This will open a calendar in Vista. Unfortunately, the lab computers do not allow that function. So, I typed calendar into a net search. I ended up at this Canadian calendar. Who ever looks ahead to see when holidays are going to fall during the year? I guess this can only happen when one's got a little extra time.

I discovered that Labour Day is on the first of September! That means schools will probably be getting right back in session near the beginning of the month. That's good news as I generally try to schedule my big autumn vacation at that time. The price of air tickets go down as soon as kids are back in school. Yet, the weather is still great in most places.

Where to this fall? We've been sort of discussing a possible month in Italy ...