Remember as a kid when you wanted something so bad it hurt? And then when you got it, it wasn't quite what you expected it to be and was a little disappointed? Well, this happened to me yesterday. For the past 10 months, I would hear family and friends talk about how they spent their Saturday or Sunday curled up on the couch in their lounge clothes, watched TV and movies and barely moved the entire day. I had been wanting to do that so bad, but have never had the chance to do it until yesterday. Kristen and I slept in and after breakfast, I found myself sitting on the couch, flipping on the TV so that I could watch a movie. What I didn't know was that was about how the rest of my day would go. And when I finally went to bed last night around midnight and was trying to go through the days events like I normally do when my head hits the pillow, I realized that I had wasted my day away. All of those HGTV, Cooking Network and ESPN shows that I watched were mind-numbing and entertaining, but I am starting to realize all of the things that I could have done and felt a little more productive. Oh well - I guess its something that I don't need to rush out and do again anytime soon, but at least I know what it was like to do such thing.

Kristen had a much more productive Sunday than I did as she worked on a paper that she has been putting together for the past three weeks. For work, she is up for her third year review and has to compose a ten to twelve page narative about her teaching philosophy and how effective she is in her classroom. In the narative, she must provide references or proof of such effectiveness and is suplimented with a two-inch thick binder that is full of student and peer evaluations, sample exams and writing assignments. This has consumed Kristen's life - and I know she is ready for it to be over with because I am sick and tired of it and I am not even writing the darned thing!