So far, I haven’t done much. I like to be productive, wake up early, and go to bed knowing that I’ve accomplished much.

However, vacations always tear me in two. Part of me says, “Hey! Sleep, eat, and veg out all you want to! you’ve earned it!!” The other, more responsible half of me says, “Hey! Now’s your chance to get caught up on all those things you haven’t made time for-get to it, lazybones!!”

I have gone for a walk and a jog, sorted through my advisory students’ files and made lists of the students not on track for graduation, graded 6th period’s notebooks, made copies of rubrics for senior papers, finished mailing Christmas cards, read several chapters of my book talk book, and read a chapter from our grad school book, but there is so much more to be done!

What are you guys’ thoughts about time off?