Just Lucky, I Guess

I'm feeling lucky today.
My classes are caught up, and all my students seem to have a great grasp on the material.
A friend who I lost track of a decade ago "found" me through an online social network.
I finished my Blog for MyDesert.com and I really believed what I had to say.
And now, I have nothing to do but "play with my house"- my code for cleaning- while I listen to a recorded book.
And I just heard we are going to be seeing our son and his family this weekend!
Yup- this is my lucky day.

Going To Class

Today is the first day of school- at least it is for the 40 students I am teaching at the University of Phoenix. I am their professor for cultural diversity.
I have taught for many years, but I have never felt the burden as heavily as I do now.
I worked hard for civil rights.
I spent several years trying to pull kids out of ghettos of streets and of thinking.
Now, I have a chance at a very momentous time in our history to influence the thinking of young, future scholars.
Oh my...am I ready?

Order

It has been a strange couple of days. I am getting ready to teach two classes next week at a University for whom I have never taught before and I am a bit nervous.
I find I am like Georgia O'Keefe in a very small way. She could not paint unless her drawers were cleaned out and organized. I cannot teach if my closets- all of them - are in order. So for the last two days, my husband has given me a wide berth as I have torn a part every closet in the house- threw out, organized, labeled and otherwise terrorized even the most innocent loose hanger.
I do this as I listen to books on tape and do not come up for air until it is done.
So here I sit- closets in order....classes about to start. I really feel like I have it all together.
Wadda ya wanna bet I will not be able to find a pen?