So, I’ve been at my teaching internship for a week now. It’s been a relatively easy start; mid-terms were this week, so everything was focused on exams for two days, grades for two days and a four day weekend. (Teacher’s had a workday with no students on Friday, and Monday is MLK Day.)

This slow start has been appreciated because the hardest adjustment has been getting up and out the door in the morning. It’s been more than five months since I’ve had to do that, and it’s taking some getting used to. (I can’t remember if I mentioned that I was laid off back in August. Probably not, but that’s fodder for another post.) In addition to recognizing the alarm each morning, I’m having to recalibrate how long I have to perform each of the “get-ready” tasks. I quickly realized that 45 minutes for the first cup of coffee is probably going to be too long. Such is life…