Things to do today:

1. Unpack my professional clothing and make sure it doesn't need ironing. Also, my briefcase. (It will not need ironing.)
2. Make up my to-do list for tomorrow. I have events in the morning and afternoon, but have some time in between that I can run around to drop off paperwork and make phone calls.
3. Review the course materials I have for the courses I'm teaching. Since Physics 141 is taught by half a dozen people, and is the first course in a sequence, I have a lot less freedom than for Physics 104 (which is the 'a taste of physics for the liberal arts folks*')
4. Start on course organization stuff, both on my side (make folders, clean up my computer desktop, etc.) and on the students side (set up the course website, write a syllabus, etc.)

I also should find sometime around midday to get out of the room so housekeeping can clean. I could do laundry or go for a walk along the coast.

Oh, hi there!

I forgot the guilt I develop when facing a long, somewhat time-sensitive, multi-part task, and don't finish it RIGHT AWAY DAMMIT. It starts to intrude on my leisure time, even though I know that such a task will expand to fit the time available. Even though reading (well, skimming) a good hundred pages or more of textbook and considering the content was an afternoon's work, I get antsy because I didn't move on to the other textbook.

I have at least one full day and five days that have or will have free blocks. (The only full day of meetings is the department retreat on Tuesday; even then, I could spend two hours in my office writing.) I don't need to have everything done today.

(add in that Physics 141 is a collaborative class, so I can't do much fussing with scheduling, or the students won't be able to do the labs.)