School's Out

Today was the last day of my summer class so they took their final exam.  I decided to grade them immediately when I got home from class because I needed to wait at least an hour to eat lunch.  It only took LESS than an hour to grade them.  Why?  Because they did so well.  So I calculated their final averages, and then posted their grades online.  My summer class is officially over. 

After I ate lunch, I went outside to walk.  I wanted to wait until later (because it was so HOT) like I did yesterday, but there was a 40% chance of rain tonight, and I didn't want to chance it.  I did wait until 4:00 pm to go outside though.  I walked 5 miles in 105+ heat index.  I was completely disgusting and drenched when I got home so I went straight to the shower.  After the lovely shower, I was so exhausted (from the heat, I'm sure) that I could not fake the energy to cook something for dinner.  Then a lightbulb went on in my head.  I ended up having 2 spicy black bean burgers by Morning Star (meatless, but so yummy!), a huge salad, the rest of some leftover spanish rice, and a blueberry and banana smoothie.  Nothing took more than 5 minutes, and I was totally satisfied.  Morning Star burgers are wonderful anytime, but they're especially great when you have no time (or energy, in my case) to cook a protein like chicken.

Tomorrow is supposed to be a heat index of at least 110 (in Myrtle Beach, but here in Conway, it will be hotter because I'm further from the nice, cool ocean).  I'm either going to walk right after breakfast or after dinner to avoid getting too much sun.  And tomorrow is my last Friday off, or any weekday, for that matter.  Work starts Monday so I might as well enjoy being able to do whatever I want on a weekday.  I won't get out of class before 3:30 everyday starting next week.    

It's 9:00 pm, and I am tired.  This girl is heading to bed soon!