So I was thinking about my QBAs for Photo II and AP.  I already have the one for Photo I set and it is a matching scantron format.  I have been thinking of how to make the other two tests more "PARCC like" as requested by administration.  It will be one hell of a test for kids to take in the last week of the year, but oh well.  I have it all set in my mind and will type it up tomorrow.  Then I realize, duh, the majority of my journal entry assignments have been "PARCC like".  How?  The students usually have to read an article related to photography and respond to a question.  This is never a yes or no type of response.  It always involves some sort of analysis and explanation of one's answer.  Therefore, the students should not be surprised by the format nor should they complain at all.  It will be familiar.  And all year I have been sweating how I can do this....  Derp.

More good news?  I did a hell of a lot of work on this day off.  I did laundry, put the ladder in the pool, vacuumed the pool, cleaned the pool ledges, lifted and tied up a bunch of low hanging peach tree branches, removed diseased leaves, mowed and trimmed the lawn, updated the two political facebook pages I run for tomorrow's election, and hung the corner pieces in the dining and living rooms to prep for hanging the ceiling trim.  Phew.  The adrenaline rush from all that work should keep me happy through all the bs I will encounter tomorrow (nasty co-workers and disrespectful students who think the year is almost over).

Then this evening, hubby carefully asks me if I overdid it.  He never asks in that tone.  Apparently a co-worker of his was in the hospital due to high blood pressure.  She overworked herself and stressed herself to the point that her BP shot up.  According to him, she is a lot like me with always being on the go and taking on a billion things.  No worries here, I told him.  My blood pressure is always good.  So if I have some down time while on lunch tomorrow, I plan to make my summer project list.  One of the things will be to clean up my photo printing table in the basement.  I started last night and it felt good to prep the space for printing again.