The Morning Dew Gazette, Volume 1
October 10, 2002

hi people who love me no matter how much i whine,

i woke up at 4:48 am today and could NOT fall back to sleep. finally
got out of bed at 5:23 after killing an immense spider on my ceiling
and establishing that i have a LOT of work to do and little time to do
it. also hacking up green stuff, but we'll ignore that for the moment.

arrived at school in the dark at 6:05 am with no entry key. oops.
fortunately the janitor keeps weirder hours than even i and let me in.

-number of things i forgot to do prior to the 8:12 am commencement
of first period, despite being so friggin' early to work: 6

-number of minutes spent arranging my teaching portfolio for
college of notre dame: 120

-number of pounds said portfolio probably weighs (there IS a
professor that grades by weight): 5

-number of pounds i've lost due to stress: unknown

-number of pounds i've gained due to stress: also unknown

-number of grammar questions i could not answer during first and
second period combined: 20

-number of "harmless" snakes loose on or around the egan
campus: 1

-number of hot unmarried staff members on campus: 1 (no change)

-number of missing pages for the egan newspaper despite the
deadline being tomorrow: 8 (of 30)

stay strong and take your echinacea,
ms. beman