Marvelous Monday

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This post is a tribute to Miles and Laurel and all other bloggers who participate in the Marvelous Monday phenomenon.

1) The McCarthy parents visit.  In addition to playing cards and drinking Slivovitz, we decided to pack a little entertainment into our presidents' weekend itinerary.

Friday: Fame, as performed by my high school students!
Saturday: Sherlock Holmes, Part I.  Everyone fell asleep except Dad.
Sunday: American Teacher at Bryant Lake Bowl AND Cat On A Tin Roof at the Guthrie
Monday: Breakfast with Downton Abbey.  OMG.

Each of these showings could really be a post on their own so I will leave it at that for now, but prepare for a critical review in the near future.

2) At Bryant Lake Bowl, a poster advertised Orange Mighty Trio's spin off group, NES.  They are performing this Thursday along with an 8-Bit beer release.  I quite enjoy seeing my husband's photo in the window!

3) Speed workout!  Tried and true running partners, Rebecca and I hit the Macalester track to cruise through two sets of intervals.  Although the intervals were already broken down into a series of distances, we broke it down further as the wind pushed us and then we pushed the wind.
4) Grading!  To a teacher, a three day weekend basically means all grading and planning is pushed to Monday instead of Sunday.  Rachel decided to help me with constructive feedback on my tenth grade literary analysis essays.

Apparently, Rachel is generally unimpressed with literary analysis. 


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