Old Habits

I am a calendar girl.  I love a calendar.  I love marking dates off and writing in appointments.  I love using a calendar to plan multiple events way in advance.  There is so much mathematical peace in a calendar.  There is so much joy in letting a calendar help you plan your activities.  

I am a school teacher.  Not at the moment, but for 22 years.  Teachers fight to get one of the ten calendars that salesmen leave in the front office.  I always made sure that I got one.  You know, those big desk calendars with ample room in each day and lines to write on.  Oh, I love them.  Well, first we came out with spreadsheets and I had to give up my paper grade book.  That was pretty bad.  It took me three years to let it go. Then I got an iPad that had a digital calendar.  I have gotten an office job that takes me all over the school district and the state and I really needed a digital and portable and sync able calendar.  So I put away my paper calendar.  I have a color coded, go anywhere, never need an eraser, digital calendar that dings me when something important is coming up.  

But this afternoon, I grabbed one of those fantastic big desk calendars, ripped off July and I mechanical-penciled in all of my activities for August and September in my best print.  I feel good just knowing that it is sitting there on my desk.  Some things can't be replaced.