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Had an elaborate dream last night. In the dream, I had volunteered to conduct some classes for young kids. After I had volunteered, I had not heard back from the school--from the principal. This person was MM from NetSchools days. She was in charge, but had not responded to my offer of help.

It was the day before school was to begin, and I got a note from one of the other teachers telling me that school was starting. She indicated in her note that I would be getting three different groups of students and what their skill levels were. I was confused since I hadn't hear back that I was taken up on my offer. I didn't have any lesson plans put together. I had to stay up most of the night in order to devise some kind of lesson plans.

I was going to get three groups of students--a large group of regular students, a smaller group of advanced students, and a small group of special-ed students. I managed to put together a set of lesson plans that revolved around the Sudoku puzzles.

The three groups arrived at my place at three different times. They were delivered and picked up by bus. The larger group came first. We settled in and worked on the puzzles. They were excited and had fun with the exercise. The advanced students arrived next. We explored making the puzzles and leveling their complexity in various ways. The special-ed students came last and I used some puzzles that had been partially filled out--they were asked to complete them.

In between all of the arrivals/departures and class times, there were numerous side tracks involving logistics, clarifying that I was on board, and so forth. The dream had many pieces and seemed to take up an entire day in dream time. I came away, in the dream, feeling good about what I had done, despite the mix up at the beginning. It was a satisfying dream.

I still haven't reduced my puzzle solution times that much. I managed to solve one puzzle in about 9 minutes, but my average time is still way above the norm. I did discover a few ways to look for solution slots. It's an interesting meta-puzzle regarding how best to come up with solution strategies.

Slept in late this morning (was up late last night despite my intentions). Back to dance class in the morning and lunch/movie with BH/GH. Didn't walk much this weekend.