Sunday, 8/24/08

Matt spent the last day before school started by unpacking the last of his boxes, finding a new church to attend in Clover Valley, reviewing his lesson plans for the first week of Algebra classes, calling home to check on Emily and Zeus, and soaking his seriously sore legs in a hot bath.

He'd seen D.J in church with his family but was unable to make eye contact with him before he left. Matt wasn't sure if he liked the idea of numerous student-teacher interactions outside of school, but it was pretty much unavoidable in a small town like Clover Valley.

"Not like I'm going to drive all the way to Troy to do my grocery shopping", he concluded.

After not being able to fall asleep right away when he lay down at 10pm, he dropped out of bed to get his copy of Dean Smith's "The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching". After about 45 minutes of contentedly reviewing the familiar territory in the well-worn pages, he put it down, awkwardly clicked his bedside lamp off, and quickly nodded off.