August 1, 2003

At 4:30 am. I shot straight up in bed…"The Box! I haven't inventoried the box yet." My mind started wandering. What if I don't have what I need? I've had the box for three weeks now and I haven't even opened it up.

I tossed and turned, and tossed and turned some more. In the introductory class I had taken two months ago, the instructor warned us to check out the materials as soon as they arrived. I just didn't have the time or energy to go through it; it was the end of the school year. It would be my luck that I was missing a piece and wouldn't be able to rectify the problem due to my procrastination. At 5 a.m., my feet hit the floor. I was on my way to inventory my box.

I opened it up to find some labels, envelopes, a CD-ROM, a bag, and a sheet of paper listing the contents of my box. This is it? I am awake at 5 a.m. on my first day to sleep in and this is all that's here? Convinced that I was missing something, I turned on the computer and began reading the portfolio instructions on the CD-ROM. It was basically the same thing I had downloaded off the Web site. Thankfully, however, it was all there.

I began a list of things to do:

• Print all of the standards.
• Print all the scoring guides.
• Get some sleep!

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