What happened to my day...

Yesterday was ridiculous. I woke up with high hopes (probably my downfall in the end). Lecture had been canceled, the weather forecast said 70 and sunny, and I had a lunch date with my husband on our sunny balcony. I trotted off to school to pick up papers my students turned in and then went to the professor's office to do some grade norming. I knew this had to be done, but because it was 11:00 in the morning when we started, I thought we'd be done by noon or 12:30 at the latest. Noon came and went and we were still grading. I called my husband, rescheduled to 1:00. One o'clock, and still norming. Called the husband again, "Go ahead and eat without me." Meanwhile, outside, the sun shone, the sky hung overhead in perfect crystal blue, and I could just imagine how perfect my lunch would have been. Finally, at 1:45 I arrived home to find my husband headed back to work and afternoon shadows moving across the balcony. Unable to think past my irritation, I ate lunch and then flushed away the afternoon. At least I had good conversation with friends, but I got absolutely nothing done. As you know, I'm not one to mind a day off, but the frustrating part is that I was highly motivated to do work until the entire day veered off course while I waited for other people to finish grading. Ugh, ugh, and ugh. Hopefully today will be better.