Today was another good teaching day.  The first 10 minutes started off a little rocky, but after the review and once I had settled in, everything turned out really well. 
Today was a content-heavy class and I did turn into one of those profs that I dread.  You know, the ones that read right off their notes and have their faces to the board all class.  OK, so it wasn't all class, maybe only 60%, but still.  I guess when you have notes that need to be taken the options are limited.  I didn't write all of my discussion notes on the board, but I was really tempted to.  We did fire through a few examples, so I guess there was ample discussion time.  They seemed to get the point, so I'm counting that as a small victory. 
After the class, I asked for questions, comments and feedback, mostly for the formality of keeping the lines of communication open and showing the students that they shouldn't be afraid to ask for clarification.  I really wasn't expecting anyone to pipe up.  One student surprised me and gave me some feedback.  He mentioned that he was really happy to see that I was open to other opinions and that some profs can be real asses when they hear something that they don't agree with.  I was happy to hear that...not that other profs were asses, but happy to hear that someone has recognized that I'm trying to create an open mind.  I mentioned that although opinions matter, they aren't the be-all, end-all of this class.  What really counts is that you're able to back up your opinion.  Life lesson of the day:  Be able to back it all up. 

The one thing I'm not looking forward to is grading their first assignment.  I just glanced at them today.  Overall they look pretty decent.  I guess I'll learn more when I sort them out tomorrow.  I could be very surprised. 

Chaos was very happy to see me after work today.  The only difference from yesterday is that I was happy to see that she hadn't dragged my crochet all over the living room today.