9-6 in the office, with an hour out for lunch and another for gossip and paperwork, means I spent 7 hours preparing 4 hours of class, and I have about another hour to go on that.
That means spending 2 hours outside class for every hour in it, and that is happening because it is the first time and it is a demo class and I am preparing the first week to be air tight because investment in that now will pay off later.
How I could have saved time: try less hard on audiovisual materials. All the other work I did today had to be done. Cutting corners now leads to disaster later and I do not care how many professors tell me I am slow or too conscientious. I am not really – I only wish to avoid mayhem and disaster.
What I noticed today, in fact: I move right ahead and push on, not losing focus like everyone else. It is similar to how I worked planting those rhizomes, sticking to my row, establishing a rhythm and moving on, and on, and on.
Axé.
coldhearted scientist وداد 
Oh I know this one. I used to make the mistake of letting demo classes be just like my ordinary teaching. Not a good idea.
Zen.
Thanks for heads-up, Hattie. Today so far I have spent an hour on another demo syllabus, and 30 minutes on professional e-mail. The rest of the day will probably go to errands, although I do want to fit some more work in if I can.
Redatora, Zen, yes. Thank you. It is how I have always been criticized for being (I get misinterpreted as too rational / cold / not reactive enough / too scientific / too practical / too proactive) but what I really am is active Zen (not passive or passive aggressive, two attitudes which are often mistaken for «Zen»).
I did put in another hour and a half or so on the course, so Tuesday was a three-hour day.
And now Wednesday, I am going to say, conservatively, that it has been about three hours, still working on syllabi; there was more spent hunting for things and information but I am not counting it since I was chatting at the same time. I want to put in an hour or two tonight on lesson plans; we will call it two; that is a five hour day; that means 16 hours this week in 3 days.
5-6 hours a day seems about right for summer. I think it includes weekends some weeks and not others.
Today Thursday, 30 minutes of work so far and it was course planning. The next four days are almost all house cleaning and packing, and after that comes a week of vacation. Then, four weeks in which there is a maximum of 1 hour course planning per day and the rest has to go to research.
Then, four weeks of teaching only. Then, one week vacation (research allowed). Then the new academic year in which I will have a schedule that goes strictly to my official percentages on research, teaching and service I swear to God.