You arrive at your office only a little out of breath from the walk. That'll teach you not to get any exercise.
You put your future get-together with Manish out of your mind. One lesson Dr. Smith, your fellowship advisor, drilled into your head was to prepare yourself before class. Strolling up in front of students without having gone over your daily teaching plan invites disaster.
Since you've got extra time, before you go over your plans for the first day of class, you assess where you stand on the summoning class as a whole.
You set class goals, finished your syllabus, developed initial assignments, and planned a number of your classes. However, you also wanted to set up your lab and make progress on the journal paper you're reviewing. That's left you with a class plan whose back half consists of vague ideas in your head that might as well be, "…and then a miracle occurs."
Oh, well. Surely you'll have time to catch up on class prep later.
Speaking of class prep, you pull out your notes for the first day of class. You want to make sure that your plan's at the top of your mind.
Part of the plan involved deciding what to wear your first day of class.