I wrote essay (singular) and replied to emails (numerous) all day.  Emails were odd – some really downputting, like telling my professor I protested to some of the questions on our final, and telling some of the kids I TA for that they can’t do anything about their grades.  Some good though, since a few kids were studying today and needed help with some questions.  Those are uplifting.  All I can do is shake my head at the final though.  I really protest having questions on there we haven’t talked about in class.  It turns into a reading quiz where none of the material is discussed, tested, or mentioned, and you had several hundred pages of new technical material to get through in the last 5 weeks.  Then again, this is probably why we curve the tests.  Sigh.

Essay went pretty well.  I got the portions I wanted to get done written, and I’m well set up for tomorrow’s big push to get the first one finished.  From there onward it’s one big day of final administering, and one more big paper, and then I’m free!  Hopefully we can get a few other things done between here and there – like getting a christmas tree.  And maybe even a puppy!  Saw one online today that’s at the Yolo County shelter that we could potentially pick up Tuesday or Wednesday if it turns out that’s what we want to do.  I think Lewis and I are both waffling now that the time is getting near.  I just don’t know about these things.  And it’s so hard to make a clear decision while you’re exhausting yourself with school work and other responsibilities.

Which reminds me.  When my eyes unfocus and my sentences creep on, it’s time to go to bed.  It’s definitely that time.