Ah, off on my first of two vacations tomorrow. It still seems odd to call going to Duluth a vacation, as I still think I live there half the time.

The past week has been hellish. Papers to write, papers to grade, ornery professors to deal with. I thought I would be done by the time I left, but alas! It was not to be. I've got to rewrite a paper by the end of the summer, without benefit of a marked first copy to aid in revision. Because when this guy sets someone up to fail, he doesn't do anything by halves.

All that is being shelved until I'm back from sunny California (presuming I don't chuck it all and stay there). Hopefully Shanna will work her mojo and I'll return with the patience to deal with this shit.