Hil, can you get together with the other professors so that each of you covers a building? If everyone is giving the same exam, they should be able to ask questions of any of the profs.
I'm not sure. A lot of the other instructors have all their students in one room, so I'm not sure if they'd be willing to rearrange stuff like that. I'd already thought of asking other instructors who have rooms near some of mine to check in on them, but two of my rooms are in buildings that don't have anyone else giving this exam.
On a side note, this situation irritates me and makes me bitter, because this kind of shit is what I do. There's no reason for this kind of disorder and inconvenience.
The department had to fire several administrative people over the summer, because of budget cuts, and one of them was the one who used to organize this stuff. So now other people are trying to figure out how to do it.
Epic, I'm so sorry.
Hil, that's a crazy situation.
I'm still trying to figure out how I ended up the unlucky person with students in six buildings. I looked through the list, and there are a few people with students in three buildings, but most have one or two, and no one other than me has more than three.
Epic, I'm so sorry.
Hil, that is insanity. Good luck figuring out what to do.
a weaponized silver fleur de lis stopper for wine! It's pretty, functional and can hurt people
Now ... if you could only set it on fire ....
Her: And here's one of the best podcast readers I've ever heard. She's called "FayJay" and she's reading these Sherlock fics.
Cool! You need to share that with her.
Epic, I'm so sorry about Domino.
if he was trying to get a gift that effectively communicated a lack of commitment
I know you have different expectations of the relationship than he does, and I know I'm a commitment phobe to put them all to shame, but I don't get this. It's a birthday gift for the first birthday you've had together. Is there an expectation of a commitment gift at this point? And other than rings, what does that look like? I mean, what he got sounds really nice, and I don't get what's missing.
I didn't expect a gift at all. I certainly didn't expect jewelry or sexy underwear or a romantic getaway. It's just not what I would ever get someone I was dating, and I was trying to understand what led him to choose it. And now I think I get it. He's logical and methodical and likes to make decisions based on orderly thought processes. I'm pretty sure he thought "She likes wine, she likes silver, she likes New Orleans - awesome!"
Me, I'd dither and wander around the store, and go visit another store, and ask a friend their opinion, and analyze what message I might be sending, wanting to strike the right balance between thoughtful and not too much. A book, or some music, or a show I think he'd like, or a snap button shirt...
