gossip girl

i have had a yo-yo of a day.

lots of drama within the unit. we had an all day retreat to discuss our major core course. but the deliberations had a number of weird turns including a round of public shaming and dressing down.

good thing that i was treated so poorly by some of those women i worked for as a grad student -- because i have developed very thick skin and i will deal directly with this kind of episode. (i think we know whom i mean -- especially if i typed in french or if i referred to my own advisor?)

anyway... who cares. things are going my way principally, the sun is strong and bright, everything is blooming, my parents are here with me for a visit. and i don't have to teach again until august 23rd or something. the upsetting thing is that the other junior woman started crying and she was really really really angry and she uncorked a lot of what she had bottled up over the year and term.

big sigh.

who cares. it's not like i am like the righteous j.b.w finishing a book or anything.

it's exhausting though. i am very tired from this year. thank goodness that i don't have to teach summer school in a week.