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Yay! I don't have to do any more grading until 2008! (Unless I get another job, but even then, it's still 6 months.) After two full weeks of grading at least 10 things a day, I so need a break. So this week, the only academic work I'm doing is applying for a job and writing a conference proposal and returning library books and attending a department breakfast. It's vacation, really.

None of which changes the sad fact that Mac is teething, and is currently doing the desperate "I am so tired but my mouth hurts too much for me to sleep but there is nothing else that will comfort me" wailing. The only thing that seemed to help was a maple teething biscuit, but I can't let him eat one by himself, because of fear of choking, and he really needs to nap.

Other projects for this week: Actual Gym Time! A Loehmann's trip! Possibly cleaning up the bedroom (but that's really work, and I would like slightly more Vacation! Taking care of the Dog-and-Baby show while A. is gone on business! A Trader Joe's trip. Maybe, if I'm really good, a massage.

I've already had to deal with both positive and negative grading experiences - the student who was having excessive senioritis and missing class, who pulled through and got a 95 on the final, giving herself a B in the class, and the student who was extremely confused about why he got a D, despite the fact that he had gotten a D on every single assignment and test in the class. But you know what, I'm done. It's summer. No more stupid math.