Just Down

I am just really down.

It is so hard to force myself to do the things I need to do lately.'

Last Thursday was VERY pleasant at the Retiree's Cigar Group.  One bright spot in an otherwise gloomy time.

The person I no longer write about was in rare form Saturday, and it colored my Saturday, my Sunday, and into now.

My secretary screwed up one version of one of my exams I gave yesterday.  I was not able to catch it since she did not have the exams ready until about 10 minutes before class.  This class has about 150 students, with five versions.  One version had many, many mistakes (including two questions labeled as #43).  Instead of the work I needed to do yesterday afternoon, I had to spend the hours figuring out what the hell she did to this exam so I could create a new, separate answer key for grading so this subset of the class would be graded fairly.  It was annoying and not what I wanted to do.  And, she had this exam for over THREE WEEKS to prepare.  This new secretary (she has been here 3 years) leaves a lot to be desired.  I miss my old friendly secretary who was very meticulous.  She retired three years ago.  

I voted this morning.  I honestly do not care anymore who wins.  I just want the election to be over.  But, of course it will not be over for months and months no matter who wins.  I cannot bear to watch news any longer because it is just too much stupid politics.  I cannot listen to my friendly NPR because it is ALL damn politics.  

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