I cannot believe the sheer nerve of some people!! There is a junior faculty member who has been so completely and utterly uncooperative and continues to be so, despite the many requests from his own department and ours. What I don't understand is why his dean or chairman can't just tell him what to do in this instance, rather than asking his preference. This is a matter of schedule, not life threatening, but certainly a major inconvenience to over 160 students. I am truly glad that I'm not in a position to voice my opinion on this matter because I am afraid diplomacy would be right out the door. I don't envy my chairman. He's got to deal with this and I have no idea what he's going to do. My fervent wish is that he stand firm, but I suspect he's going to have to let it go. It just makes me very very VERY angry. [rant off]
Yesterday the medical students were selling pancakes - a little jump on Shrove Tuesday I expect - right outside of my office. The smell was torture. No, I didn't have one. I had strawberries and oatmeal for breakfast, as usual. But I was sorely tempted.
It has gotten cold again! Last night I had to turn my heat on in my apartment to stay comfortable and when I finally headed to bed to read I needed to pull up the down comforter! So today is thick, warm sweater day. I don't often ... well, actually never last year because of the heating problem in my office .. wear these bulky sweaters but today I'm wearing one of my favorites. It's a long, almost tunic length, brown chunky raglan turtleneck with a gorgeous cable down the front. It is a sweater I made when I was first starting knitting and I just winged this pattern. I found a cable I liked and cast on and away I went. I do love it but as I said, very rarely get to wear it. It is perfect with jean leggings and my brown "pirate" boots.
I brought my little start of the Whisper Cardigan today for noon knitting along with the latest copy of IK. I want to see what the other knitters have to say about this issue and maybe I'll take a second look myself and see if I've changed my mind. Doubt it.
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