Misc. Updates

[jaimem30]

I realized I never posted a follow-up to the whole Crazy debacle.  I met with the admin boss, L, who more or less took my side.  She told me she understood why I reacted the way I did, and that she's tired of all the gossipy-sorts that populate the admin world.  She also said she told Crazy that she should be nice to me, and that I had every right

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[halfgk]

I'm glad L seems to have a sympathetic ear. I've become friends with a few of the admin types in my department. They too are a gossipy bunch. Good people, though, and I realized a while ago I could learn a lot from them. They've been on campus for a long time and know things about some of the "beautiful people" that I'd never learn otherwise. So I keep my ears open and my mouth shut. But I've called out one gal in particular who will start to talk about my team and stifle herself. (She'd say something, fishing for a reply before continuing; I'd ask her to continue, and she'd say, "Well, I can't tell *you.*" This leaves me to wonder why she bothered to bring it up in the first place.) A minor irritation, that's all.

I too am fighting a cold. Think I got it from one of the kids last Sunday (Easter). I'm in "the kleenexy phase" right now; I'm forced to believe this fizzy orange crap I've been drinking every four hours is *actually* doing *something* to make me better. Ick. Decided to try a cola today; I can't taste it.

On the music front, I picked up a very rare copy of Buggles' second album a couple of weeks ago. New and cool? Probably not. ;-)