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Having a weird day today.
We had a faculty meeting that included lunch from a new place called Lavash. It's Mediterranean and very very VERY good.
And one of the most darling men I've ever met won the top honor a professor can be awarded at Ohio State and President Gee was here to present it. It was wonderful to watch Dr. Baum's face when it was announced he had been nominated and then even better when he realized he won (he saw his wife standing by the door and put two and two together). Several of us in the department got choked up over his humble reaction. He's such a dear, sweet man.
BUT...afterward Herb wanted me to get an itemized bill (he paid for it out of his own pocket, bless his heart).
They gave us the food on actual plates so it was no big deal that I had to go back, I'm sure they'd like their serving sets.
It took the guy.....1 and a half hours!.....to get me an itemized bill.
He's a wonderful guy, an excellent chef but WOW is he kinda flighty. :) He kept coming out to talk to customers then look over at me and Elizabeth and go "OH! Receipt!" and run back to his office. Ten minutes later, out he comes to talk to customers. Then "OH! Receipt!" and back to the office.
It was starting to crack us up. But come on! I said to Elizabeth "Herb is going to think I ran away for the day." "Nah, he won't even notice."
I get back here and give him the receipt and tell him how sorry I was it took so long and he said "OH....wow, it's 4:25. I had no idea, actually. Thanks for the receipt."
Yeesh.
But it's been an odd day, emotionally. I feel very off today. I am on the verge of tears and I have no idea why. I should be elated for days after seeing my posted grade.
But I'm not.
I think my problem is my thoughts on dropping out of school are weighing so heavily on my mind that it's snuffing out everything else.
We had a faculty meeting that included lunch from a new place called Lavash. It's Mediterranean and very very VERY good.
And one of the most darling men I've ever met won the top honor a professor can be awarded at Ohio State and President Gee was here to present it. It was wonderful to watch Dr. Baum's face when it was announced he had been nominated and then even better when he realized he won (he saw his wife standing by the door and put two and two together). Several of us in the department got choked up over his humble reaction. He's such a dear, sweet man.
BUT...afterward Herb wanted me to get an itemized bill (he paid for it out of his own pocket, bless his heart).
They gave us the food on actual plates so it was no big deal that I had to go back, I'm sure they'd like their serving sets.
It took the guy.....1 and a half hours!.....to get me an itemized bill.
He's a wonderful guy, an excellent chef but WOW is he kinda flighty. :) He kept coming out to talk to customers then look over at me and Elizabeth and go "OH! Receipt!" and run back to his office. Ten minutes later, out he comes to talk to customers. Then "OH! Receipt!" and back to the office.
It was starting to crack us up. But come on! I said to Elizabeth "Herb is going to think I ran away for the day." "Nah, he won't even notice."
I get back here and give him the receipt and tell him how sorry I was it took so long and he said "OH....wow, it's 4:25. I had no idea, actually. Thanks for the receipt."
Yeesh.
But it's been an odd day, emotionally. I feel very off today. I am on the verge of tears and I have no idea why. I should be elated for days after seeing my posted grade.
But I'm not.
I think my problem is my thoughts on dropping out of school are weighing so heavily on my mind that it's snuffing out everything else.