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Oct 11, 2009 19:15

It's a dull old line, but it couldn't be more true for me right now: I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired. My essay grading for the class I teach and essay writing for all the classes I'm taking happened to fall due this same week, the week before I take the GREs (because my old scores expired, what joy). It would be a lot of work to handle ( Read more... )

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tempestsarekind October 11 2009, 23:36:04 UTC
*hugs*

Grading is horrible. And writing essays is not that much better. Best of luck.

(Just out of curiosity, why do you have to take the GREs again?)

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valancy_s October 11 2009, 23:54:50 UTC
Thanks for the sympathy! Your icon sums it up just right.

I'm in an MA program, applying this fall to go on for the PhD.

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tempestsarekind October 11 2009, 23:59:29 UTC
Ah--that makes sense, if I'd just *thought* for a second! Well, best of luck with that too--at least you know what to expect from the GREs?

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valancy_s October 12 2009, 00:26:32 UTC
I expect to get my ass kicked by the math section - thank God the schools won't care as much about that!

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thepresidentrix October 12 2009, 00:23:33 UTC
Oh, what a rough time! I do miss hearing from you, but I completely understand! I wish I could trade you a few hours of my dissolute life to give you a little respite.

Virtual hugs?

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valancy_s October 12 2009, 00:28:41 UTC
Thank you for the kind wish :) I hate to burden you all with my complaints, but I did want to explain why I'm such an LJ wash-out these days. Things will be a bit calmer in a couple weeks, anyway.

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winkingstar October 12 2009, 02:04:52 UTC
Oh, psh, no apologies for whingeing! That's what we're here for. Well, we're here for the happy bits, too, but whingeing happens to the best of us.

Take care of you as best you can, and I wish you lots of luck getting through this rough patch! ♥

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soniag October 12 2009, 12:54:26 UTC
*pets*

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