oh, my gosh, I am done.

Everything is graded. All the exams are over with. All that remains is to deal with people who think they got a raw deal (when in fact, with two classes at least, I was probably more generous than I should be - "spotting" a few points to make up for difficult questions on the final in one place, not subtracting as much for skipping class as I should in the other. I will admit one bit of the rejiggering was to grant someone not-entirely-deserving a marginally passing grade, just so I don't have to see their unhappy face in my classroom for a third time. And no, I don't feel bad at all about doing that in this case.)

I made it through without either crying or getting too angry (I was rather short with someone who showed up as I was mid-grade on an exam, demanding I explain why he didn't earn an A. I told him I had no time at all to explain why, he could come in after break and look at his exam. Because I'm sorry, but I've explained all the meetings I have today, that I have to be leaving town tomorrow, and that I have NO time.)

I will say on the other side of things, several people I was pulling hard for earned As - WITHOUT any rejiggering on my part. So that's good.

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And the flood warnings along the Amtrak route are receding. So no bus, it looks like.

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And yes, Charlotte - a shadowbox would work just right for the Re-Ment stuff. Even better if I could find one with glass doors to keep them safe. I'll have to look around when I go antiquing this summer. (I have two weeks after I get back before classes start; I think I'm going to take at least 1 day to go out and have some fun).

For Wilbur, I want something a big bigger and deeper. I do have a small "box style" wall-hung bookshelf but right now it's full of books so I don't think I'm going to empty it out for that. Perhaps I can find a similar one somewhere. (This one came from one set of grandparents; apparently it has some sort of a history behind it I don't remember right now, but it's potentially valuable because of where it was made or who made it, something like that).