If anyone needs me today, I am going to be under my desk. Possibly sucking my thumb, something I haven't done since I was 2 or so.

This morning alone, I have had:

three weepy e-mails from students about why they canNOT take the exam today and how I "need to" give them a make up

an e-mail from a student who missed the exam I gave Monday because he was out of the country (I am SO asking for documentation on that one) and he "needs" to take it now. This is an exam that includes a take-home exam component. Which is due Monday. His, even though he doesn't have it yet, will still be due Monday.

A phone message from someone else who missed class yesterday and will likely miss class tomorrow.

an e-mail from someone On High...uh, telling me I have to do something that turns out it's supposed to be confidential and Kept From The Students (which we weren't told right off). And I don't know for 100% sure no one reads, so....you may have seen something different here earlier...

Oh, and we are also mid-Program-Review, which is like a collective departmental panic attack.

So it has not been a stellar morning. And I have only been here about an hour.