first of two

 I finished the first of my mom's socks on Wednesday. I've begun the second but it's going to be iffy if I get it done before I leave or if I have to try to secretly finish it up there

the color is "Kingfisher" from West Yorkshire Spinners.

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My grades are in. Some of the students are unhappy; I had to field e-mails all day. I tell them and tell them, in the intro class, that the time to come in is after the second exam where one's grade is low. But no one believes me, or perhaps they think "I can still bring my grade up," and then the final hits and they earn a D and it's a big problem. 

I've been polite but I especially dislike the ones that add on trying to tell me how to do my job. 

Tomorrow is graduation. Again I feel kind of flattened. I'm going to go (unless it's absolutely pouring, I still can't walk fast and I don't want to get drenched).  

I still have to write three syllabi for next semester and check to be sure that everything I need is out of the lab.