At the Grocery

Found a funny post on 8 Customers Everyone Hates.
I would like to add the lady behind you in the grocery store checkout line that stands too close, huffs when you manually enter your customer number (back off I'm going to save $1.00 on those wheat thins I bought!), then pushes her cart into your heels as you put your receipt in your purse.

Pants on Fire

Meeting with the last of my cheaters today. He just won't give it up. Despite NOT replying to me for 2 weeks he has tried the following excuses:
"You didn't tell me I had to cite."
You would have to cite that entire essay you turned in... it was verbatim from webpages. Oh, and I did include citing in the directions.
"I pay a lot for school."
Then don't cheat.
"I don't need an A just to pass."
You couldn't have gotten an A if you had gotten 100 on the exam. Also, a D is a passing grade, just not one you like.
The joys of teaching never end.

Resolutions

1. Exercise and eat right.
2. Keep house clean.
3. Declutter house and life.
4. Read for fun, too.

Personal Statements

Just finishing up my personal statement... I think it is in its 40th incarnation and finally has the right balance of my personality and my future research.

I hope they all like it and I find myself with a difficult decision of where to go versus the pain of receiving rejection letters on St. Paddy's day (again)!