All the Rest

A disclaimer, before I get going: I am still quite grateful for my list of 37 and the many other big and small good things in my life (mostly, health, LG, family, friends, having a job). That doesn't mean I can't get pissy about things sometimes, and that's how I'm feeling right now. Some things that are going on that make me crabby:

• Students plagiarizing papers. I made a huge speech in my class yesterday, a class with a clump of suspected plagiarists, clarifying the academic integrity policy of the class and asking people to come forward if they had violated the policy. The result was a good THIRD of the class emailing to ask me if I suspected her/him of plagiarizing. SO NOT THE POINT.
• This damn cold. I think the old one was almost gone and a new one came to take its place, but snot is running down my throat, and that's just nasty.
• A colleague in another unit (whom I've never even met) taking advantage of my generosity in doing her a favor and asking me to do it again.
• I forgot to renew my car's registration (which expired on my birthday), which means spending time at a government branch office to write them a check, now with a ten dollar late fee. Dumb dumb dumb.
• Too much email from students (see #1).
• Apparently LG has a field trip today. I would have liked to have been notified before yesterday of this event, even if it is free. Perhaps I would have liked to accompany her?
• I'm just feeling OFF. Not pregnant. Just OFF. I fully expect a negative beta on Friday or Saturday, whenever I choose to get my blood drawn.