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04 / 29 / 08
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Sorry, between past Friday, dealing with a sister I despise, people I don't know and will never see again, final essay assignments, lack of funds through no fault of my own, and unseasonably hot weather, posting just wasn't in the cards for a few.
The funeral. It... went. There were moments where my brother and I were nudging each other due to humorous events that of course one can't actually laugh at being it is a funeral. Then there was the Wicked Witch of Westwood, aka the older sister. If ever there is a reason to explain why I don't like her, this exchange probably clarifies.
Her: Man, I got swamped by people there for a bit wanting to talk to me.
Me: Well they thought I was you, so I corrected them.
Her: So you're the reason they swamped me.
Me: (coldly) Consider it payback for your father's funeral. (she didn't attend, so imagine what happened to me at that one.)
I mean when the hell did I sign on as her stunt double just because she doesn't like dealing with these people? And it wasn't just me, they confused my younger sister for her, too. And we just politely corrected them. Playing the role of 'Erica' was never in the job description, and we shouldn't have to. It's bad enough we got old biddies coming up asking point blank, "And what is your relation to Mother Shells?" Bri was nice about it and just said she was another granddaughter. Me? "None of your concern, I'm here to mourn her passing, just like you."
Gah, hate funerals. As a result, mom has left explicit instructions that we're not to have a funeral, but cut straight to a party. I told her I have no problems with that seeing I'd likely get rip-roaring drunk anyway, but if any of her sister's branch show up, the civil gloves would come off. Her response? "I'll be dead, do what you want." I'm holding her to that.
School. Well, seems I'll get an A after all from the networking class, but I was a bit presumptuous about the next one. The instructor is striking me as even more anal retentive than the last. What other impressions can you give for someone who has instructions on how to format your emails when asking him a question? If it were something simple like include the class section in the subject, no problem. No, we're talking about he wants name, first and last, section number, and 'incident' in the subject, then the body he lists where the salutation should go, and to repeat the name and class section number. I'm about ready to call up student services and ask who is working for who, the instructor for the student or the student for the instructor? I can be sympathetic about the workload instructors have up to a point. When they try and force students to have everything in neat little packages just so their job can be easier, I have problems, and lose respect for them.
Anyhow, tis cooler today, thank fates. So hopefully I can get back to a semi-productive state fairly soon. And if I owe you a reply to something, just remind me.
April was a rough month, moreso than I thought it would be.
Sorry, spammers forced my hand. Comments reviewed before being published.
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Glad to see you made it through in one piece.
As for the anal-retentive email formatting. . . eh, this doesn't seem like something worth fighting over, to me. You're going to have to deal with even more anal-retentive bosses in the future. . .
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@Kit: One piece, more or less. +_+
I can understand with dealing with bosses, since the logic there is one works for them. With the instructors it's a bit different in my mind as to who is working for who. And trust me, the email formatting wasn't the only thing, just the one I felt was easiest to post about.
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It seems everyone has had a rough month. I'm glad you survived the funeral, it sounds like it was quite the experience.
Congratulations on the A though, there's a small bright spot. (Even if the professor was an utter idiot.)
( 8:30 pm )