Screwed by technology again

I just finished the essays I needed to grade for tomorrow, so, yes: I'm officially kinda fucked. I have more essays to grade for Wednesday than was originally the case, as two submitted essays late. Both were very late, and if I were more of a hard-ass, I wouldn't accept them at all, but I will at least give some overall feedback and a grade, albeit one reduced by late penalties.

So, I have six to grade for Wednesday. Ten for Thursday.

Fucked.

But it's not entirely my fault for having not pushed myself hard enough over the weekend. There's a long and boring story here, but essentially, the version of Adobe Pro that the college provided doesn't actually work very well, so after struggling with it all day, I ended up coming home to finish up on the computer here--which has a version of Adobe Pro that I actually pay for each year but that works, god dammit. So, tomorrow, I have to schlep the laptop to campus so I can work without the annoying, time-consuming glitches.

Ah well.

And as is usually the case, the night when I'm working latest is going to precede a morning when I have to get up extra early. That may be true for the next two mornings, in fact. And I don't know whether I'll be able to be a good girl and go to Advisement on Wednesday as I currently plan or whether those two hours will become absolutely essential to finishing the work. I already have requested permission to bail on P&B tomorrow. Again: two hours, and two that I desperately need. Cathy may say "no," which would be understandable, but man, I hope she takes pity on me.

And someone else can do the minutes.

Now, however, the cat and I are both very hungry. I can't speak for the cat, but I also know I need to start winding down ASAP. So, that's all for now. Until tomorrow.