It’s the most wonderful time of the year

Happy new year, loyal readers. (Er, family!)

Since today is the first day most folks are back in the office after SMU was closed for a week, it’s a day for catching up on how the holidays went for everybody. One of my co-workers was asking about how I did on finals, and I told her I am refusing to hazard a guess on how I did, because no matter the guess, I will be wrong.

Since classes start next Thursday and I probably won’t get my grades for another month or so, she commented that it must be a special kind of hell to have to return to class without knowing how I did last semester.

Much to the contrary, I said. For the next three weeks I can live in the ignorance of not knowing how I did, assuming I did fine on everything until I’m informed otherwise. Plus, the next round of finals is a whole four months away. So the time before grades come out is truly the most wonderful time of the year!