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I had a meeting with the program advisor today and found out that I’m in the middle of the list for TA candidates. There aren’t as many positions open for fall as usual which means the odds aren’t in my favor. In any case, I won’t find out until mid-summer. This makes planning for next year difficult since only so many graduate credits transfer from the MA to the PhD and would potentially leaves me treading water for the fall semester. Or scrambling to try and finish the MA this summer, which would be fine for me but requires finding faculty (who aren’t compensated for summer work) to be both available and willing to sit on my exam committee.

It’s a gray, cold, and rainy day. I just finished A Farewell to Arms which is not an uplifting book. I had to park in the remote lots because there’s no parking on campus this early, and now I need to go back down to get my car because the shuttles don’t run as late as my 9:15 pm class. And to top it all off, Azerbaijan beat Finland 1-0 in Euro 2008 qualifying.

I’m irritated, grumpy and whiny. A pre-class beer in the Gasthaus might cheer me up. Or just make me sleepy.

Current Mood: Irritated, Grumpy, and Whiny |