Rough Week

I’ve got several reviews I’m been intending to write, but this week hasn’t been that week. I hope to have some up by the end of the weekend.

Monday we got word that one of our graduate students who had left the country to present an invited paper at a conference had been denied readmission. Our TA assignments were already stretched to the breaking point, and now we have to fill another hole in the schedule. Then Monday evening a student with an illegally obtained handgun fatally shot a university police officer when he was picked up on a drug related incident. To top the day off, an acquaintance was killed in a collision that night, leaving a young wife and children.

Tuesday there was a fire in one of the dorms, and yesterday a student with no history of health issues had a major seizure in class.

Not the best week for blogging. By the time I’ve been able to sit down and write anything, I’ve been to brain dead and fried to put words together. Hopefully next week will be quieter.

10 thoughts on “Rough Week”

Paul McNamee October 13, 2017 at 3:20 PM

Ugh. Rough week indeed.

Get some mental rest. We’ll be here.

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1. Keith West Post authorOctober 13, 2017 at 3:46 PM
  
  Thanks. I realize you guys will be here, but I’m trying to get the reviews up because the books are seasonal and/or the release dates have passed, which is when reviews are the most useful.
  
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Jim Cornelius October 13, 2017 at 3:31 PM

Oh, man. Life rampaging in hobnailed boots.

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1. Keith West Post authorOctober 13, 2017 at 3:47 PM
  
  That’s an excellent way of putting it.
  
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Woelf Dietrich October 14, 2017 at 5:20 PM

I’m sorry about your week. Get some rest. We’ll be here.

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1. Keith West Post authorOctober 14, 2017 at 9:30 PM
  
  Thanks. I’m hoping to get some tonight. The band got in late from the football game last night, and there was a marching competition in a town about two hours away, which meant I got up earlier than I do on a weekday.
  
  The temperature hit 90 F today. I’m ready for some October weather to go with the chilling stories I’ve been trying to read.
  
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Adrian Simmons October 16, 2017 at 8:53 AM

Hang in there, Keith. Sometimes life gives you lemons, sometimes it just beats you with a stick. The stick will break before you do.

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1. Keith West Post authorOctober 16, 2017 at 9:45 AM
  
  Thanks. I’m going to steal that saying.
  
  This week should be a lot more laid back. And WFC is in a few weeks. I’m going to be there.
  
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Howard Jones October 19, 2017 at 10:07 AM

Terrible stuff, Keith. I’m sorry to hear about it.

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1. Keith West Post authorOctober 19, 2017 at 10:24 AM
  
  Thank you. Fortunately this week has gone much better.
  
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