Dear So and So

[Crankin]

Dear University,
Thanks for making me spend 8 hours sitting in "reflective sessions" regarding my program today and tomorrow. The weather is finally gong to be nice, of course. I have to sneak out early and brave the subway at rush hour to meet friends and DH in Boston and it's making me feel like a bad teenager. I know, you don't think that students can have a life and be in your program, but it actually happened . I am tired of you.

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

The weather is finally gong to be nice, of course. I have to sneak out early and brave the subway at rush hour to meet friends and DH in Boston and it's making me feel like a bad teenager.

Sounds like a 'reflective session' to me!

[Crankin]

Oh yeah. I am not the only one with a negative attitude, so I'll have plenty of company. I guess I should be careful as I write, since I am on a university computer! The train I took apparently was an express and after leaving Concord, only made 2 stops before arriving in Cambridge. So now, I am early, even for the breakfast.
Going to read my New Yorker and take a deep breath before going in that room.

[Crankin]

So, the session I snuck out of was run by the alumni, who were giving us career information. The professors left the room. However, they were lurking around near the stairs, getting ready for the wine and cheese thing. One of them saw me leaving and looked at her watch! Ack, I don't know her, but she gives you a cold hard stare all of the time. Well, it's a good thing I left when I did. I had to wait a long time for the second train and it was packed like sardines, I thought I wouldn't be able to get out of the door. But DH was there, waiting for me at the appointed meeting place, where he whisked me away to the car driven by our friends. We had an awesome dinner and the play was great.
Off to get ready for today's class.

[Kitsune06]

Dear rad class:
You are all so awesome, for once I don't feel like I'm just 'going to school', I'm hanging out with 30 of my best friends for a few hours every day. I really love being able to feel like that, thank you.

[snapdragen]

Dear gall bladder. STFU.

Thank you.

[Xrayted]

Dear Snap's gallbladder. You heard her. STFU.

[tangentgirl]

Dear Sick Coworkers: If I'm feeling like my @$$ is draggin because you came in and infected everyone and now I have your flu, I'm gonna beat you down when I get back. If I come up to your cube and your head is on your desk and you are dizzy with fever, wtF did you come in today?

[Kitsune06]

I love how workplaces will give their employees the hairy eyeball for calling in sick, so people work through it assuming they'll get credit from their higher ups and everyone STILL hates them for bringing the plague and spreading it.

^ happened to our entire xray class in waves through flu season, because if you miss ONE day it will STILL crush you.

[indysteel]

Dear Dr. Orthodontist,

I'm so over having braces. Please take them off soon. It's been 3 1/2 years already. I know I needed a lot of work and that my refusal to get jaw surgery didn't help, but man do I want my mouth back.

Thank you.

[ultraviolet]

Dear Ad Agency,

Of course I can present work to your clients on your behalf. But really, giving me at least 24-hours notice would have been nice--for both you and me. On my side, structuring my work for a presentation instead of for implementation would have been helpful. On your side, more prep time means a more polished presentation and likely a better outcome. But, OK. I'll get up and present these concepts to the CMO of your Fortune 500 client three hours from now. No problem.

Love,
Me

P.S. The short notice will be reflected when you're invoiced.

[spokewench]

dear title company: Thank your for wasting 3 days telling me how hard this project will be, how costly, and that you just don't have the staff to do it and then telling me that it will take 2-3 weeks (after you wasted 3 days going back and forth about how you are so overworked and can't get a simple title commitment prepared.

Duh,isn't that what you do for a living?

[Kitsune06]

Dear prospective xray students:
I remember very well what it was like to be in your shoes. I really hope I was helpful when I answered your questions. I know I might have been scary, but I was as candid and honest as I wish students would have been when *I* was in your shoes. I mean it when I say I wish there was a way you could all get in and not totally crush what little remains of the job market. You all seem like great people. Best of luck to you all, though I know I won't see half of you this fall. If you didn't get in, it doesn't mean we didn't like you. Please reapply.

[limewave]

Dear Self,

It's lookin' like you stirred up a hornets nest unintentionally. Take some deep breaths and collect yourself. Separate your emotionsfrom the situation and handle it like a business issue. Just remember, there are crazies out there, and this one walks, talks, and acts like a crazy (AND has your home address!). If there is a confrontation this afternoon . . . just remember to keep things simple, direct, professional and to maintain your composure.

I'll keep a bottle of wine chilled for you when you get home along with some chocolates.

Hang in there. You can do it. Not everyone needs to be your friend . . . And there's a good reason for that: self-preservation.

Limewave

[Xrayted]

I have a big day tomorrow. I don't want to screw it up. Please don't let me screw it up. It really means a lot and my sanity, wife, stress levels, etc... will be happier in the end if it works out okay and I get it. *fingers crossed*