Yesterday: Started with me upgrading the memory on a Sun server (why me? because I'm the only one in the School willing to do it and IT support don't), running around like a BAF to check on the 3 postgrads running my computer-assessed in-class tests for 200 students and shepherding our School seminar speaker from another institution (again, why me? not quick enough at stepping backwards in the intial line-up!) Insufficient coffee, many students giving increasingly pathetic excuses about why they missed their tests meant it was a crap day. Excuses:

• Dead uncle
• Dead family friend
• Car broken down on the way in (two incidents thereof)
• Sprained ankle playing football the day before
• Surgery -- signed-off for 2 weeks
• Flu
• Court appearance (another two incidents ... worrying!)
• Car accident
• Mental health
• Nose bleeds (seriously! Signed-off and everything!!)