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<\/center><\/p>\nI took November off from blogging this year to do NaNoWriMo. (Yes, I know that there is one more day in November. I do own a planner.) Here is what I did NOT<\/strong> do during that time.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 1 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I did not “win” NaNoWriMo.<\/strong> To win, you have to complete 50,000 words by 11:59 on November 30th. I hit just under 11,000. Blame it on my internship, work, and school. There is always next year, and I can use my notes from this year in addition to doing some plot development.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I did not vote for any Republicans.<\/strong> Seriously, if the GOP ever decides to endorse a candidate who isn’t either stupid or crazy, I *might* consider voting for them. (Contrary to popular belief, I *HAVE* voted Republican before… twice. I voted for John McCain in the 2000 California primary to try and knock Dubya out of the race, and I voted for Bob Taft in the 2002 Ohio governor’s race because the Democrat was not all that great.) Thankfully, the Democrats took the house, and only one senator I liked (Claire McCaskill) was defeated. (She had the hardest race in the country to win, so it wasn’t a surprise.) I live in a navy blue district in the indigo part of a blue state, so obviously my Congresscritters were re-elected.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I did not get married.<\/strong> Like I have time to date?<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I did not take crap from any students.<\/strong> I had a student mouth off at me this month for not answering her “quick question”. (There is no such thing as a “quick question”, and I am not required to answer questions at all unless I am working a drop-in or one-on-one shift.) I told her that I wasn’t working, and she got nasty. It’s probably a good thing that one of the BIIIIIIG rules in my department is “don’t abuse the tutors” because her instructor backed me up 100%. Did I mention that my department co-chair was present for this?<\/p>\n Thankfully, said student is not part of my department, which means that I don’t have to deal with her after this quarter. (The class she was taking is a requirement for a couple of different departments, so we get some non-OBT students.) <\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I did not get a neck tattoo.<\/strong> Again, serious lack of time to hang out in a tattoo parlor.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I did not give birth.<\/strong> One of my favorite students, however, is probably going to give birth in the next few days and I’d love prayers for her because I love this girl like a sister.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n I did not have a quiet Thanksgiving.<\/strong> We had 17 for dinner on Thursday, the Apple Cup on Friday, and company on Saturday. At least, the Huskies won the Apple Cup for the 6th year in a row.<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at This Ain’t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I took November off from blogging this year to do NaNoWriMo. (Yes, I know that there is one more day in November. I do own a planner.) Here is what I did NOT do during that time. — 1 — … Continue reading