Tonight's Poet Corner: Introspection
Hoo, boy. An overall good week ended kind of weirdly, but also still kind of well. Don't get me wrong; I'm happy for the break. But sometimes, I just make those stupid mistakes that I don't want to have come bite me in the ass down the line, and because I'm not going to be overwhelmed with work, I'm going to have a loooooot of time to overthink things. I tend to overcompensate for said mistakes by constantly talking about them and attempting to atone for them. Maybe it's the Catholic background, or maybe it's the fact that when I haven't gone all mea culpa, there have been ridiculous consequences. Then again, when I've gotten really emotional and guilty, that's also backfired. Why did I have to be born a clumsy meat bag full of feelings? Still, as we approach Thanksgiving, there's a lot for me to be thankful for. My family, my friends, my mentors, my coworkers, my students. One of my TAs actually wrote me a really sweet letter, telling m