
Reason 1: Brooke’s computer broke, possibly beyond repair.
Reason 2: Brooke and I unknowingly lost our notetaking job that we have been doing for almost 2 years because of a flippant email that we were not the first to respond to. Someone else responded back first and so, somehow, the job that shouldn’t have been open to the public was and we didn’t get it. Can you tell I’m angry?
Reason 3: This past summer I was asked by someone at my school to be his TA (teaching assistant). After initially saying yes to this and planning on it, and rearranging my life so it would work a flippant email was sent to me telling me that I couldn’t do it because I was still a current student. This heavily upset both myself and well as the professor. Then, yesterday I’m checking the TA schedule for the spring term and noticed that there is a current student that is a TA — uhhh, slightly confusing to me — because the Academic Dean made such a big deal about me being a current student only 6 months prior — you’d think that he would look at all the prospective TA’s since he made such a big fuss about me. Can you tell I’m angry?
Sometimes life gets in the way of life.

Dude! I can feel the flame of your fury! I am saddened that the organization we’re a part of handled these situations as such. My hope is that the time you would have spent typing and hacking out masterful note transcriptions will be transformed into other great moments. Maybe as blog readers we’ll get to enjoy some of the untapped energy in your fingertips.
andy
Joel, AHHH- all of that is pure BS! I remember some of our conversations around this opportunity and it makes me angry and frustrated that you and your wife have been dealt this blow- intentional or not, I too feel your fury. Life does seem to be in the way. May your extra time be filled with unexpected delight, I wonder if early morning baked goods could enable some of this?