# Up in the night... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 3, 2008, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-night/439930 "2008-03-03T09:00:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-night/439930/21 "2008-03-04T07:27:59Z")
[QUOTE=susan] Grading, grading, grading. And you? [/QUOTE] 01:30…just plain insomnia. And the damn alarm is set for 05:30. Maybe Doping for a while will tire my eyes or something. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-night/439930/22 "2008-03-04T07:47:46Z")
I forgot to wash underwear today, and in the interests of having clean undies tomorrow, I’m waiting for the washing machine to finish so I can put the clothes into the dryer and go to bed already. This is the second time I’ve dragged myself out of a warm cozy bed and the spin still isn’t done, so I’m just sitting here, cold but awake. But it’s only midnight here. ---
**Author:** ![miamouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@miamouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/miamouse)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-night/439930/23 "2008-03-04T07:49:19Z")
just not sleeping…the usual every 3-4 weeks of not sleeping for a week. OTC stuff doesn’t work. It could be because I’m kicking a stomach thing and might be feeling hungry and my body woke me up. I’m not brave enough yet to eat something though. So I’m fixing some computer stuff that I don’t have time to fix during normal hours. Just curious **susan** what does administration do in a case like that about grades? do over? across the board Bs? On preview: ooooo laundry, good idea. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-night/439930/24 "2008-03-04T08:01:32Z")
> [@](#): > > Just curious susan what does administration do in a case like that about grades? do over? across the board Bs? It was suggested to me (by tech, not my chair), that I extend the deadline. However, that’s really not feasible in this situation. I e-mailed all of the students and encouraged them to start early, to go to campus if they were having trouble from home, and then, pretty much every minute that I haven’t been teaching, I’ve been at my laptop unlocking and restarting exams, cutting and pasting students’ answers, and the like. Mercifully the exam closed a minute ago. I have about 5 more that were e-mailed to me by students whose frustration with multiple problems was dangerously high. I’ll need to grade those differently. There are about 10 fresh ones to grade online. I can’t imagine waiting until 11:34 to begin a 2-part exam that the instructor said was taking people 3 hours, but okay. My spouse blew off some big exams in college and says that hearing me rant about it is karmic payback for those youthful choices. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-night/439930/25 "2008-03-04T11:22:40Z")
Mr. S has been having to get up around 3:30 am to get to work (he’s in training on day shift, which starts at 5:30 am, but eventually he’ll be on PMs, 1:45-10:15, much better). When he gets up, I wake up. Today it actually does me some good because I have a big deadline today and I can use the extra hours at the computer to make the local, but early, UPS drop-off time. In a few minutes I’ll quit Doping and actually get to work. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Mrs.Cake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2acd7d/32.png) [@Mrs.Cake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrs.Cake)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-night/439930/26 "2008-03-04T18:23:50Z")
Drinking wine and watching _Doctor Who_ dvds. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/up-in-the-night/439930.md?page=1)