Crawling toward the light...

...the light at the end of the tunnel of grading, that is.  It's that time of year, after all--that time of year when your students surprise you, pleasantly and otherwise.  (Pleasant: Hey, that student really improved on the final exam! Negative: I was unaware that Robert Browning wrote Culture and Anarchy.)  I shall return to grading after tomorrow, when I shall be winging my way to the relatively warmer climes of Southern CA.