I just looked up at the calendar and saw that the end of the month is just a few days away. [groan!] It can't be! I have too much to do and too much undone!

Bleargh. I have a story that needs major revising that I really wanted to submit to Polyphony 6 (deadline Jan 31.) I'm going to hate myself if I miss out on submitting there, since it's a good market.

I need to do some massive studying this weekend since I'm taking the Sergeant's exam on Tuesday, and I have this feeling that I'm going to totally tank it. I've been going through the study guide for a month now, and it's all just so damn stupid. It's chock full of "management theory"--the kind of stuff that's created by people who've never actually ad to manage real people in the real world before. Here's an actual sample question:

A formal structure of authority for coordinating work units is most accurately referred to as a/an:

a. procedural plan
b. staff assignment plan
c. organization
d. schedule

I mean, give me a break!! How does knowing this make a person a better sergeant? There are a ton of questions like that, and so all a person can do is just try to memorize the answers they want, and hope that the questions are lifted from this book. Sheesh.

Maybe February will be better? Hmmm.. I seem to remember telling myself that "things would be calmer in the new year."