Yesterday, I did not give Mary a lecture…but I told her in no uncertain terms to have what I asked her to do to be completed. I was in a mood. I told her that including quotes would make it better. She had worked on the essay last night. Today, when I checked in with her near the end, she had written a good deal more of her essay and was looking through her book to include quotes. She offered to E-mail the finished version to me tonight.

Mary always manages to come through just in the nick of time. I told her to have a great weekend after she E-mails me the completed essay…nice class. She was plugged in and working again.