Lois Hammond officially took over as my boss, Dean of Students, on June 1. And then she left to attend a conference in Corvallis. She managed, in fact, to be away at one meeting or another most of the time. I’d been doing the Dean’s job since Carol left, and I continued to do that job as well as mine. I’d expected when the new Dean was on board I’d get a bit of respite, but it didn’t happen. Things went on like that, even into the fall. Apparently the powers that be decided to hire Lois for the prestige she brought to the U of Z, knowing full well she’d spend most of her time speaking to groups of other university administrators who preferred to be at professional meetings rather than at home doing mundane things…like their jobs.
The point of all this is I couldn’t help feeling resentful.
