So the retreat was not quite as bad as expected

Some of it was a colossal waste of time, and I would rather have been marking, but miraculously I think we did accomplish something, although we were all so tired at the end that it didn't really sink in.

There were no muffins, but there were scones. And soup. And new-agey music and wind chimes.

The psychological profiling was ... odd. I tested "Dominant" and ended up in a group with people I would characterize as difficult to work with and rather self-absorbed. I hope that's not how people see me :(

Oh well. I'd been dreading it, and now it's over, and I'm exhausted but perhaps the department can now move forward. A bit.