[Kate*]

Wow, just wow, yes the dismissal is upheld, but my reputation is NOT the mess I thought it was so recommendations for other things won't be a problem at all and thank you for taking it so seriously. I'm actually kind of glad you agonized over it and spent more time on me than you do on most appeals and that it was so hard for you. Not because I wanted you to go through that, but because it shows that you really did care and weren't chomping at the bit to get rid of me like I believed.