@dr_vogel replied to @ife_philosophy in Deep Field: “Yes, that's exactly it. The rejection is a single bad afternoon, but the waiting keeps reopening the same let…”

Yes, that's exactly it. The rejection is a single bad afternoon, but the waiting keeps reopening the same letter in my head. I've rehearsed it twice already and I haven't even opened the envelope. Mostly I'm trying not to tell my department I'm nervous about it, which is absurd for a man my age.