death by positive feedback

after a looonge (i love the silent e) dry spell, including a snappish individual at work who made me feel kinda crummy, i get...positive feedback!!!! ahhhh...not only do i get the best grade in the class, i also get the teacher asking for my paper to use as an example and saying it was the finest in the class. (reminds me of how little ms. crappy grades in high school--one A, only one...concert band, sophomore year--graduated magna cum laude from college) sometimes, am a sucker for that kind of feedback...this is prolly why i majored in that damn thing i majored in...