He won on the argument re working on relationship, the value of. (Shrug.)
Update: The accreditation commission met yesterday, and I kickkkkked asssssss. Fanfare announcements are flying my way like gangbusters. Outcomes assessment is so damn tedious and confusing and political that getting 50 faculty to do it unpaid besides like I did was like, well, was like MAGIC :p
Then, Ears and I took a walk and reflected. "It's like your left hand got mauled in a woodchipper accident but you keep trying to use anyway."