Email from the head of the department: meet at 2 in the big conference rooms. Very mysterious.
The meeting: speeches of thanks, marking partway through the production of 7 math books at once (do not try this at home), appreciation from the field and the higher-ups; snacks (non-kosher, of course); and a t-shirt, green on white, a dragon (taken from the last DK spread in geometry), with a background of mathy symbols, some cute rah-rah phrases about teamwork below. Still, I'll take it. Strangely, the only sizes were S-M-L. There are guys (well, and me) who would've taken XL...
The meeting: speeches of thanks, marking partway through the production of 7 math books at once (do not try this at home), appreciation from the field and the higher-ups; snacks (non-kosher, of course); and a t-shirt, green on white, a dragon (taken from the last DK spread in geometry), with a background of mathy symbols, some cute rah-rah phrases about teamwork below. Still, I'll take it. Strangely, the only sizes were S-M-L. There are guys (well, and me) who would've taken XL...