Appropriate units of measurement

Height of stack of remaining grading: inches.

Dilation: centimeters.

Time until grades are due: days.

Time until birth: days (I hope).

Folks: don't try this at home, no matter how much you'd like to really max out your institution's parental leave policy.

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I do feel a bit of (survivor's?) guilt with respect to how it all looks to outside observers, most especially junior female ones. Look, I wasn't trying to do this. Really.