A short story made long

This morning's meeting on curricular proposals was supposed to be short since there was only one curricular proposal to be taken up--and it was a simple proposal to abolish an outdated course. As the proponent of said proposal which was actually tabled by the committee a year ago, I hoped that things would go without a hitch this time around. Boy, was I completely wrong: More issues were raised in the ensuing (heated) discussion that lasted nearly an hour! In the end the proposal was tabled one more time and although I admittedly learned something about certain university academic rules, I came out of that meeting pretty much battered and shell-shocked after the unexpected battle.