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Last week was spring break, but rather than spend money going places (I can't afford going as far as where it's warm anyways) I was pet-sitting for one of the professors to make a little cash on the side. Though they have a very nice house, I feel like I earned every lovin' cent of it because my charge was a 17 year old dog with failing kidneys who has to go out multiple times throughout the night and be walked twice a day and be notified when you leave the room to go somewhere else in the house or he can't find you and he starts whimpering. But he's deaf so you can't just call to him. Chained to the couch in this manner I was able to get a lot done on my thesis, but the project only seems to expand every time I think I'm getting anywhere. I also missed out on the rally held at the state capitol on Monday to protest the proposed cuts to the University Systsem because I had work. Apparently there was a very small showing from UGA, but a friend of mine who went said there were probably 400 people there. What it can possibly do with a governor who doesn't give a shit about education I can't imagine.
Anyway, I'm very happy about getting to live in my own house again. In the midst of the break I did return long enough to help the guys plant the garden. Though I have seedlings starting in the windows we also tried to grow directly from seed outside so we'll see what comes up and what the squirrels and birds dig up. Bees should be in our future in the next few weeks, but Cord insists that we watch a safety/training video first that came with his beehive.
No news on the job. I'm taking a few days off from the thesis to finish applications and send out my CV, but it might mean a summer at the local video store, which I'm fine with (I can't afford the interest on pride) but my Mom seemed less than supportive. Speaking of summer, folks have been talking about warm weather plans that might lead us to Universal Studios (Harry Potter!) or the beach or a house in the mountains! Yet another distraction from the important work of graduating.
Anyway, I'm very happy about getting to live in my own house again. In the midst of the break I did return long enough to help the guys plant the garden. Though I have seedlings starting in the windows we also tried to grow directly from seed outside so we'll see what comes up and what the squirrels and birds dig up. Bees should be in our future in the next few weeks, but Cord insists that we watch a safety/training video first that came with his beehive.
No news on the job. I'm taking a few days off from the thesis to finish applications and send out my CV, but it might mean a summer at the local video store, which I'm fine with (I can't afford the interest on pride) but my Mom seemed less than supportive. Speaking of summer, folks have been talking about warm weather plans that might lead us to Universal Studios (Harry Potter!) or the beach or a house in the mountains! Yet another distraction from the important work of graduating.