I fell asleep on the sofa and woke up at half-past three in the morning. I don't remember dreaming ( Read more... )

Things to note:

· I'm 39 now. This is a very good thing, and sure beats the alternative. I had clinicals the actual day, and then I followed it up with the traditional Japanese dinner with friends. It was a very casual sort of thing--given the kind of busy that I've been with school, I did no real advance planning for it. I'll have to do something ( Read more... )

I submitted my nursing school admissions applications last week. I decided to go with the three local community college programs, which all are members of the Oregon Consortium for Nursing Education. If I get into one of the two-year JC programs, I'd get to take a third year at OHSU and earn a BSN ( Read more... )

Sometimes I can be slow ( Read more... )

So, living in the Central Valley has been exceedingly difficult ( Read more... )

Okay, because this May my life plans got moved up for this fall semester, and I had to pack up my life and stuff and move it all into a 10' x 10' room, and I went to Clarion West for six weeks (make it seven counting travel), I really didn't register for any of the classes I wanted/needed. I'm taking these classes at a local community college here ( Read more... )

My request for my sabbatical at work was just approved ( Read more... )

So looking forward to WisCon.

I'm taking a red-eye out Wednesday night/Thursday wee hours (why doesn't English have a proper name for that time of night? Spanish does: madrugada, which are the hours between midnight and dawn), and should arrive in the late morning. I'll be coming back on Tuesday afternoon ( Read more... )

I signed the lease on the studio flat on 18th and Church yesterday.

Then rorrah helped me figure out how my furniture could be made to work in the space. It should all fit, but I'll have to make my bed daily... there's just no escaping it. (sigh ( Read more... )

Okay, so I've been offered either of the two apartments on Guerrero Street (between 17th and 18th Streets) that I looked at ( Read more... )