Stuffy McStuff Stuff
LJ us blocked at work so I've been reading and posting much less. I've also been generally much, much happier these days and fairly low on the angst scale, at least for me. So new job is going super well, I've gotten over being a glorified secretary as A.) I confirmed that I make more the my old research peers, B.) People are super duper nice C.) They have started giving me rather high level work with the tag line “we don't want to give you things outside your “health Tech” job description, but we know you can do this and at the end of your year we're going to submit the paper work to change your job and pay grade... so go build us a research data base.... m'kay?”. So I work with super nice people, that believe in me and despite the annoyances of being the bottom person on the totem pole over all I am still thankful on a daily basis that I left my old job. Woooo!
On the wedding front I still get pissed off on and off about the Tuan's parents insisting we involve a priest even though neither Tuan or I are catholic and I have some major issues with catholicism. But our hippie minister Hope Luckie is great and I've been focusing more on quirky things Tuan and I can do. Like Tuan wants a popcorn machine at the ceremony which I think is awesome. I've also started sending out Save the Dates. I'm about 1/3 of the way through hope to get though another batch tomorrow. In general I need to write a check to the florist and find a lighting guy and a wedding planner and then it's all details. Oh and bachelorette planning has begun! We're going to Atlantic City sometime in the spring. I'm so excited! Wooohoooo!
School stuff is in I initially applied to 4 schools and then after further research realized that the Simmons program wasn't going to be as flexible as I needed so I decided to not bother with all the final paper work. Which seems weird but if I can't go I'm not going to track down 6 syllabi just so Simmons can confirm that Intro to Chem at Harvard really is an introductory chem class >_< Part of me is super worried I won't get in. But I try to tell myself that if I don't get in I've got a solid job I like and I can always take some extra classes for another year. I'm thinking of taking some stats classes in general, its a good background to have and it seems like my boss wants me to at least partially run the vascular clinic she's trying to open next year which will double as a longitudinal research study for Vets. So we'll see.
Oh and honeymoon stuff! Tuan and I have officially decided on Scotland, he really want to see some castles and have tea during a scenic train ride while I want to overlook some gorgeous cliffs and check out the Scottish modern art scene. I wish I had the vacation time for more than a week but it hard with a new job. Ah well it's still going to be the longest vacation I've ever taken.