I'm updating? On LJ????
So I've been gone for pretty much ever, and now that I'm back, I'm going to make a post no one cares about. XP And so I give you my to-do list:
Call doctor about BC
Call USPS
Get in touch with Wife, Jamie, and Katelyn
Call voice coach
Figure out schedule with Dr. Zinsser
Clean my damn room. Again. And again. And again.
Study for GRE
Schedule GRE
Take GRE
Begin applying to grad school (more on this item to come as I inevitably realize that there's a lot more to it that I originally thought)
USE the new elliptical that I just spent an equivalent of a week's work on.
Get my hair cut, dear GOD.
Have a kick ass time in the year and change that I have left in Ohio.
Also, there have been legitimate things happening in my life. I'm a college graduate! I now have a hard won degree that will get me nothing but weird looks from hiring agents. I also have two jobs, both of which seem like they might be more awesome than I expected. First, and most awesomely, my thesis adviser is retiring and needs someone to help her, well, go through her shit, basically. And She's paying me $10 to help her do it! Whee! If you don't know, my thesis adviser is one of the most amazing people I've ever had the privilege to meet. She is in the old guard of historians, being one of the first European women's historians EVER. She's witty, bold, and intellectually honest, and the fact that she likes me and my work is more flattering than I have words for. I'm humbled to spend time with her.
My other job is less exciting but only slightly less pleasant. I'm working as an HR office assistant at Sears. The dress code makes me want to kill myself (plain black or white tops, black or khaki pants. Period. Don't even try to accessorize), but I already absolutely love my coworkers. I'm on a team of diverse, supportive, outspoken women, which of course reminds me of my job at the Women's Center and has me feeling right at home. My job is sort of important, in that I am responsible for handling all the money that the store makes each day, and if anything is wrong even by a dollar it's sort of on my head. Nerve-wracking, but cool! Also, since it's very math based, I get to use a part of my brain that essentially atrophied when I was in college.
Additionally, I have two jobs where, unlike in college, I can clock in, do my work, and then not think about the place again until I clock back in. Wicked! But this has left me with this huge store of creativity and mental energy that I didn't even know I had. In school, I was mentally firing on all cylinders and had no idea. Now all that energy is languishing, and I have decided that it is my responsibility to entertain myself. As such, I am going to begin voice lessons and resume songwriting. Hell, when I go to grad school, maybe I'll decide to do some street performing. I'd probably have the time of my fucking life. And the best part of all this is that I foresee actually having time to spend with my friends! That means that Wife, we are so having fun this summer! It will happen.
Call doctor about BC
Call USPS
Get in touch with Wife, Jamie, and Katelyn
Call voice coach
Figure out schedule with Dr. Zinsser
Clean my damn room. Again. And again. And again.
Study for GRE
Schedule GRE
Take GRE
Begin applying to grad school (more on this item to come as I inevitably realize that there's a lot more to it that I originally thought)
USE the new elliptical that I just spent an equivalent of a week's work on.
Get my hair cut, dear GOD.
Have a kick ass time in the year and change that I have left in Ohio.
Also, there have been legitimate things happening in my life. I'm a college graduate! I now have a hard won degree that will get me nothing but weird looks from hiring agents. I also have two jobs, both of which seem like they might be more awesome than I expected. First, and most awesomely, my thesis adviser is retiring and needs someone to help her, well, go through her shit, basically. And She's paying me $10 to help her do it! Whee! If you don't know, my thesis adviser is one of the most amazing people I've ever had the privilege to meet. She is in the old guard of historians, being one of the first European women's historians EVER. She's witty, bold, and intellectually honest, and the fact that she likes me and my work is more flattering than I have words for. I'm humbled to spend time with her.
My other job is less exciting but only slightly less pleasant. I'm working as an HR office assistant at Sears. The dress code makes me want to kill myself (plain black or white tops, black or khaki pants. Period. Don't even try to accessorize), but I already absolutely love my coworkers. I'm on a team of diverse, supportive, outspoken women, which of course reminds me of my job at the Women's Center and has me feeling right at home. My job is sort of important, in that I am responsible for handling all the money that the store makes each day, and if anything is wrong even by a dollar it's sort of on my head. Nerve-wracking, but cool! Also, since it's very math based, I get to use a part of my brain that essentially atrophied when I was in college.
Additionally, I have two jobs where, unlike in college, I can clock in, do my work, and then not think about the place again until I clock back in. Wicked! But this has left me with this huge store of creativity and mental energy that I didn't even know I had. In school, I was mentally firing on all cylinders and had no idea. Now all that energy is languishing, and I have decided that it is my responsibility to entertain myself. As such, I am going to begin voice lessons and resume songwriting. Hell, when I go to grad school, maybe I'll decide to do some street performing. I'd probably have the time of my fucking life. And the best part of all this is that I foresee actually having time to spend with my friends! That means that Wife, we are so having fun this summer! It will happen.