This is me wasting time. :D
So, I did it: I just applied to my first Catholic high school. And mentioned St. Ursula.
I would be much happier to get either of hte other two new applications on today's list, Options Charter-Noblesville (alternative school) or Irvington Community School (another charter), both of which are small schools, one opening and one expanding to include high school, that would give me an opportunity to design my own curriculum (JOY). And also not require me to (pretend to) be Catholic.
But I'm covering all of my bases, right?
And I'm hoping I'll get extra points for eagerness, since the opening was posted yesterday and I'm planning to have the application postmarked today. YESSSSS.
Schools/Corps applied to so far:
-Options Charter School, Noblesville
-Irvington Community School
-Scecina Memorial High School
-IPS
-MSD Lawrence Township (where I live)
----(specifically: Lawrence Early College HS, Hope Academy (no hope, that post's been filled))
-Washington Westfield CSC
-Avon CSC
-Greenfield CSC
-University HS (Carmel) (Not Going To Happen, I think)
-Edinburgh CSC
I also requested application forms from Crawfordsville High School and Northwestern High School (Kokomo). GO ME.
In other news, my birthday dinner at Mitchell's was Most Excellent, and tonight should be fun, too: CoT picnic (DRAMADRAMA; also: I will be confronting Cindy, whee!), followed by unofficial CoT barcrawl (the result of the DRAMADRAMA), followed by Vidiot Tuesday. YESSSSSSS.
Finally, MBL has asked me some questions.
1. Honestly now, do you ever miss being single? Do you feel like a privileged jerk if you express it? Because I kind of do.
Ah, I see we're starting off with a rock/hard place question. :D
Actually, just recently, I was feeling very stressed out and trapped--not by my relationship with Cameron necessarily, but by the various responsibilities that come with being an adult-type person and the frustration of not having a job/my license/etc--and it manifested itself as a brief-but-strong conviction that "maybe I should be alone, then all this would be easier." Rationally, though, it totally wouldn't be. So I guess that doesn't count.
Sometimes I also have the feeling that I would be a much more driven, productive person (creatively) if I weren't so damn happy with Cameron. Like, the time that I might spend writing angsty fanfic and drawing is spent snuggling and eating chocolate and talking. Probably the world is better off. :D
In seriousness, I know that I would be much less happy without a fulfilling romantic relationship to cancel out the fact that I live in Indiana, haven't really made any friends here, am struggling to be financially self-sufficient, and still don't have the professional credentials I spent two and a half years earning. Or a teaching job.
And, in theory, if I hadn't started dating Cameron over a year ago (!), I might be living in Las Vegas teaching right now and pulling down a 40k+ salary. Of course, chances are I would be lonely and sort of miserable, working in overcrowded conditions, and spending all my time on the internet.
(Shhh about me already doing that last one.)
So, the short answer: not really. But when I do, I definitely feel like a jerk. :D The time when I feel the most like I'm being a privileged jerk is when I tell friends who are having problems with SOs or the lack thereof that they don't need a partner because they're fantastic. It's true, but it feels hypocritical--even though I myself have been happily single in the past, it feels like I've lost the right to encourage people to be happy with something other than the kind of happiness I've got. Or like they'll ignore what I say on the basis that "Sure, it's easy for Peggy to say that, she's got a kick-ass boyfriend with amazing facial hair who is altogether too nice to her and unfathomably perfect in her eyes."
I'm going to cut myself off with this final argument:
HOW COULD I POSSIBLY EVER GET TIRED OF THAT??
2. Do you have any good leads on the job search yet?
Well, the people at the SoE said to expect to send out 100 applications, have ten interviews, and get one job. So far I've only sent out... 11 applications. So maybe I'll get an interview soon?
I was really excied to receive an envelope from one of the corps I applied to, but it turned out to just be a *longer* application. And also Mark Helmsing says this corp is CRAZY. So yeah. Less exciting than it seemed at first.
3. Are you happy with the outcome of your birthday(s)? Which was your favorite celebration?
Probably the Vidiot Tuesday one, because it was the most ludicrous. I mean, come on. My wallet got hit by a car.
But yes, I am very happy with the outcome. Really it's just a big excuse for me to make people hang out with me more often than usual, this whole birthday thing. Also? I often get presents. YESSSSSSSS.
4. Recipe for your favorite mixed drink?
Currently, I'm having a love affair with vodka, especially flavored vodkas. I'm enjoying a shot of Absolut Apeach or Stoli Raspberri in Sprite (especially good when you're dumping a one-ounce bottle of Apeach into your Pizza Express Sprite, and enjoying it with boyf & boyf's friends and CHEESE SAUCE ON BREADSTICKS. Unbeatable).
Not particularly complicated. Ahaha. I am a simple girl.
I was also thinking of nominating the Mitchell's Pineapple Finlandia, but that too is simple: soak pineapple in vodka for a week. Put vodka in a martini glass, garnish with boozeapple, charge $7.25.
5. What do you miss about Cincinnati? Where do you want to live next?
The architecture, probably. Lots of people who come to visit the Nasty 'Nati with me seem to be amazed by the city's beauty, which is somethign I didn't really see until I'd lived somewhere else. And while I know lots of parts of the city are rundown and a little scary, and some are all Exurb Sprawl like Indy, I still feel a lot of the time like naptown's made entirely out of concrete and strip malls. I miss feeling like I actually understand a lot about how a place works, even if the streets are all curvy former cow-paths and not easy to navigate like most of Indy's.
And, of course, I miss having a giant, witty, attractive, slightly-to-somewhat conceited passel of kin around at the drop of a hat.
As for where I'd like to live next: I think I'm looking at another three years here, minimum, but after that, I'd like to go somewhere new. A bigger city, outside of the midwest--NYC or Seattle spring to mind--where I can teach and do graduate work. Or, if we're playing fantasy-life, I'd love to be independently wealthy and settle down in London. Oh, how I loved London!
And, since that was a meme, feel free to ask in the comments for me to ask you five questions. YES.
I would be much happier to get either of hte other two new applications on today's list, Options Charter-Noblesville (alternative school) or Irvington Community School (another charter), both of which are small schools, one opening and one expanding to include high school, that would give me an opportunity to design my own curriculum (JOY). And also not require me to (pretend to) be Catholic.
But I'm covering all of my bases, right?
And I'm hoping I'll get extra points for eagerness, since the opening was posted yesterday and I'm planning to have the application postmarked today. YESSSSS.
Schools/Corps applied to so far:
-Options Charter School, Noblesville
-Irvington Community School
-Scecina Memorial High School
-IPS
-MSD Lawrence Township (where I live)
----(specifically: Lawrence Early College HS, Hope Academy (no hope, that post's been filled))
-Washington Westfield CSC
-Avon CSC
-Greenfield CSC
-University HS (Carmel) (Not Going To Happen, I think)
-Edinburgh CSC
I also requested application forms from Crawfordsville High School and Northwestern High School (Kokomo). GO ME.
In other news, my birthday dinner at Mitchell's was Most Excellent, and tonight should be fun, too: CoT picnic (DRAMADRAMA; also: I will be confronting Cindy, whee!), followed by unofficial CoT barcrawl (the result of the DRAMADRAMA), followed by Vidiot Tuesday. YESSSSSSS.
Finally, MBL has asked me some questions.
1. Honestly now, do you ever miss being single? Do you feel like a privileged jerk if you express it? Because I kind of do.
Ah, I see we're starting off with a rock/hard place question. :D
Actually, just recently, I was feeling very stressed out and trapped--not by my relationship with Cameron necessarily, but by the various responsibilities that come with being an adult-type person and the frustration of not having a job/my license/etc--and it manifested itself as a brief-but-strong conviction that "maybe I should be alone, then all this would be easier." Rationally, though, it totally wouldn't be. So I guess that doesn't count.
Sometimes I also have the feeling that I would be a much more driven, productive person (creatively) if I weren't so damn happy with Cameron. Like, the time that I might spend writing angsty fanfic and drawing is spent snuggling and eating chocolate and talking. Probably the world is better off. :D
In seriousness, I know that I would be much less happy without a fulfilling romantic relationship to cancel out the fact that I live in Indiana, haven't really made any friends here, am struggling to be financially self-sufficient, and still don't have the professional credentials I spent two and a half years earning. Or a teaching job.
And, in theory, if I hadn't started dating Cameron over a year ago (!), I might be living in Las Vegas teaching right now and pulling down a 40k+ salary. Of course, chances are I would be lonely and sort of miserable, working in overcrowded conditions, and spending all my time on the internet.
(Shhh about me already doing that last one.)
So, the short answer: not really. But when I do, I definitely feel like a jerk. :D The time when I feel the most like I'm being a privileged jerk is when I tell friends who are having problems with SOs or the lack thereof that they don't need a partner because they're fantastic. It's true, but it feels hypocritical--even though I myself have been happily single in the past, it feels like I've lost the right to encourage people to be happy with something other than the kind of happiness I've got. Or like they'll ignore what I say on the basis that "Sure, it's easy for Peggy to say that, she's got a kick-ass boyfriend with amazing facial hair who is altogether too nice to her and unfathomably perfect in her eyes."
I'm going to cut myself off with this final argument:
HOW COULD I POSSIBLY EVER GET TIRED OF THAT??
2. Do you have any good leads on the job search yet?
Well, the people at the SoE said to expect to send out 100 applications, have ten interviews, and get one job. So far I've only sent out... 11 applications. So maybe I'll get an interview soon?
I was really excied to receive an envelope from one of the corps I applied to, but it turned out to just be a *longer* application. And also Mark Helmsing says this corp is CRAZY. So yeah. Less exciting than it seemed at first.
3. Are you happy with the outcome of your birthday(s)? Which was your favorite celebration?
Probably the Vidiot Tuesday one, because it was the most ludicrous. I mean, come on. My wallet got hit by a car.
But yes, I am very happy with the outcome. Really it's just a big excuse for me to make people hang out with me more often than usual, this whole birthday thing. Also? I often get presents. YESSSSSSSS.
4. Recipe for your favorite mixed drink?
Currently, I'm having a love affair with vodka, especially flavored vodkas. I'm enjoying a shot of Absolut Apeach or Stoli Raspberri in Sprite (especially good when you're dumping a one-ounce bottle of Apeach into your Pizza Express Sprite, and enjoying it with boyf & boyf's friends and CHEESE SAUCE ON BREADSTICKS. Unbeatable).
Not particularly complicated. Ahaha. I am a simple girl.
I was also thinking of nominating the Mitchell's Pineapple Finlandia, but that too is simple: soak pineapple in vodka for a week. Put vodka in a martini glass, garnish with boozeapple, charge $7.25.
5. What do you miss about Cincinnati? Where do you want to live next?
The architecture, probably. Lots of people who come to visit the Nasty 'Nati with me seem to be amazed by the city's beauty, which is somethign I didn't really see until I'd lived somewhere else. And while I know lots of parts of the city are rundown and a little scary, and some are all Exurb Sprawl like Indy, I still feel a lot of the time like naptown's made entirely out of concrete and strip malls. I miss feeling like I actually understand a lot about how a place works, even if the streets are all curvy former cow-paths and not easy to navigate like most of Indy's.
And, of course, I miss having a giant, witty, attractive, slightly-to-somewhat conceited passel of kin around at the drop of a hat.
As for where I'd like to live next: I think I'm looking at another three years here, minimum, but after that, I'd like to go somewhere new. A bigger city, outside of the midwest--NYC or Seattle spring to mind--where I can teach and do graduate work. Or, if we're playing fantasy-life, I'd love to be independently wealthy and settle down in London. Oh, how I loved London!
And, since that was a meme, feel free to ask in the comments for me to ask you five questions. YES.