So sorry for the lack of updates..  I’ve been either:  a.) down in the dumps or, b.)  really sick for the past few weeks.  I went through some sort of upper-respiratory infection during the week of Halloween, and I’ve been fighting a bad cold throughout the weekend.  Guess that’s what I get for not being sick for two years..

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School is as painful & pointless as always.  I’m planning to either find a full-time job before spring registration rolls around or change my major to Office Systems Technology.  But for the next month, I have to keep on trucking if I don’t want to owe the V.A. the $3,000 they already paid me.  :(  I loathe doing things that I know are going nowhere.  That program might get me an easy Bachelor’s, but it’s not at ALL where I want to be.  I’m only interested from the outside… and I feel like a total outsider there.  It’s infested with extremely loud and annoying just-out-of-high school kids who are all friends, with a sprinkling of actual law enforcement.  Not my scene.. but I made my bed, and for about four weeks, I’ve got to lie in it.

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I gave up on job-hunting after the real estate gig fell through.  There’s been a lot of changes at my current one.  I was majorly spoiled by my former co-worker’s schedule… and they’ve been a bit more….critical….than they were at the beginning.  But it looks like I’ll deal for now.  It’s been almost a year.

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5 days till the Twilight movie!

So I left a message with the woman who interviewed me on Friday afternoon… Big surprise, I haven’t heard anything back.  I have a really hard time understanding how anyone who cares at all about their business or reputation can be so unprofessional.  I suppose I attribute it to a lack of balls..  In all the interviews I’ve been on in my adult life, only one person called to tell me that I didn’t get it, and I thanked them for it.

I was pretty sure I had this one in the bag.  I never really believed in “jinxing” things or anything superstitious like that, but I guess that’s what I get for being so optimistic.

All I know is I really need to find a way to be happy with my job and my major again (good luck with that..) or I’ll continue being completely miserable.

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I’m getting sick….again….and I would much rather be left alone, under a rock or in a cave somewhere.

No word from the real estate place so far..  I thought I was supposed to know yesterday either way, but I’m giving them until near the end of the day today, and then I’m calling.  I’m totally phone-phobic and don’t really want to, but I figure at best, I’ll find out regardless and won’t have to worry the weekend away, -and- they’ll know I’m interested… at worst, they’ll be annoyed and slightly put on the spot if I didn’t get it, but at least I find out.

I’ll let you know…

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Some definite good news is that I got a hefty refund check from my Pell Grant!  Now we can finally get our bills straightened out… We’ve been a little behind for a couple of months due to all the fees of moving into this place + not getting a full V.A. check at the start of the semester, etc..

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In less-serious news, I came home from class to find that one of my cats puked in the toilet. Score.

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One week till Halloween!!

Yesterday’s interview went really well… only took 5-10 minutes.  First thing she said was that I came in “really qualified”, so that made me very happy.  I would basically be updating prices & listings on the site, resizing pictures and uploading them to the site, etc..  She said it would be a “no-brainer” for someone like me.  :D  I brought in a pseudo-portfolio of things I’ve been doing at my current job with Photoshop & Illustrator, and she kept copies of it.  Oh, and I’d be making nearly $5 more an hour than I am right now.  :o  That would be the most I’ve ever made, anywhere… it would double my monthly income too.

I should know something tomorrow…

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Waiting on our two-for-one three topping pizzas to get here… I heart coupon codes.

As of today, this bitch is mine.  :D

Last year, I tossed out my beloved, black hooded pea coat since the constant accumulation of cat hair & lint balls started to make it look rough.  I ordered a brown plaid one from Woolrich, but a.), it’s not my style and b.), the sleeves were too short.  Never got around to returning it, so I should probably sell it…

Anyway, now I have a new one.  In addition to it being on sale, I used a $30-off coupon and saved around 70 bucks! I ♥ New York & Company.

Yayyy.. I’ve got an interview at 2:30 on Tuesday. It’s with a real estate company, and apparently I’ll be doing lots of computer stuff, like with Illustrator and Photoshop, which I’ve got covered. Still nervous as usual though. Me and interviews aren’t usually friends. Wish me luck nonetheless.

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David hates his job. Which, somehow, stresses me out monumentally. I don’t like to see him unhappy. Let’s hope something better comes his way.

This is my favorite co-worker’s last week… and I didn’t even know it until yesterday. Everyone else did three weeks ago.. I worked with her everynight and I had no idea!

I usually couldn’t care less about people leaving — that’s just not how I roll.. But this sucks. I also like the person who’s taking over her program/clientèle, but I don’t know her as well and I’m already spoiled by the other one’s scheduling habits.

PLZDONTLETHERSCHEDULEANYTHINGAFTER630!

I can’t even make it to her farewell party on Friday due to midterms. Blah.

At least I get to go home today before I’m normally even supposed to be here.

“True Blood” is waiting for me!

I have class at 10AM and I’ve been up half the night watching episodes of True Blood. Totally amazing (though majorly campy in parts). I’m obsessed.

And vampire Bill is hottt.

Got a response this morning from the APD Victim Services Coordinator, and it turns out that I can’t really volunteer in the office without it being a long-term thing.  Booo..  I’m seriously really disappointed.  Looks like I’ll be writing a paper after all…

And people who do not respond to job inquiries on Craigslist are lame.

We’ve decorated for Halloween!  We sort of went all-out too, at least compared to the rest of the neighborhood.  I’ve seen a pumpkin here and there, but no lights or decals like we have.  I’m sure everyone thinks we’re total freaks..

Halloween is my favorite, but I haven’t done anything for the occasion in years.  :(  It’s just been me, David and the Trick-or-Treaters for three years.  I’ve been trying to get him to see Rocky Horror with me at the Brew & View, but he is not down.  This is the only time I really miss being a kid, or at least a debaucherous 22 year-old again.

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I think I’m gonna stick it out at school after all.  I had some doubts about where this degree was going to take me, but I’ve always heard (and seen) that it doesn’t seem to matter what your degree is in, just that you have one.  Nearly all of my credits here are transferable to my B.S., so I think I’m probably going down the right road.  I’m even opting to do a Service Learning Project with the local police department in lieu of a research paper for 20% of my grade.  Hopefully I’ll be working with the Victim Services Coordinator in the office, so we’ll see if I get a response from her, and if/when I do it, that’s really what I want to do.

I’m undergoing treatment for inattentive-type ADD for the first time in a couple of weeks, so hopefully that’ll help in school as well.  My doctor also seems to think it’s the underlying factor in all sorts of crap.

On the job front?  I’m constantly on the fence about staying or finding something new.  They’ve been good to me with the raise, glowing 120-day review and praises on my work, but financially we’re struggling, and I could use a lot more money.  I’ve half-assedly been on the lookout and e-mailing my resume when something sounds promising.  The whole job search thing is really disheartening, but then I have to remember that I -do- have a job and I’m lucky to have it.  Still, even $200 more a month would be great.

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Some good news for once:  I finally got approved for this year’s financial aid, which will help us out tremendously, and we just saved over $100/month on our car insurance (although not with Geico).