Time Out

Today was my first official day of freedom after a hell of a semester. I’ve had a nagging at the back of my head that I need to be DOING something. Apparently I’m not recovered from the last few weeks that were nothing but papers and projects. I did however update my resume and submit it to the NODA internship program. Tomorrow I’m getting an oil change and wrapping gifts.

Are you all wondering what I have planned for the next three weeks? A whole lot of not much. I will probably try to visit friends that I haven’t seen in a while, I also need to work on a cross-stitch project and finish a couple books. I’m also going to be covering some shifts at the Northeastern Student Center to earn a few bucks since all the undergrads that work there are gone for the next three weeks.

 

NaBloPoMo

So, what are the chances I’m actually going to succeed this year? Be prepared, I’m probably going to be talking a lot about school and Girl Scouts

 

This and That and Those

GODS I am so bad about blogging lately. I’ve had no time whatsoever these last few weeks with school, work, going to New Jersey last weekend, and 2 conferences this week.

I’m enjoying work, although my direct supervisor could be called scatter-brained. But, she’s never around, so I get quite a bit of down-time when I’m in the office. I really haven’t done too much yet, at least in my mind. But, it’s still a new position and I’m still getting used to everything, so it’s also slow-going.

School is kind of overwhelming. Readings and papers and projects are just piling up. I’m trying to decide if I want to go to the ACPA (American College Personnel Association) convention that’s going to be in Boston this March. I went to the local conference Friday, and felt kind of out of place, but it was a good learning experience, and I know it’s good to get involved with professional orgs. I just don’t know if going to these thing will ever truly be advantageous to me because I’m so bad at networking and getting to know people. Hell, even at the Girl Scout learning conference I went to yesterday, although Girl Scouts is a comfort zone for me, and I know what I’m talking about and actually involved (unlike with higher ed), I feel awkward and like I don’t really belong. It’s a huge dilemma to be honest.

 

To Mail or to Mail?

So, I’m thinking about downloading Thunderbird to handle my email via IMAP (I have 4 emails I use regularly plus an NU email and I’ll be getting a GS email soon)  rather than POPing all of my email to one Gmail account. Gmail doesn’t allow you to send mail from other Gmail accounts without the default noted at the sender, I can only have one signature. But with IMAPing, I never have to periodically log into various inboxes to clear them out or double-check that good mail wasn’t marked as spam.

Should I not rock the boat and deal with the issues I have in order to not have to deal with getting used to a new format? If I do go with T-bird, any tips/tricks/suggestions?

 

Adventures in Laundry

Here’s the backstory: Yesterday, while doing the laundry that had piled up during the move, I made the following Tweet, “I had no idea laundry could be such a process” I was posting this  on Facebook in reply to a comment on it, but I think it’ll be too long.

I got there with a ton of quarters, but they don’t TAKE quarters, you have to use a card. So I had to beg the other patrons to change quarters into a dollar so I could buy the card (I only had 10’s on me). Thank the gods someone was able to do so, I’d already put the laundry and detergent into the machine. I also had to figure out how to work the card–put it in, THEN select the cycle. The dryers required me to do that for every block of 8 minutes I wanted…

 

Internet Whores Revisited

I have been doing some thinking about Social Networking sites, and realized I’ve already made this post before. It’s amazing the number of people that request me to be their friends that never spoke to me in high school, and who still don’t speak to me know that we’re ‘friends.’ I’m making another cut to LJ and Facebook, and am getting rid of MySpace before the end of August in order to cut back on the amount of time I spend online. There are dozens of ways to get in touch with me, and if you leave a comment, I’ll give you those that you may not already have.

 

These are the Days of My Life

Well, this has been a hell of a week already. It was recently sprung on wtbrosie that she needed to get her LCSW (Licensed Clinical Social Worker) about a month ago, so we ran around like idiots filling out form after form and check after check in order for her to apply, register and take her LCSW test. It was absolutely ridiculous to be honest, but she was finally able to take the test on Monday–with about 3 days to study. She DID pass, so now she is licensed in the state to shrink peoples’ heads. So there’s a pretty good chance she’s going to have a new job in the relatively near future. Not going to get too excited until she signs the paperwork, but things are looking good in that area.

After a wonderful dinner at Savino’s Grill, we met up with wtbrosie’s friend Stephanie at one of the apartments we’d looked at over the weekend. There was one in Wollaston Beach that we loved, but needed to get Stephanie’s approval before we applied for it since she’s going to be living with us. Well, we filled out all the applications yesterday and are signing for it on Saturday.

 

Public Apology

Apparently I’m a “fucktard” for believing that article I posted about yesterday…my apologies.

 

Ivy Wars

When wtbrosie moved into her mom’s childhood home three years ago to go to school, it had been neglected almost completely for about 10 years. Unfortunately there are no pictures, but from wtbrosie’s description, the yard was pretty bad–no sun, ivy and fallen leaves covering every inch of ground, trees and bushes overgrown and tangled. She’s given it everything she has been able to, but things like school and work and illness have been a little more important

This weekend, we took Sunday and Monday as do-nothing days, so spent some time working on the yard. Until this weekend, I never realized JUST how evil a creature ivy can be (if any locals want some ivy, let me know, I’ll be glad to give you some of ours!!). I have a whole new appreciation for what progress she has made–the entire front yard was nothing but ivy, and now it’s mostly grass (still low sunlight). She’s uncovered stepping stones she never knew went around the back of the house, and has opened up so much of the entire area to allow sunlight in. We worked on the side yard/driveway area, and it’s a daunting task to be honest; I’m a little overwhelmed, but it looks so amazing compared to what it was like. We still have some ivy to pull up and some brush to cut back, but I’m totally unused to yard work (or exercise for that matter) so had to bow out early. Plus, wtbrosie was wary of cutting TOO much, so decided to give it a day or two to give it a fresh eye before breaking out the saw and cutters again.

If anyone knows anything about landscaping (the easy stuff like where/how to cut back trees and bushes), we’d like to run some questions by you!

 

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