School Update: Volunteering

I have been volunteering at a local non-profit boutique thrift store for the past few weeks. The goal was to complete 33 hours of community service for my LAST university unit.

(In theory will have my actual degree within a month or so)

I have been working all day the past few Sundays, and every. single. day. after work for at least 2 hours.

This store has great potential. It is a little run down looking, but it has character. I've inadvertently committed to working here for longer than my required hours, because I actually feel like I might be able to help them.
The lady that started and runs the place is totally scatter-brained. She needs some major help. Luckily my specialty happens to be organization, which is desperately needed.

This week's project has been a full office clean up. I don't even know how she can find anything, ever. It is such a mess.

She keeps all of her phone numbers in a day planner...

from two years ago...

She remembers how to find people based on which month they started.

For example, I started in April, so to find me she flips to her April section.

Who does that!?

I'm trying to improve her life....

one Rolodex card at a time....

Fa.... La La La La... La La... La... Laaaaaa....

Wow, I'm bad! I haven't posted in a month.

I guess I just haven't had anything really new or exciting to post!

I actually still don't have anything, but you know me, I can always fine something to go on and on about.

Let's see...whats new....hmmmm....

Work: still no new job, old job still sucks ass.

School: They lost my graduation application ::freak out:: then they found it

::sigh of relief::

Fertility: I am on my second real period, sweet! Next month is Cameron's birthday, it would be cool if I got pregnant. Not holding my breath. I'm enjoying NOT worrying about that shit.

::stress free sigh::

Weather: Awesome! Rainy, chilly, fabulous!

Busy-meter: off the chart!

I'll try to update later, I have a few events coming and will have some fun pictures in theory :)

p.s. as I'm typing this I hear someone's phone start ringing. They song is the Psycho big knife shower scene song. YIKES. Tis the season!

School update part 2,000,000

My grade change went through!!!

I'm one HUGE step closer to finally finishing my degree! All that is left is submitting my application to graduate! Woo Hoo!



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Just Shoot Me

I just got an update from the school. They were pleased to tell me that my grade change has now been approved by the Chair of my department. It will now be moving on to the College of Social Sciences and then the Undergraduate Studies department for approval.

WTF.

I was under the impression that it was nearing the end of the road.

It has been 4 months.

But no, apparently it has to sit on the first person's desk for 4 months waiting for one signature.

So, by my calculations, it will take another 4 months for the next office to approve or deny, then 4 more months for the final department to approve or deny.

Then it will be sent to the department of the Registrar to be input into the system, which will probably take less time, I'd say, 2 months.

I think by April 2012 it might be completed! Sweet! Total time from start to finish will be about a year and a half.

I realize that the administrators are so busy though.

::insert ridiculously flamboyant eye roll here::

Oh my, another one of those days, God, I'm self centered

Honestly, I don't even like writing this post.

I feel like I should say something though.

So here goes...

1 year ago today I miscarried my first baby. I should have a 6 month old right now.

There, done, I'm sure I could dwell on it and make a big long ordeal about it and go on and on and on and on. But I don't want to. Most of those that are reading this already know the story. And if you don't, you can read it here. It was not a good day.

Here's the deal.

I feel like a big sad sack. I don't even want to talk to friends much anymore because every thing I say comes out like a freakin pity-party. Not cool.

Over the past few weeks, since miscarriage #2 I've been trying to become more zen and offer myself some much-needed change.

I updated my blog, gave it a new look, linked it to a domain name, so it is all mine, ALL mine (Bwahahahaha)

I changed my personal look, new hair color, starting my weight loss again, new nail polish, etc.

C and I have planned a getaway, plus slowly planning a larger Europe trip.

Other good things are coming soon. I'm interviewing, possibly getting a raise/promotion, and trying hard to get my school shit taken care of.

C and I are trying very hard not to focus on what we don't have (baby), and what we do have (lots of other junk).

These things are good.

I just hope people don't consider me the self-centered, egotistical, shit-bag that I feel like most of the time.

For anyone who does feel that way, well... you can sleep tight tonight, knowing that I am fully aware of these issues, and I'm working on it.

That is all.

Oh, and happy Friday :)

School update

In light of the things I said in my previous post.

One of the details I've been struggling with is my degree.

I was SO pissed when I called my school to find out why my other school transcript was still not posted.

They don't have it.

Really.

You mean the one that I went and picked up in person at one school, paid $20 for, then brought to the second school, IN PERSON to the registrar's office.

The one I saw them drop in the basket on the desk.

The one that at the very same time, C dropped his off with me. Which ended up in the system within a week.

So now, I have to take more time off work, drive to school 1, pay another $20, then drive to school 2 all over again.

WTF

You know what, maybe that school needs to hire me, because I would have done a much better job handling paperwork than these people did. That's the kind of star employee I am.