Well, it's official. There is only three more weeks until graduation. Or 18 days if you want to look at it that way. It's basically this week, dead week, and then finals week. In a lot of ways its kind of scarey but it's also very exciting. I'd have to say that the one thing that scares me most about graduating, is that I don't know where I'll get a job at. There isn't much for me where my folks live, which is where I'll be going, but I really can't afford to go any place else until I get some money saved up. There are several job opportunities for me in Wichita and Newton but those are a long drive away from where my parents live. It's looking like I might just have to find some pud temporary job until I can get some money set aside and find a better job, one I actually want, and be able to afford a place to live. Or even if I could just save up enough money to put a down payment on a newer car, then maybe I could make the long commute from where my folks live to Wichita or Newton. As of right now, I don't trust my car to be able to do that every day. Plus gas prices are way to freakin high.
My mom, dad, brother, brother's girlfriend, and one of my aunts are supposed to be coming to graduation. Two of my friends I know for sure are coming. I am really hoping that my sister can come and bring my nephews with her. But she has two jobs now and gas costs a lot so it would be hard for her to make it. Still I hope that she can even if she can only come for the ceremony. I really am quite anxious to see my family again. I miss them all so much. When you live five hours away from home it makes it a little hard to go home on the weekends like some other students do.
I think I'm ready for graduation. Sure, I don't know where I'll end up working, but I'm ready to be out of school. I've been in college for five years now and I'm ready to go. Besides, I'm tired of reading text books and journal articles and doing research papers and all sorts of other boring stuff. Granted, it's all a part of the learning process and I love to learn. I'm just starting to get burned out on it though. I'm thinking perhaps I'll take a year to three years off after graduation, get my affairs in order and then see about coming back for a masters or taking my minor and turning it into a second major. It couldn't hurt. I also would like to take some more computer classes. I've only taken two computer classes in all of my five years and I think I'd enjoy taking more. Plus, learning about computers is fun and its something I seem to be good at. My brother thinks that with some hard work and a little bit of time, I could get as good at computers as he is. But he is lucky, he taught himself everything he knows about them. But hey, it pays to have a smart brother, seeming as how he is going to be building my next computer for me.
Well that's about it for now. Things are pretty hectic what with finishing up the last of school work, packing, and getting ready for graduation. If I don't write again before graduation you'll know its because I'm super busy. Take care all!
Monday, April 25, 2005
Friday, April 08, 2005
Current Happenings
It hasn't been too awful long since I last blogged but still it's been awhile. A lot has been going on recently. Spring break came and went, uneventful as ever. I spent a good portion of spring break getting as many of my required volunteer hours out of the way as I could. I still have about nine and a half hours left to do, though when I'm going to do them with classes back in session and work as well is beyond me.
Graduation is getting closer and closer. Only 35 days left until the big day. I'm really excited about that.
I've been super busy working on projects for classes and doing assignments. You'd think being a senior you'd get a bit of a break but such is not the case and it really sucks. It probably wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so much of a procrastinator, but what can I say? I think that sometimes I work better and do my best work when I'm under the pressure of meeting a deadline.
Work has been pretty crummy lately. We've been short handed cause people keep quitting which doesn't say much for where I work. The people at work are also being shit heads towards me because over spring break I got tendinitus in my foot and now I have doctors orders to stay off of my feet as much as possible and if I work I'm supposed to be as sedentary as possible while at work. Being sedentary in food service is kind of hard. The only sedentary jobs they have where I work is at the pasta station where I can pull up a chair to sit on, or as a checker who scans the student id cards so people can eat. So the people at work are basically just not wanting to work with me on adjusting things so I can follow the doctors orders. I tell ya, if I didn't need the money so bad I'd quit. I hate my job. Getting a paycheck, however small it is, is the only thing that keeps me working there.
I have fish now. Goldfish. I started out with two. One is a common goldfish that is silver and gold. I named her Kilala. The other was a type of goldfish called a Shubunkin. She was calico colored in silver, black, and gold. Her name was Misha. She died the other day though :( and from what I'm not sure. I think it might have been from me putting them in a new home. So anyway for awhile I just had Kilala, but today I went to the pet store and I found another goldfish I liked. This one is a fan tailed goldfish and it's all gold. I named him Nezdin. He's very pretty. They live in a 10 gallon aquarium with a filter and one small fake plant. I am going to get them more fake plants and decorations as well as tank mates once I get a bit more money.
My car was broke down for awhile. It kept dying on me when it was idling or when I would try to shift gears. It also backfired a lot. I thought maybe it was the fuel pump going bad or something wrong with the fuel system. I got it checked out and turned out the fuel pump is fine. Instead it was an ignition coil going bad. I had it replaced (which by the way was much cheaper than if I had to replace the fuel pump) and now my car is running just fine. I'm so glad I got my car running again. I tell you its hard to do things in college when you don't have a car. I don't see how some of the freshman girls on my floor that don't have cars can deal with it.
Well that's about it. Or at least that is all I can think of. My break from homework is over for now. I'll blog again later.
Take Care All!
Princess Christy
Graduation is getting closer and closer. Only 35 days left until the big day. I'm really excited about that.
I've been super busy working on projects for classes and doing assignments. You'd think being a senior you'd get a bit of a break but such is not the case and it really sucks. It probably wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't so much of a procrastinator, but what can I say? I think that sometimes I work better and do my best work when I'm under the pressure of meeting a deadline.
Work has been pretty crummy lately. We've been short handed cause people keep quitting which doesn't say much for where I work. The people at work are also being shit heads towards me because over spring break I got tendinitus in my foot and now I have doctors orders to stay off of my feet as much as possible and if I work I'm supposed to be as sedentary as possible while at work. Being sedentary in food service is kind of hard. The only sedentary jobs they have where I work is at the pasta station where I can pull up a chair to sit on, or as a checker who scans the student id cards so people can eat. So the people at work are basically just not wanting to work with me on adjusting things so I can follow the doctors orders. I tell ya, if I didn't need the money so bad I'd quit. I hate my job. Getting a paycheck, however small it is, is the only thing that keeps me working there.
I have fish now. Goldfish. I started out with two. One is a common goldfish that is silver and gold. I named her Kilala. The other was a type of goldfish called a Shubunkin. She was calico colored in silver, black, and gold. Her name was Misha. She died the other day though :( and from what I'm not sure. I think it might have been from me putting them in a new home. So anyway for awhile I just had Kilala, but today I went to the pet store and I found another goldfish I liked. This one is a fan tailed goldfish and it's all gold. I named him Nezdin. He's very pretty. They live in a 10 gallon aquarium with a filter and one small fake plant. I am going to get them more fake plants and decorations as well as tank mates once I get a bit more money.
My car was broke down for awhile. It kept dying on me when it was idling or when I would try to shift gears. It also backfired a lot. I thought maybe it was the fuel pump going bad or something wrong with the fuel system. I got it checked out and turned out the fuel pump is fine. Instead it was an ignition coil going bad. I had it replaced (which by the way was much cheaper than if I had to replace the fuel pump) and now my car is running just fine. I'm so glad I got my car running again. I tell you its hard to do things in college when you don't have a car. I don't see how some of the freshman girls on my floor that don't have cars can deal with it.
Well that's about it. Or at least that is all I can think of. My break from homework is over for now. I'll blog again later.
Take Care All!
Princess Christy
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