Grad School

So the Grad school process is making me nuts. I want to go and then I don't. The application process for each school is insane and each school has their own specific requirements and procedure - some allow you to submit transcripts with the application, others don't even want my hands touching the envelope the transcripts are placed in. Trying to keep everything in order is near impossible, not to mention having to count on schools to actually send the transcripts that were requested. FYI: If you apply to grad school, request your transcripts ASAP because it takes schools like three attempts before they actually get them sent. At the moment I'm just trying to figure out what is going to be more difficult - applying to grad school or getting a real job. Whichever is easier is the one I'm going for!

Tore up from the floor up

Taken to the hospital again? How can no one in her family see there's a problem? Why would the state continue to release her? She has no semblance of being anywhere near okay! This picture is actually good compared to the ones taken recently. She looks drugged out of her mind, not even aware of her surroundings - does she even remember she has two children? According to yahoo.com she is apparently getting help and is on a mental evaluation hold. Just take the pills!!!!

They're here for the next 10 months

So, I saw my first commercial related to the presidential election yesterday. It was for Hillary Clinton which was exciting because I'm a big fan. Whether you like her or not, I would think one could appreciate the steps that have been taken to get to a stage in our society where the two leading nominees are a woman and an African-American. This is huge and it will be ground-breaking if one of them is elected; ideally they will become runningmates after the primary election.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3xepwid_sY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB-Xqi_dcDY

Graduation

I've had on ongoing debate in my head for the last year or so about my impending graduation this may. I don't really want to walk. I feel like I'll be done and moving on to either grad school or following a career path. I don't see the need for me to walk. I didn't walk for my associate's degree and I don't regret that decision, but I have people telling me that I will regret my decision to not walk for my bachelor's degree. Part of my decision rests on the fact that none of my family will be here to watch and I would only do it for them; I know I completed my degree so I don't see a need to walk in front of a bunch of people I don't know. Besides they don't hand you your degree there that day, it takes something like 3 or 4 months to get your diploma in the mail. I probably won't decide until the last minute possible because I'm an indecisive person in many areas.

I'm already done . . .

. . . and ready to graduate! I've decided that May will never get here and this is the semester that will never end. My schedule mainly consists of the classes I didn't want to take and now have to take in order to gain freedom in May. But is there really freedom come May? Not really, because I then have to enter the world of full time employment and a salary paycheck - the world where I will be at the bottom of the totem pole and even though I get paid for 40 hours a week, I will most likely work 60. I'm still ready for it. I'm ready to make more than $500 a month for 80 hours of work - that's crazy to think about it that way. I work 20 hours a week, so 80 hours a month @ $7/hour - after taxes, 80 hours of my life is only worth $500. I really want to go to grad school but I'm just not sure I'm prepared for another 2 years of school and at a more difficult level. I really want at least a year or two of having some kind of financial security and health benefits. Graduation can't get here soon enough and I feel like this semester will never end and its barely begun.

He eats wood, carpet, wires, etc.

I have an 8 month old chihuahua and I love him to death. He's about 4 pounds and I've had him since he was 3 months and 1.7 pounds. Overall, he's a great dog; but let's just say the honeymoon phase is over. Potty training went out the window awhile ago - I think he only goes on the potty pads because he thinks it's something he's not supposed to go on, and he doesn't go on them very often. When I catch him going on the carpet I put him on the potty pad and he just shakes and stares at me until I walk away - then he runs to the hallway and finishes what he started; I'm about to put him in diapers! He finds random pieces of wood and chews on them, I don't really care about that except I'm concerned that it could hurt him since he's so small. Wires are a new thing - my roommate was the victim as Max decided to not just chew but shred through wires to a speaker system. I'm sure he's only alive because they weren't plugged in. The one that I'm completely baffled by is the carpeting - a patch probably 4" by 5" not just shredded, but completely gone. How does a 4 pound dog do this? Really, any advice would be helpful because he's about to buy a one-way ticket to anywhere but where he currently is.