winter break!!!

finals are over.  

i am still awaiting my VCLA score, but so far i know i got 88% correct so i'm hoping that's passing!

whats on the list for winter break: staying in bed extra long today with my Hanukkah present from ALEX!  don't you love the new print. 

get it here: room it up

it is doing wonders for me today:

making my first morning of break amazing; next on the list coffee and Cheerios!!!!!

tonight i am seeing Coco Before Chanel at my friendly neighboorhood cinema.   maybe my french skills will kick in and i will not have to read ALL of the subtitles.

perhaps i will bring my knitting project with me!  i'm making alex an infinity scarf!!!

FINALS

so ironic for me to write about finals on POST college project but i must. 


oh gradschool why can't you be more like undergrad???


in undergrad i had a fabulous study nook in King Library.  it was glorious and i could watch the squirrels and snow and wander aimlessly during study breaks.  Food was allowed and was availble for purchase.  it was heaven.

now i am stuck at the words LOUDEST starbucks because i cannot bring my coffee into the library and cannot leave my things unattended because they WILL get stolen. just like my id - i did not blog about this saga because it was too tragic- which has been found and i can return to the rec!!!

Even with my hotpink earplugs in (can you see them above they are a life saver!!!), i can tell you every problem the people at the table next to me have with their co-worker (she is not present) and what they are going to do to get her fired...  The "boss" just told them their plan will not work because it involves falsifying records and that it is acceptable to take your PTO when your child is sick... SERIOUSLY. oh wait i just found out all these people are managers...

would it be rude for me to ask them to A. lower their voices, B. LEAVE or C. stop being so LAME



In other news it is getting colder here in va, no snow in the forecast, but colder is nice.  Yesterday, a large brown box showed up at my house from room.it.up.  i won't be opening it until Christmas so you too will have to wait to know what is inside.  Today a brown box arrived from Kate Spade, i will not get my hopes up this is for me (last year i did and was disappointed).

update on the managers meeting: the "boss" will not be checking his blackberry over his break, he keeps referring to it as leave.  all others are encouraged to call and message him but he will not be responding.  he followed this up by saying he needs to know if the others make any important decisions they need to speak to him first.  (this sounds like M.SCOTT)  boy do i not envy any of these people. 

hope you all are being more productive than i!

busy week.

the curse of the procrastinator is that everything is more exciting then the task at hand.  my tasks for the week in a very important order are:

a. go to post office
b. study for test 1
b. see julie and julia (this could move down one...)
c. take test 1
d. go to class
e. VOTE!!!!
f. study for test 2 (and do the 6 chapters of reading that i just cannot DO!)
g go to class
h. take test 2

i got up at 7am to start on this nonsense and have been looking for jobs.  my life has come to resorting to looking for jobs as my procrastination tactic.  pathetic.

in more glorious news... I am loving my set of kiehl's rare earth .  no i did not purchase these they were my prize for winning the contest all of you so lovingly voted for!!!! 

the r-word

now that i am in school for education i am learning about a lot of new things.  i have a child and adolescent studies class which i am not a fan of.  A. its from like 4-7 on thursdays, B. my brother is the case study for like everything we talk about (and his teacher is in my class so that makes me feel awkward) C. my teacher is very vanilla.

last thursday we were talking about disabilities and how the book we using uses the r-word and many people in my class were outraged.  (most of my classmates work in special education).  i was supprised that the word could evoke such emotion when used in a clinical setting.  i know how much outrage it can cause when used as an insult.

i challenge all of you to stop using the word as an insult and take the pledge!

hi friends

i have been in hiding but i have BIG news...

1. i quit my dead end job

2. i got into grad school (the fact that i got accepted to the wrong program is moot)

this is GREAT news for all of you because now i will have so much time to blog.
-downside i am leaving chi town - i need a new twitter ID
but i am moving to Va and going to live by the BEACH!!

right now abby is here with me. i just love love love my little sis. we have not been having that great of a time because i was sick and now im going to work everyday. she flies home on tommorw.

MLF was also here over the weekend. it was our last visit before he starts L-school. EEEK. i am so proud of him. he will be enrolled in Univerisity of Cincinnati's law school. this will mean that we will be back in the same time zone but now a plane ride away.

this also brings me to my new Pet Peeve. why when you say that you are in a long distance relationship do people ask if its hard, say it has to be so hard, say they could never do it... on and on and on. -eh life could be worse.

i will post about alex maries trip soon!!!

grad school...

HERE I COME!!!

i have been away devoting all my time to studing for the gre. it all paid off last night as i got a rocken' score (they tell you right away!). it is over and beyond what i need for ODU so hopefully they accept me!

tonight is hughes cousins happy hour at Poag Mahones. should be v. entertaining. however we are going to be missing a few of our favs. EC competes in MISS ILLINOIS today. so exciting. she is the current MISS MCCOMB and we are all SOOOOO proud of her.

her platform is skin cancer prevention. she lost her mother and my aunt to this disease and does a great job of spreading knowledge!

everyone say a prayer for her. if/WHEN she is in the top ten i get to go and cheer her on on saturday!!!!

the working life

i am just so proud of alex... here is what she has been up to (probably why she is always absent from the blog!)

ROOM IT UP!

as for me i am getting more and more excited about the post-post college life... i.e. grad school.

7 days until the GRE

i took my first practice test today. (i know all you over achievers out there just winced but its going to be fine i will be prepared)

the results:
while you cannot tell from my lack luster language on the blog i pride myself on having a large vocabulary. its all in vain. apparently i know nothing.

good thing i want to be a math teacher... i scored well in the math!