Sep 272009
- Tomorrow is Yom Kippur and there’s a bunch of stuff I want to get done around here so we can have a truly restful and contemplative day.
- But we won’t be going to services because Brett is working (hey — he ain’t Jewish) and our van broke down last Thursday. (The back brakes just gave up and dropped a brake pad into the wheel somehow so that the car locks up as if the brakes were still on.) We have only one car for now although maybe — just maybe — Brett will be able to fix it today.
- I’m teaching my last of four Fuse Factory classes today, too. I love teaching the classes (Intro to HTML twice and this will be the second Intro to CSS) and am sorry to see the run ending. I’m really looking forward to the Digital Storytelling class I’ll be teaching with two other people in December. I really like teaching, even kinda boring stuff like basic HTML although I always want to stop and sit down and have everyone talk about their hopes and dreams. I would love to have more teaching practice because I’m getting comfortable enough to see where I need to improve (instead of just being glad that I got to the end of the class intact).
- The workshops are part of an effort to pick up some more freelancing to make up for Brett’s hours being cut. He’s been able to grab some hours up here and there as work demands so hopefully this brake issue won’t be a huge financial nightmare. I still haven’t come up with the money to take the GREs though and I’m not sure what to do about that. See, I need to apply by December 1st to get into my first choice program. It’s my first choice program because I could possibly get a fellowship but my GRE scores need to be exceptional and right now my Verbal scores are exceptional (figures) but my Quantitative scores are simply meeting the requirements. I don’t know if I’ll get into the program (it’s very competitive) let alone get a fellowship so then I have to look at my second choice program. Only I’m so overwhelmed with the admission process and the GRE, that I’ve just stopped all of it. I think I need a deadline for the test but now with the brakes, when will I have the $150 to take the test? So I just stand there and do nothing. This is how lives of quiet desperation are created. (Don’t worry — Brett is figuring it out for me because he knows I’m useless when I’m overwhelmed.)
- Work is exceptionally busy as we head into a fall season that is non-stop activity (part of that overwhelmed thing I’m talking about). I remember when I first got this job, I wondered if it was truly a full-time job but that’s because they were easing me into it. It is A LOT of work and it’s interesting work but there’s so dang much of it. It’s why the only writing I do for me these days is blog posts and sometimes not even that. My co-workers make it all worth it — I love everyone at my office a whole lot and know that I’m crazy lucky that way. Plus they are fun to harass, which keeps the office interesting.
I know you didn’t ask for this, but I would donate to a GRE fund for you. You’ve given me a lot over the years through the blog, and I think you’ll be a great therapist.
I second what cherlyc said. I would love to kick in a little cash towards it.
me too, yo.
Ditto to the fund.
Yes, I have some money in paypal that I got through the blog and I’d gladly give a bit away. Really. I’m glad folks suggested that. Come on, we’re offering, you didn’t ask anything.
me too.
(as ive offered before.)
just tell me how.
I would send you $5 ffor your gres but also could you ask your parents for anm early chanuka present?
I mean they surely see this as an investment in your long term future.
Let me know what you decide to do!
Don’t let short term stumbling blocks keep you from your long term goals.