It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas... With No Snow.

Hello there.

So I have successfully completed my first semester of graduate school and boy, has it been exhausting.  Sparing you the unnecessary details, let's just say that I'm glad it's over.. at least until the middle of January.  Christmas is coming up in a week, my favorite time of year!  I am so happy that we have the opportunity to go back home and see all of our family for the holidays, barring the end of the world on Friday ;P

Just as a side note about he whole Myan Calendar thing; just because the calendar ends, doesn't mean the world is going to.  I mean, what if the person doing it got tired of writing it, or died, or their civilization ended before they could complete more.  Plus, we've actually  passed the date that their calendar ended because there was no daylight savings time then.  So, all of you who are worried about it, please just stop.  We'll be here on the 22nd!

I also just have to take the time to say that, as a budding Forensic Psychologist, the tragedy of Newton, CT is beyond imaginable, and I pray for all of those affected and hope that this serves as a reminder of the need of the re-institutionalization of mental hospitals.  I know that before they were horrible because there were not laws in place to keep them from becoming places for the forgotten in society and a place for experimentation on poor, innocent people.  Having said that, we need mental hospitals again!  People like these school shooters need help that isn't available in the way it used to be.  I pray that this happens.

Okay, so I've ranted twice.

Back to my life!

I am still working part time, but probably won't be in about a week because I was hired as seasonal help.  This is perfectly fine with me.  I need some motivation to get back out there and look for a real job!  Wish me luck, and I hope everyone has a happy holiday season and see you in 2013!

Wow, I'm A Loser

So, it has been FAR too long since I've added a post!!  I failed to add the adventures of an entire year (my Senior year at that) of college, having to go through the deaths of two family members within 6 months of each other, and my wonderful, unsuccessful job hunt since graduating from college.

So, sorry!!

We'll just start from now and add in details from the missing time if necessary.

Today is a rainy, fall day, effectively making my entire body sore thanks to the now rampant arthritis I have from the injuries I suffered during my car accident over 3 years ago.  I have been back living with my mom since the end of August and since coming here, it has been a real struggle financially.  She works hard every day and it's hard to see her come home unfulfilled because she knows that she's only working to make money that isn't ever enough to pay for the overdue bills waiting at home. 

Having pretty much exhausted all nearby possibilities for a "grown-up" job, I finally had to give in and start looking for something, ANYTHING, that would help relieve the burden against my mom.  So, I've finally secured a part time job and just got a massive refund check from my surplus of financial aid for GRAD SCHOOL!  Hopefully things will start to look up soon.

So, yeah.  GRAD SCHOOL.

I feel like Grad school is just... too much trouble.  It seems to me (and I've only been in grad school for 5-6 weeks) like we are re-learning everything we just got a degree for and the professors seem to treat us like imbeciles.  We literally spent 1 1/2 class periods (which are roughly 3 hours a piece) in my one class discussing how to write a research paper.  Note: I had to complete 3 of these types of research papers that we were discussing for my bachelors.  This is the moment when I just want to stand up and scream like Jacobim Mugatu in Zoolander and say, "I feel like I'm taking crazy pills!!"

But, anyhoo, that's all I have to complain about for now.  I will try to post more than a year+ apart!