RAVE: So after a complete mind fuck, I'm back in the program and getting financial aid. Apparently my college doesn't give out financial aid in the summer semester only spring and fall, but because I'm at the end of the program I was able to file an appeal. And what did I get in the mail today? My financial aid award letter for spring and fall. WTF? It makes no fucking sense at all.
Rant: And the official total cost of my wedding will be (drum roll): $46,280 Guess my future children are going to trade school.
Rant So I guess HBO isn't as progressive as they portray in the media about people downloading their shows. They sent my internet provider a list of recently downloaded shows with a DMCA warning. Nothing serious I think. Lame.
Rave: He installed blinds, now he is installing my drapery rod. Our house is starting to look homey and I get to cross off things on my ever growing to do list. Rave! We also might be getting a new electric water heater because this <a class="postlink" href="http://alabamapower.com/residential/products-programs/water-heater.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://alabamapower.com/residential/pro ... heater.asp</a>! We have gas right now and it fucking sucks. I think there is something wrong with the thermocouple because we can get the pilot light lit but it turns off after a couple minutes when we try to turn it on and increase the temp. We've had warmish water for the past 3 months because of this. This model is out of warranty, absolute junk (bfg1f4040s3nov) and expensive as hell to run. With only the pilot light lit and no other gas use, our bill is still about 30 a month. I can't wait to turn off the gas. Adios bitches!
RAVE: The girlfriend got the job in Chicago and will be moving back at the end of may. After being a part for a year and 4-5 months, its going to be great. TBD: She's going to be working two floors above me. It's going to be great at first, but all depends if we can find a good middle ground on the time apart. RAVE: GOING TO BE HAVING FREQUENT SEX! ALSO NO MORE GODDAMN SKYPE GOOGLE HANGOUT ANYTHING.
Rave: I didn't bomb. And as facetious as they may have been "best graduation speech I have ever heard" type compliments are always good to hear.
Rant: why are females such back stabbing cunts?? I was called into a meeting because supposedly I have been "mean" to a coworker about her weight. While she is a fucking whale, I would never pick on her about it! Then my boss muses during the meeting "well, (whale) has complained you are my favorite, so maybe that's what this is about.." Really, bitch? You're going to fabricate this cruelty and cry to the boss about it because you feel insecure?? Fucking retarded! Rave: boss does love me.
RAVE: A friend just emailed me asking if I was still contemplating getting a puppy. Turns out one of his friends, in the town I'm moving to, is going to have a litter of Bernese Mountain Dogs ready to be adopted in a couple of weeks. Also turns out that his friend "owes him one", and my friend "owes me one". Due to the transitive properties of "owing one", I may be getting a purebred Bernese as a gift when I get settled in my new place. After a few years of fucking around, it seems I'm going to finally make it happen.
Rant: This is going to be a long week at work. Testing has our schedule all jacked up, so I'm looking at 2 hour classes and no prep for a few days. This means coming in early or staying late for prep time. FML. Rave: Only 10 school days left. Of those, I only have to prep for 7 (last 3 are finals, which are made). This means a written final exam review for 2 classes, and in-class final exam reviews, all of which are going to be a massive pain to create, but that's all I got left. Pretty much the remainder of my year is review. Rant: Grades due the day after finals end, by 2 pm. This means a metric fuckton of grading and a very short window to complete it. Oh, and the "end of year, holy-fuck-I'm-failing-and-need-to-turn-in-12-missing-assignments" crush. Luckily I've already told them I won't accept anything more than a week late, but I have a MASSIVE stack of late work to grade. Oh, and no fucking prep hour to grade it. This year cannot end soon enough. Rave: Standardized test means mostly multiple choice, means Scantrons for all! Rant: Essay portions for tests, too. That I have to grade. For 180 tests. Usually I can spread that stuff out, so I'm not grading 180 hand written essays in a single day. Worst part of finals, easily.
Rave! My sister had her baby. Rant. I'm going to be a little selfish here for a sec and say that I'm sick of this shit! By the time I get around to pooping out my own baby all the good names will officially be taken. Two of my top three girls names have been snatched and the other one will never happen because el husband says it sounds like the name of a Russian shotputter.
Rant: Who else here looooves finding a bunch of termites all over their possessions in their bedroom about an hour before they want to sleep?! Oh yeah, nobody. Plus side, I think they were blowing in through the window AC so I can turn it off and vacuum them up for the night.
Rant: Trying to record a half hour long Webinar with new material to present sucks. There is no simple way for me to edit the recording so I have to get it right or start over. I already spent a lot of time on this yesterday and don't want to spend much longer on it today. Rant/Rave: I get to do a sales demo starting at 8 am tomorrow, which won't be fun (thanks Eastern Time Zone you asshole), but it's for a massive health system and will be the biggest for me by far. Where there's pressure, there's opportunity. Rave: Meeting new roommate for next year tonight? Maybe? We'll see. Rave/Rant: I am traveling the next three weekends... a family reunion in Illinois, wedding in Nebraska, and canoeing trip in northern Minnesota. All good things but I wish they were spaced apart more. Oh, and I move the weekend after the canoeing trip. Awesome.
Rant: I was laid off on Friday. My six months with the staffing agency ended, and the company that I was working for informed me that they didn't have enough work to hire me on. If I had stayed with the job that I had before then I would probably still be employed, though the time would be winding down there as well. Rave: The job that I was laid off from was soul crushing, and I got a week's severance. It isn't much but I wouldn't have guessed that I would have gotten a severance at all. Rave: One good thing about having to worry about finding another job is that it takes my mind off of the other things that I usually worry about. Rant: Summer school starts next week and I am taking 3 graduate level classes. It's going to be hard for me to focus on school when I am also worrying about finding a new job.
RAVE: This is what popped up when I clicked "view your posts" *points up* up there: Where the mods at? in shegirl's nutsack FYI, shegirl's nutsack is the name of the mod only portion of the board.
RAVE: We all love shegirl... always have, always will. I think it was Blue Dog who renamed the mod forum to "shegirl's nutsack", and there's never been any reason to change it since.
Rant: Had vasectomy on Friday, first two days were a breeze and now five days later my balls and base of my dick are splotched purple, bruised, and hurt like a motherfucker. Rave: This pain still isn't as bad as hearing, "Honey I'm pregnant." as I turn 40.
Rant: Pain notwithstanding, this is a good thing. Until second, younger wife enters your life and decides she wants a kid. Reversal is a little more painful and a lot more expensive.
RAVE:Spent the day in court to help my old boss, who's also a good friend against a past client that wouldn't pay a dime for the work we did. Not only did we win, but I got an amazing added bonus. I was only originally slated to be a fact witness. Instead, the attorney felt it warranted to go the extra mile and have me admitted as an expert witness which would give more weight to my first hand knowledge of the project and my role, etc. Also, did I mention that we won. This is fitting as my new firm does quite a bit of forensic architecture/expert witness work and I was expecting a much longer time before I had the opportunity to be admitted as an expert on a stand. Trials are rare and it would have had to happen in a situation that warranted my being on the stand, which is unlikely for awhile. For that type of work I am more involved in the research side while I learn the ropes. Serendipitous is the only word I can think of to describe this. I helped a good friend in a minor way thinking nothing but just being there for a guy who mentored me and helped me grow professionally for many years. He's still a great friend even after I moved on to a new firm. Turns out getting admitted as an expert witness is absolutely one of the best things that could have possibly happened in light of my recent position. For the rest of my life, while working on any sort of forensic architecture, I never have to be vetted in a court of law like I was today. Also, this was such a roundabout way for this to happen. Very mind boggling.
Rant: My life has become an absurd drama show in the last week. It feels like a poorly written sitcom. Taking the girl I've been sleeping with to the ER at 1 AM because she's suicidal, while avoiding eye contact with her douchebag kinda-sorta-boyfriend who I'd never actually met until that night? Check. Having a coworker's wife strip naked and later grab my ass while I was taking care of her because she was a drunk mess after said coworker hit her? Check. Rave: It's been entertaining, and I've managed to keep a mostly water-off-the-duck's-back attitude about it all.