A romp through the insanity patch!

We're in the process of gutting our entire upstairs, and our internet modem is going to be one of the casualties. So it is with a heavy heart that I say I'm going to be offline for probably a couple of days. I will have my phone for texting and IM-ing. Hopefully it'll only be a couple of days, and I'll be back!

*waves a sad bye-bye and grabs the painter's tape*

Operation "GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND MAKE SOMETHING OF MYSELF" has passed phase two.

Which is the summer term - Biology and Intermediate Algebra. I ultimately need to take Survey of Calculus, but when I started, it had been a solid decade since I was in a math class, so I decided to start with the basics and work my way up.

But anyway, I finished my classes on Monday. I've already got my final grade for Biology - got a solid middle-range A, which is good enough for me. The last two parts of my Algebra grade haven't been posted yet, but considering I got a solid A on the last test AND I know I aced the homework portion, I have no doubts that I got an A there as well.

So yes! Operation "GO BACK TO SCHOOL AND MAKE SOMETHING OF MYSELF" is still standing at a 4.0 GPA. Hopefully, this will carry through the coming year, in which I will be taking Chemistry I and II, and hopefully that Calculus class in the spring.

After that, I will have one more year before I'm ready to go for it.

WISH ME LUCK!

...and also please to be praying for me ^^;;

OMG REGISTERING FOR A CLASS SHOULD NOT BE THIS DAMN DIFFICULT. This is a long entry, but this story will probably be hilarious when I tell it at work tomorrow. At the time, I really wanted a drink.

So here's what happened - I found out that a community college across the bridge into the next town/state had a Chemistry I class offered at 5:45 PM on Mondays and Wednesdays, which is something I can make fit with my work schedule. A small bit of checking told me that this class would also transfer appropriately for when I ultimately apply back to school. Thus cheered, I went online and filled out the application. Shortly thereafter, I received a pamphlet in the mail about their chemistry stuff. I was pretty excited, which is a phrase I never thought I'd use in relation to chem.

On Monday, I called to inquire about registering for classes. She asks my name and birthday and whatnot, and says, "Oh yes, you've been accepted. I'll mark you down for the orientation on Wednesday at 5:30." I'm all like, "Yay!"

Today after work I hop in my car and head over to the appointed place. When I get there, first off my name is not on the list, but neither was the girl ahead of me, so they just had me make up a nametag and asked me a couple of questions. And here's where it gets interesting...

She asks me if I've taken some test.

I say "What test?" In the online registration, my couple of trips down there to inquire about classes, and my phone call on Monday, in which I explicitly stated that I was a new student, no one said anything to me about a test. So they passed me down to another lady, to whom I said the exact same thing: this is the first thing I've heard of a placement test.

I am then informed that all new students have to take a placement test for reading and writing so they can "decide where to put me." At which point I said, "Wait. So you're telling me that as a non-traditional student with a bachelor's degree who is not registering for a program, I have to take a placement test to take Chemistry I?"

...yes, short-haired woman says. She asks if I have a transcript with me - no, I didn't think I'd need it. Then she asks if I have my ACT information - I took the damn test probably a decade ago, forgive me for not carrying it around in my purse with me. Oh well, she'll take my number and call me tomorrow. Well, that's great, dear, but I work.

So I cry all the way home (this week has just SUCKED), talked to my mom, found my transcript, and went back over because let's face it, this is just STUPID. I want one class, not a program, and I already have a damn bachelor's degree. Chances are that I can read. Mom decided to go with me, partially for support and partially so as not to strangle my sister, which is a story for another entry.

We go in. We're asked if we're here for orientation. We say, "Actually, we have an issue." And we are intercepted by a lady in a striped sweater who seems to know exactly why I'm there and has no problem with getting me registered for this Chemistry class. (Wonder if she saw us coming...) I even offered up my transcript, and was told that she didn't need them. Huh. Fancy that.

And here's where it gets even more interesting: THEY COULDN'T FIND MY DAMN REGISTRATION. I sat down at the computer and did it a few weeks ago. I got something from the school (I think that's what convinced my mother that I was telling the truth - they mailed me area of study-specific information). When I called on Monday, she said she found my name.

...seems someone else has the same name as me? I have no idea.

Luckily, striped-sweater lady is far quicker than the first woman I talked to. She pulls out a laptop and sits me down to have me fill it out right then and there, after talking to someone who says she'll be waiting to accept me immediately. So I sit down and fill out my information lickety-split.

Long story short, after short-haired lady (the one who told me I couldn't register) called and got my ID number, I couldn't log in. We tried and tried, so she called again...and this time, my mother overhears the name "Christie Cavanaugh" come out of this woman's mouth. I did not hear this, so Mom speaks up and asks who that is because that ISN'T MY NAME.

This woman called that office probably four times, and was apparently telling them the wrong goddamn name. And at some point while on the phone, she says something about "No, she doesn't have her test scores," and then, with a distinct edge to her voice, "No, she does NOT have her transcripts." Au contraire, madam - this time I came prepared for your crap. She had barely finished that sentence before I whipped the envelope out of my purse and handed it to her. And then suddenly it's all giggles, and oh yes, she has a bachelor's degree from [my university] and you just need a copy of her transcript from the school, all right.

So finally, after all this, I got registered for my class. I need to send a transcript request to my university and have them send a transcript to the main office for this community college. I'm taking Chemistry I this fall, it fits in with my work schedule, and I am seriously hoping that Chem II will be offered in the same time slot in the spring so I can knock that out as well.

Victory is mine! o9

I finished Soul Eater today. Plowed through...something like twenty episodes of it today~ And I've realized how much I miss watching anime. And also sewing, because I think I did more sewing today than I had in the last month and a half *kicks schoolwork*

Soul Eater...NEEDS MOAR CRONA and also I think my brain has melted from awesome and I do need to read this manga now. I tried reading the manga a while back, and didn't even make it past the first chapter ^^;;

ANYWAY! So now I need help deciding...

SPIRAL OR TRIGUN?


I fail at making decisions oh yes I do~

I went to a Mary Kay makeover party with my mom last night!

I put on make-up! All by myself!

AND I DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A CIRCUS CLOWN!

...seriously, me plus blush tends to equal Bozo the Clown. There's a reason I almost never wear makeup. So me putting on makeup and looking good is a pretty rare occurrence. We had a good time, and if I had the money, I probably would have purchased pretty everything I put on my face last night.


In other news, phrases I never thought I would say out loud: "Wow, genetics is really interesting!"


That is all~ *goes back to Biology*

Yesterday I had the day off. Do you know how I spent my day off?

...worked almost six hours XD

I got called in. Two people out getting their houses packed up, since they live in the flood-zone, which left only three people to work all morning. We're a busy pharmacy - having only three people on a weekday does not work. So yeah, I got called in. Clocked in at two, left at a quarter to seven. The person who was supposed to be out at 4:20 didn't leave until after 5:30.


Monday night, we grilled out at my aunt and uncle's house. A bunch of my cousins were there - finally got to meet my one-year-old cousin :D But alas, that was not actually the highlight of the evening. What was the highlight of the evening, you may ask?

Watching my dad break into my aunt and uncle's bedroom.

When we opened one door, I guess it created a vacuum effect or something, and fwoosh, the bedroom door slammed shut! (And yes, kaitodoushi, I just used the word "fwoosh" in a non-Persona 4 related context ^^) And then it jammed. So after taking the doorknob off and trying to get the door open that way, and having no luck, Dad went down the street to our house, got his ladder, and used said ladder to climb up to my aunt and uncle's balcony. He then went in through the door up there, and in a few minutes he had the door open.

Meanwhile, all my little cousins are standing in the backyard going, "My turn next?"

Important life lessons. We are teaching them :D


...OKAY TODAY I MUST DO BIOLOGY x_x

So I'm playing 999: 9 Persons, 9 Hours, 9 Doors (or whatever order those words go in) via Skype voice-chat with kaitodoushi and ammchan. It's actually surprisingly easy to do a playthrough like this, so long as the game is more dialogue-based than action-oriented.

Don't know if any of you have played it, but for those not in the know, this game has six separate endings. We got the Coffin Ending on the first try. And screamed at where it stopped. That was just cruel, game. We'll be coming back to that later, oh yes we will. But anyway, we just finished the Submarine Ending.

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LKJDA;LJDFKAJDFJAKLSJD WELL THAT WAS FRIGGIN' CHEERFUL AND UPLIFTING AND WHAT THE FECK JUST HAPPENED? @_@ Each of us uttered the phrase, "I DON'T WANNA DO THIS ANYMORE!" at least twice before we reached the end of the game. Seriously, if I wasn't playing this game with two other people, I probably would have stopped by now.

Also, funny story from the work files:

ME: Hey, [coworker], do you have a sec?
CW: Sure, [Candy], I have lots of secs.

If you're confused, say it out loud. Lulz will ensue.


OKAY BEDTIME SHOULD HAPPEN NOW.

First class done.

I got an A :D :D :D

Summer classes start in about three and a half weeks.

ONWARDS!

SHERLOCK IS EATING MY BRAIN.

AND I HAVEN'T EVEN WATCHED THE THIRD EPISODE YET.

LAJDL;JFLKDJALFKJA;KLDFJ

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Benedict Cumberbatch wins the award for the Best Name in the History of EVER. And if he is ever short of work, I will pay him to read to me. He can bunk with Gareth David-Lloyd, which makes for a very a pretty image in my head. Shush, now, I'm off to my happy place :3


Oh yeah, and the other tech called in sick today at work, so it was just me and my pharmacist. We did not do much for resting, and I clocked out half an hour late, but we got everything done. We rule, yo!

S'pose I should do boring grown-up things now, huh?

ehrenyu, is it June yet? ;_;

In the last week, I ordered volumes 1-4 of Soul Eater, and have received three of those. Volume 2 is on backorder, and won't be coming out for probably another couple of weeks.

I also found both Trigun and Cowboy Bebop online, complete series for fairly cheap. So I got them too.

When everything is here, I will watch ALL THE THINGS.

While I wait, I'm enjoying Sherlock, the BBC's three-episode miniseries. SLASH-GOGGLES ARE GO.

...why is my stack o' stuff to watch not getting any smaller?