Breaking things with passion

Well, I'm off to my first day of school and work. I'm so nervous that I could barely eat anything this morning. Guh.

Well, after all day of interviews and tests and interviews and a couple more interviews, I got the job. They're paying me the higher rate thanks to my education, and everything looks good. I have 6 weeks of training that gives me weekends off, but after that I'll be working weekends. The last of those six weeks ends on the weekend of Winchester Con, so I'm hoping to god that I get that weekend off too. If not, I'm not sure what I'm going to do. Perhaps I'll have days built up by then or something. I really won't know until orientation, or I suppose I could call HR and ask sometime this week. I'd really, really hate to have to flake out of the con. I'd be devistated, really.

I am so tired after all this today. I'm going to go lay on the couch and watch the 'Gates and then go to bed. I have work in the morning. I'm starting to wonder if I shouldn't just tell my boss that I need to quit earlier than I told her I needed. *iz ded*

I'm mostly moved in. My apartment is very bare, but I hope to fill it up when I move in permanently on the 2nd. It was extremely boring being without internet or cable. Something I plan to rectify in the next week. I found my way around on Friday after amiguriken left. My apartment complex is in a really convenient part of town. I'm minutes away from school and all the businesses. Hopefully work won't be too far away either. I went to Orientation this morning. It lasted about an hour and the only useful thing I did was get my picture taken for my student ID. I didn't get a chance to talk to the career services lady, but I did get a new packet of available jobs, so I have to look that over. It was over by ten and I just ran back to the apt. to get my things and come home. Two more weeks and I'll be there permanently. Scary thought. I'm starting to get nervous about the money and everything. I hope I find a job soon.


Now on to fun stuff.

I finally managed to see the ( Stargates. )


And now a meme. God, I haven't done one of these in forever. But this one I couldn't pass up. Hopefully, it'll help me get my shit in gear.

Gakked from sdraevn who gakked it from rivier:If you happen to be working on some creative writing project, fan fiction or NaNoWriMo or what have you, post exactly one sentence (or more) from each of your current work(s) in progress. It should probably be your favorite or most intriguing sentence so far, but what you choose is entirely your discretion. Mention the title (and genre) if you like, but don't mention anything else -- this is merely to whet the general appetite for your forthcoming work(s).

( WIP City, or look I actually do write stuff even if you haven't seen it yet. Including 2 SGA AUs and a SPN crackfic. )

*iz tired*

I had two days off of doing nothing, but now it's back to work. I'm moving in on the 17th and I have 4 days off. Wednesday to pack,Thursday to move, Friday to lounge about and then my Orientation is on Saturday. Sunday, I'm back here and back to work. Hopefully, I'll know about my schedule by then. I also have applied for a job with US Cellular. I haven't heard back yet other than a job fair notice that I couldn't attend. There was an email addy with the notice that let me request an interview, but I haven't heard back yet. I haven't applied anywhere else, but the Career Services director has my resume and should be getting back to me soon. So a lot of stuff is gelling at the moment, but I have a deep fear that everything is going to be really last minute. I know that I've done everything I can in advance, so we'll see how everything pans out. I've also been helping my boss' mother install her DSL and that has been less than fun. At least the boss' wife is paying me for it, but I could tell you horror stories about my morning. Sheesh. What I won't do for a few extra bucks. Right now I'm just having small panic attacks about my couch not fitting on amiguriken's truck and other fun things. Inhale. Exhale. Inhale. Exhale. Tomorrow is Friday. Tomorrow is Friday.

Back! I found a place. It's tiny (a studio), but cheap, so who cares? I should hear back tomorrow from the lady, and I expect move in to happen around the 17th. I won't actually be living over there until the end of August, but at least I have a place. *contented sigh* Now I just have to find a job. Joy of joys.

So I've been MIA both because of work and because of this stupid paper that I've been worrying about. The school gave me a thing to test out of one of my classes this coming semester. It's like the final exam for the class with a big research paper. I thought I could do it, but the more I sit here and try and research, the more I realize, that there is just no way in hell. I don't have the resources or time to do this. Basically, it amounts to the final of the class. Well, since I didn't take the class and haven't read the textbook this whole fucking thing is based on, there is no way in hell I could do it. Plus the research paper is just appalling and I have 3 weeks to do it in... or that was when they gave it to me. I have more like two weeks now, and I can't find all the sources I'd need, and they won't give me access to their online virtual library because I'm not a student yet. Plus, this is the busiest time of year at work and two people are out (one quit and one has an abcessed tooth) which means I really won't have time to work on the fucking thing. 99% of the work problems are due to my employer's shit management. I am not going to work 24/7 for him. I have a life and A TON of stuff to do before I leave.

So I'm sitting here all stressed out and I just realized that fuck it. There is no way that I can do this test thing, and I'm just going to have to take the class. I'm so frustrated and just.... fuck. I hope this isn't what it's going to be like when I'm working going to school. Hopefully, just being away from here will help.

I'm so excited that I have something to actually post about in my journal. Heh. Anyway, I went to school today to finalize my financial aid. I didn't get as much as I thought I would, and I'm going to have to pay a bit, but fortunately it's a manageable amount, and if I absolutely need to, they have a personal loan thing that can help me out. I'm going to try and do without. A LOT of my credits from college transfered, so it cut my classes down to about half of what I would have been taking. I'll be getting my bachelors in about 2 years instead of 3 or 4. The people at the school were super helpful about finding an apartment and getting a job. There are a lot of companies right in the area of the school that have decent pay, and some of them even offer tuition reimbursement if you work there long enough. So things are on the up and up. I didn't go looking for a place just yet. I have a couple of apartment complexes in mind, and I'll be checking in with them in a few weeks. Mom and I are also talking about upgrading my truck to a newer car since I'll be driving more. That's something I want to put on the back burner for a while until I get settled in Knoxville. I want to check out my budget and everything before I worry about a car payment or helping mom with a car payment. Either way, it's all very exciting. Mom was super impressed, and she even told me over lunch that she's excited for me too, which is a big deal. Mom's been hesitant about this whole thing ever since I brought the idea up.

After we were done there, we headed back towards home stopping in Severville and Pigeon Forge and did a bit of outlet shopping. I bought the cutest pair of Nine West heels. They were marked $59.99 at the outlet store (zappos has them for $72.95), and I got them for $39.99 on sale. I totally rock. Then we headed over to Areopostale, a store I don't usually shop at, but I wanted some new T-shirts and they have cute ones. I bought three, and then as we were walking out the door, mom saw one she really liked, so I bought us both one of those. I am in just a spectacular mood, but now I need to check LJ real quick and go to bed. I'm so tired from staying up late last night, and I have to work in the morning.

OMG SCHOOL! EEE!