Life stuff
May. 31st, 2011 10:25 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bluegeekI have had a lovely time off and now head back to work tomorrow. The countdown to vacatin has begun, however. I have 5 shifts and a conference to go. I've totally got this. I think.
My mini-break consisted of:
Thursday - visited with a friend and admired her new house
Friday - had a friend over to introduce her to Sherlock and for her to introduce me to Downton Abbey, the show for which my slash goggles are apparently unneeded.
Saturday - Visited with another group of friends to catch up and exchange presents. I gave them their Christmas presents (nope, I am not kidding. We have issues getting things like this actually accomplished) which were smartass t-shirts. For christmas I received a lovely tea/coffee mug set and for my birthday received a tea history/cookbook and gift certificate to Teavana. I am excited. We all went out for dinner at an awesome Indian restaurant and did a family-style meal thing which I enjoy because I dig variety and trying new things.
Sunday - Spent the day with my parents. We went to the casino where I proceeded to lose my money over the course of a few hours (though at least I made it last that long, I suppose), and did meet some nice people who taught me to play Let It Ride. They were sad for me when I did not display any form of beginner's luck. I was also deeply resented when I sat down to play backjack and everyone at the table suddenly starting doing well except for one person who did poorly. This is why I do not enjoy blackjack these days, even though it was previously the only table game I'd play. Since there are apparently "rules" that one must play by and I do not understand those rules, I am apparently doomed to be hated. Oh well.
After lunch (both my parents were up so they paid) we decided to make one last trip through the table section. I sat down at an empty table to play one last likely ill-advised game of Let It Ride and show my mom how it worked. I put down my bets, including the extra 3-card bonus bet, and get my cards: 3-3-3. Yup, I picked up triple threes right off the bat. So in one play I won back what I'd lost earlier and come out on top by a bit. I decided it was time to go after that and was very happy at this very unlikely event :) Clearly I have reached the pinnacle of my gambling awesome and should probably not go back again since it is all downhill from here.
Monday: I worked for 4 hours for a friend. I spent the first 2 hours cleaning up all the things that hadn't been done prior to my arrival, along with my regular work-things, so I was a bit miffed at that. I am telling myself that stuff happens, however, which it DOES, and not wallowing.
Tuesday: Wherein I tried to do ALL THE THINGS! And was partially successful. I finished my CV and mailed it off, and sent another necessary piece to the grad school application. I applied to the grad school itself (I'd already applied to the specific committee for the program I would be pursuing) and have 2/3 of my recommendations as well as my official transcript. I have gently reminded my 3rd rec. I still need to prove my residency and request days off at work and write out my statement of purpose, which scares me. I don't know what my statement of purpose is other than, "Let me in please, I iz wantings to luuuuurn." I suspect that I should not use that as my opening statement, however.
I have tea and fic posts to do, but I also need to sleep. Sleep would be good. Why have I been exhausted all day, only to be unable to sleep now? NOT FAIR!
My mini-break consisted of:
Thursday - visited with a friend and admired her new house
Friday - had a friend over to introduce her to Sherlock and for her to introduce me to Downton Abbey, the show for which my slash goggles are apparently unneeded.
Saturday - Visited with another group of friends to catch up and exchange presents. I gave them their Christmas presents (nope, I am not kidding. We have issues getting things like this actually accomplished) which were smartass t-shirts. For christmas I received a lovely tea/coffee mug set and for my birthday received a tea history/cookbook and gift certificate to Teavana. I am excited. We all went out for dinner at an awesome Indian restaurant and did a family-style meal thing which I enjoy because I dig variety and trying new things.
Sunday - Spent the day with my parents. We went to the casino where I proceeded to lose my money over the course of a few hours (though at least I made it last that long, I suppose), and did meet some nice people who taught me to play Let It Ride. They were sad for me when I did not display any form of beginner's luck. I was also deeply resented when I sat down to play backjack and everyone at the table suddenly starting doing well except for one person who did poorly. This is why I do not enjoy blackjack these days, even though it was previously the only table game I'd play. Since there are apparently "rules" that one must play by and I do not understand those rules, I am apparently doomed to be hated. Oh well.
After lunch (both my parents were up so they paid) we decided to make one last trip through the table section. I sat down at an empty table to play one last likely ill-advised game of Let It Ride and show my mom how it worked. I put down my bets, including the extra 3-card bonus bet, and get my cards: 3-3-3. Yup, I picked up triple threes right off the bat. So in one play I won back what I'd lost earlier and come out on top by a bit. I decided it was time to go after that and was very happy at this very unlikely event :) Clearly I have reached the pinnacle of my gambling awesome and should probably not go back again since it is all downhill from here.
Monday: I worked for 4 hours for a friend. I spent the first 2 hours cleaning up all the things that hadn't been done prior to my arrival, along with my regular work-things, so I was a bit miffed at that. I am telling myself that stuff happens, however, which it DOES, and not wallowing.
Tuesday: Wherein I tried to do ALL THE THINGS! And was partially successful. I finished my CV and mailed it off, and sent another necessary piece to the grad school application. I applied to the grad school itself (I'd already applied to the specific committee for the program I would be pursuing) and have 2/3 of my recommendations as well as my official transcript. I have gently reminded my 3rd rec. I still need to prove my residency and request days off at work and write out my statement of purpose, which scares me. I don't know what my statement of purpose is other than, "Let me in please, I iz wantings to luuuuurn." I suspect that I should not use that as my opening statement, however.
I have tea and fic posts to do, but I also need to sleep. Sleep would be good. Why have I been exhausted all day, only to be unable to sleep now? NOT FAIR!
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Date: 2011-06-01 11:46 pm (UTC)Good luck w/ the grad school app!
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Date: 2011-06-03 03:41 pm (UTC)Thank you. I am flaily about the silly SoP, but I figure I don't have to really flog myself too heartily until I get the third rec in, at which point I will have NO MORE EXCUSES, so... we'll see.