a week's worth
Wednesday : Started my first day at Macy's. 6am baby. I haven't driven to work/school in the dark in a looooong time. I do merchandising, which is basically moving fixtures and clothes around and putting out new stuff. Boring but i work with two cool people so it's not that bad. And the store doesn't open until 10 so i don't have to deal with customers for 1/2 of my shift.
Thurs: Took my anatomy test that was supposed to happen on Tuesday. My professor came in and literally said, "I forgot about the test. We'll take it on Thursday." Seriously!? So we took it on Tuesday. The test was pretty fair, although he tends to repeat questions more than twice. So if you miss it once, you're likely to miss it several times, unless you guess differently each time. Anywho, one of the repeated questions was something he mentioned in passing during the lectures that wasn't specifically typed out in his notes that he gives out. And everyone in the hall afterwards had their panties in a wad saying it was completely unfair b/c he said his tests would come from the lecture notes, which is why they don't always come to class. I just thought they were a bunch of crybabies. And I feel almost snobbish for thinking it, but if this had happened at UT, a professor would probably laugh in your face. It's not some obscure sentence from the text (which he doesn't make us read), it was something he said in class. Sure he only said it once and pointed at a picture instead of typing it out, but doesn't that make it fair game? Maybe I would feel different if I had gotten the question wrong, but I didn't so I don't.
Friday: 6 am at Macy's. We started putting out toys for Christmas. They put up the Christmas trees 2 weeks ago. Ah, retail. My sister calls me at 9:30 to say that Dad's taken her car and she has work at 10. Just the kind of crazy I should expect. In my family, my dad and sister are the two impulsives and my mom and I are the overthinkers. Anywho, she gets a ride to work and my mom asks me to take her home since we both get off at 2 (we work at the same mall). Later Marylea calls me to say it's actually 3, so I agree to wait around for her since I probably won't get finished until 2:30. So I show up at Abercrombie at 2:30 and she says it's actually 4, but keeps me talking until 3, so it's not really enough time for me to go home. So I wander around the mall until 3:50. Come back, try on some clothes, and at 4 she says her manager won't let her leave until her replacement shows up. Sucks, but as an ex-manager I know this to be true. But at 4:20 I'm like WTH? they can't keep you here forever, go tell your manager you're leaving. But her manager is in a meeting and the other one is at lunch. Perfection. So we didn't leave until after 4:30 and didn't get home until almost 5. Although none of it was intentional and was just the accumulation of small factors, I couldn't help being pissy. Especially since I had to cancel dinner plans b/c I was so tired and hadn't eaten b/c I kept thinking I was going home.
Saturday: had lunch with a friend who just got back from Italy. That plus the pictures my cousin keeps posting from her study abroad in France, I'm really feeling urges for Europe. Ran a couple of errands before going to a housewarming. Seeing everyone was nice but just a little wierd b/c I don't seem to be chaning at the same rate they are. Not that it's a contest, but it's just wierd when people I graduated with have children or houses and I'm still in school.
Sunday: Had lunch with the Friday cancelee (Ray from Port A), but he wasn't hungry so I pretty much stuffed myself while he watched. If he hadn't been a good friend, I would've felt embarrassed. But really, who eats a bag of chips before going out to lunch? But it was good seeing him, except that he got me all worried about my complete lack of studying for the GRE, which was the next day. So I came home and did the two practice tests on the disc they sent me in the mail. I did as well as I expected, and I only need 1000 for the UT program,so that helped ease me.
Monday: Only did my morning shift at Seton b/c I'd scheduled the GRE at 3. The essay topics were easier than the practice ones-a little more science oriented, which made me feel good even though UT nursing doesn't count the essay score. But the verbal and math parts were 2x as long as the practice ones. Just when I thought I was finished, up popped another section. And another. It was crazy! But I'm very happy with my score (1390), slightly higher than the two practice ones. Came home, had some coffee b/c I had a slight stress headache from all the thinking and nothing fixes me better than a little caffeine boost. For dinner it was homemade tostadas. Yummy, or so I thought...
Tuesday, "The Mystery Sickness"
I had gone to bed feeling sick and had restless sleeping until about 3, where I moved to the bathroom. After laying on the tile for about an hour, it all came up. Spent the rest of the day laying around the house, completely spent and completely incommunicado. Didn't answer the phone or even look at the computer, which is something I usually do even when feeling sick, but I was having trouble sitting up for more than 5 minutes at a time. I couldn't believe how bad I felt. I'm not sure what it was b/c the 24 hour, complete body achiness sounds like food poisoning but everyone had the same dinner. The only difference was the coffee, which was the same bag and pot I've always used, so I don't know what happened.
Wed: I had let Macy's know I wasn't coming Tuesday night. Woke up feeling alot better but still sore and iffy in the torso. But after some tea and Cheerios am perking up enough to be coherently typing without effort. The rest of the day should see me getting back to normal. Sorry if this is TMI but I'm still too tired to worry and type two entries, so hopefully your filter is working you'll forget.
Hope everyone is feeling better than me!
Thurs: Took my anatomy test that was supposed to happen on Tuesday. My professor came in and literally said, "I forgot about the test. We'll take it on Thursday." Seriously!? So we took it on Tuesday. The test was pretty fair, although he tends to repeat questions more than twice. So if you miss it once, you're likely to miss it several times, unless you guess differently each time. Anywho, one of the repeated questions was something he mentioned in passing during the lectures that wasn't specifically typed out in his notes that he gives out. And everyone in the hall afterwards had their panties in a wad saying it was completely unfair b/c he said his tests would come from the lecture notes, which is why they don't always come to class. I just thought they were a bunch of crybabies. And I feel almost snobbish for thinking it, but if this had happened at UT, a professor would probably laugh in your face. It's not some obscure sentence from the text (which he doesn't make us read), it was something he said in class. Sure he only said it once and pointed at a picture instead of typing it out, but doesn't that make it fair game? Maybe I would feel different if I had gotten the question wrong, but I didn't so I don't.
Friday: 6 am at Macy's. We started putting out toys for Christmas. They put up the Christmas trees 2 weeks ago. Ah, retail. My sister calls me at 9:30 to say that Dad's taken her car and she has work at 10. Just the kind of crazy I should expect. In my family, my dad and sister are the two impulsives and my mom and I are the overthinkers. Anywho, she gets a ride to work and my mom asks me to take her home since we both get off at 2 (we work at the same mall). Later Marylea calls me to say it's actually 3, so I agree to wait around for her since I probably won't get finished until 2:30. So I show up at Abercrombie at 2:30 and she says it's actually 4, but keeps me talking until 3, so it's not really enough time for me to go home. So I wander around the mall until 3:50. Come back, try on some clothes, and at 4 she says her manager won't let her leave until her replacement shows up. Sucks, but as an ex-manager I know this to be true. But at 4:20 I'm like WTH? they can't keep you here forever, go tell your manager you're leaving. But her manager is in a meeting and the other one is at lunch. Perfection. So we didn't leave until after 4:30 and didn't get home until almost 5. Although none of it was intentional and was just the accumulation of small factors, I couldn't help being pissy. Especially since I had to cancel dinner plans b/c I was so tired and hadn't eaten b/c I kept thinking I was going home.
Saturday: had lunch with a friend who just got back from Italy. That plus the pictures my cousin keeps posting from her study abroad in France, I'm really feeling urges for Europe. Ran a couple of errands before going to a housewarming. Seeing everyone was nice but just a little wierd b/c I don't seem to be chaning at the same rate they are. Not that it's a contest, but it's just wierd when people I graduated with have children or houses and I'm still in school.
Sunday: Had lunch with the Friday cancelee (Ray from Port A), but he wasn't hungry so I pretty much stuffed myself while he watched. If he hadn't been a good friend, I would've felt embarrassed. But really, who eats a bag of chips before going out to lunch? But it was good seeing him, except that he got me all worried about my complete lack of studying for the GRE, which was the next day. So I came home and did the two practice tests on the disc they sent me in the mail. I did as well as I expected, and I only need 1000 for the UT program,so that helped ease me.
Monday: Only did my morning shift at Seton b/c I'd scheduled the GRE at 3. The essay topics were easier than the practice ones-a little more science oriented, which made me feel good even though UT nursing doesn't count the essay score. But the verbal and math parts were 2x as long as the practice ones. Just when I thought I was finished, up popped another section. And another. It was crazy! But I'm very happy with my score (1390), slightly higher than the two practice ones. Came home, had some coffee b/c I had a slight stress headache from all the thinking and nothing fixes me better than a little caffeine boost. For dinner it was homemade tostadas. Yummy, or so I thought...
Tuesday, "The Mystery Sickness"
I had gone to bed feeling sick and had restless sleeping until about 3, where I moved to the bathroom. After laying on the tile for about an hour, it all came up. Spent the rest of the day laying around the house, completely spent and completely incommunicado. Didn't answer the phone or even look at the computer, which is something I usually do even when feeling sick, but I was having trouble sitting up for more than 5 minutes at a time. I couldn't believe how bad I felt. I'm not sure what it was b/c the 24 hour, complete body achiness sounds like food poisoning but everyone had the same dinner. The only difference was the coffee, which was the same bag and pot I've always used, so I don't know what happened.
Wed: I had let Macy's know I wasn't coming Tuesday night. Woke up feeling alot better but still sore and iffy in the torso. But after some tea and Cheerios am perking up enough to be coherently typing without effort. The rest of the day should see me getting back to normal. Sorry if this is TMI but I'm still too tired to worry and type two entries, so hopefully your filter is working you'll forget.
Hope everyone is feeling better than me!