Life
OK, so I've noticed that I've not really kept up with my journal much. Meh.
The Cute Girlfriend and I took the day off (I still had holiday time left over from Christmas...oy) and shopped 'til we dropped. First, I had to take my placement exams so I could apply for my nursing clinicals - what a fucking joke. I was all worried about the math part because it's been nigh on sixteen years since I took a formal math class. Needless to say, my worry was unfounded. I placed well into college algebra, which I didn't even have to do, just place a certain level in basic arithmetic and pre-algebra. Plus, I maxed out the score on the reading and writing portion. All this means is that I don't have to take a math class and I don't have to take any developmental Engrish or reading courses. Whoopee pie. That much I knew.
So anyhoo, afterwards Cute Girlfriend and I went shopping. She had already gone to Old Navy/New Army, Odd Lots, and a couple other mall stores by the time she picked me up. We had to stop for lunch so our stomachs would stop bitching (Young's Dairy - YUMMMMM.) You know, actually, we didn't even go shopping until after we spent $30 at the Magic Castle playing Skee-Ball and other assorted arcade games. I decided I wanted this huge stuffed snake in Slytherin colors which was only like 6000 tokens. We've got 605 - only nine more trips and $270 more! Don't think I'll make it.
OK, so once we're Magic Castled-out, we go to Value City. Then to the largest Goodwill store I've ever seen. And if you've been to Goodwill, you know you just can't skim over the shit - you gotta LOOK if you want to find something. The weird thing about the store is that everything is in Engrish AND Espanol. There will be an announcement over the loudspeaker first en Engrish, then en Espanol. All the signs are bilingual. Yet I've never seen a Hispanic person in the store until today, and it was some lady who was causing a ruckus in the kitchen items aisle. Our cashier was Asian.
At 3:30, when enough was simply not enough, we stop at Wal-Mart, the root of all evil. I needed some callus removers for my sixth toe and Cute Girlfriend wants to look at home gyms. Now, I balk at spending money on home gyms. Mainly because I know once I spend the $100 or so, I'm going to feel compelled to actually use the fucker, just to get my money's worth out of it. And the gods know I am the laziest son-of-a-bitch to walk the planet (but I do know someone else who could possibly beat me in a contest.) Oh well - luckily, we didn't have the cash on hand to buy it. But I am thrilled at the prospect of getting it on Friday, once the ol' paychecks have hit the bank account.
The more I get involved in school, the less patience I have for work. Work just sucks. I cannot wait to get out of that hole.
The Cute Girlfriend and I took the day off (I still had holiday time left over from Christmas...oy) and shopped 'til we dropped. First, I had to take my placement exams so I could apply for my nursing clinicals - what a fucking joke. I was all worried about the math part because it's been nigh on sixteen years since I took a formal math class. Needless to say, my worry was unfounded. I placed well into college algebra, which I didn't even have to do, just place a certain level in basic arithmetic and pre-algebra. Plus, I maxed out the score on the reading and writing portion. All this means is that I don't have to take a math class and I don't have to take any developmental Engrish or reading courses. Whoopee pie. That much I knew.
So anyhoo, afterwards Cute Girlfriend and I went shopping. She had already gone to Old Navy/New Army, Odd Lots, and a couple other mall stores by the time she picked me up. We had to stop for lunch so our stomachs would stop bitching (Young's Dairy - YUMMMMM.) You know, actually, we didn't even go shopping until after we spent $30 at the Magic Castle playing Skee-Ball and other assorted arcade games. I decided I wanted this huge stuffed snake in Slytherin colors which was only like 6000 tokens. We've got 605 - only nine more trips and $270 more! Don't think I'll make it.
OK, so once we're Magic Castled-out, we go to Value City. Then to the largest Goodwill store I've ever seen. And if you've been to Goodwill, you know you just can't skim over the shit - you gotta LOOK if you want to find something. The weird thing about the store is that everything is in Engrish AND Espanol. There will be an announcement over the loudspeaker first en Engrish, then en Espanol. All the signs are bilingual. Yet I've never seen a Hispanic person in the store until today, and it was some lady who was causing a ruckus in the kitchen items aisle. Our cashier was Asian.
At 3:30, when enough was simply not enough, we stop at Wal-Mart, the root of all evil. I needed some callus removers for my sixth toe and Cute Girlfriend wants to look at home gyms. Now, I balk at spending money on home gyms. Mainly because I know once I spend the $100 or so, I'm going to feel compelled to actually use the fucker, just to get my money's worth out of it. And the gods know I am the laziest son-of-a-bitch to walk the planet (but I do know someone else who could possibly beat me in a contest.) Oh well - luckily, we didn't have the cash on hand to buy it. But I am thrilled at the prospect of getting it on Friday, once the ol' paychecks have hit the bank account.
The more I get involved in school, the less patience I have for work. Work just sucks. I cannot wait to get out of that hole.