alienprincess

not much up.

The usual complaints about my crap-faced co-workers.

I have to go get a TB ppd at work, but the bastards are only there on my day off.

My arm is still sort of numb from the flue shot.

It looks like I'm going to nursing school in march. (Pending financial aid meeting)

***I maybe get a raise this year*** after I thought...
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AlienPrincess conquers exam! remembers how to multiply signed numbers! basic punctuation topics defeated!

so the next step is an admissions interview, which will be monday. then there will be two more interviews, the last one being about financial aid.

the whole thing is contingent on the financial aid.

so I'm kind of more relaxed, but it's not a done deal until three more meetings happen...
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lpn program entrance test tomorrow.



I've been studying from a test prep book with questions like:
2. Arthur can shovel snow from a sidewalk in 60 minutes and Jack can do it in 30 minutes. How many minutes would it take them to do it together?
(a) 90
(b) 15
(c) 30
(d) 20

answers that I feel should be added:
(e) yes.
(f) the...
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yay! I have monday(tomorrow) off!

massive laundramat visit planned. and more cleaning the apt.

here is my week:
+monday----->day off, errands.
+tuesday------>going to work early to be lectured on how not to abuse the elderly. then work, world's slowest orientee in tow, but then welntaodshould be home from iowa when I get home from work.
+wed.------------> more work.
+thursday-------> day off from work, entrance...
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boy not home yet. very bad.

I'm trying to complete this "education unit" from work[I am a nursrs' aide ina nursing home] about how to talk to the families of people who are dying/how to talk to the terminally ill. I'm so wishing this was multiple choice like all the other education units.
sample question:
1. Ida Jones has widespread cancer and has been placed on hospice care. She has stopped...
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wow. too much drinking for me on wed.
thanks to the whole sgct gang for putting up with me....
especially elmcitydrunk for having us at his place, and jawyoga who i seem to remember driving me home.
Sorry if I was a jackass guys.
welntaod thinks my hangover is hilarious. So does my sister. My mother just glared a lot.

As predicted, I had a...
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todo que tengo que decir sobre el dia de eleccion:
caveat emptor.

hoy voy a copiar un poema por Nicanor Parra:
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Test

Qu es un antipoeta:
Un comerciante en urnas y atudes?
Un sacerdote que no cree en nada?
Un general que duda en s mismo?
Un vagabundo que se re de todo?
Hasta de la vejez y de la muerte?
Un interlocator de...
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I am at elm city drunk's house.
no it's not difficult to type.
I promise.
not drunk
no.

James says hello!

well, otherthan an operating system installation extravaganza, I haven't been up to much.
Except fueling my ibook fetish.

I wonder where I can get a already broken one that I can safely take apart....
I wonder what would happen if you put a 466 logic board into an older say, 366 clamshell....

tomorrow I have an 8 am to 3:30 cpr certification at work. Don't...
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yay! good to see my sgct buddies and su yesterday!
too much smoke for me though....stupid stupid allergies....

see--->2 updates in like, 2 days-----> I'm soooo good!

I'm working on installing Gentoo (a flavour of the linux operating system www.gentoo.org)on my ibook. so lots of sitting by the other computer waiting for things to finish compiling and all that jazz.

NOOOOOOOO! Arachne left!!! eeek! Well I'm sure we won't loose contact... not like I'm one to talk, I'm never ever on here lately.



I've been very bad!

not only have I not been checking this site very much--sorry! but I've ordered myself a new toy!!!!

My 366 mhz graphite clamshell ibook will be arriving monday!
sooo happy!
Then I'm gonna load yellow dog linux 4.0...
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