So I suppose it's time for a proper blog post! Might as well split it into a few parts!
I: School
II: Work
III: IMAlive
I: I am halfway done with my spring semester! This week I've been on break, which for the most part helped me get some much needed rest. My humanities teacher assigned a midterm to do over break, though. Evil. Just evil. I should be done with that soon. I'm so ready for this year to be over. I'm working hard to keep up my 4.0, but I'll admit that I need to work harder.
About a week after this account expired, I found out that I got accepted to the University of Illinois! :] I'm so excited to go there in August. I'm once again majoring in psychology, and they have a really good program. I've only ever lived with my mom for the most part, so it's going to be a huge change being with a roommate. I'll be living about 3 hours from my family.
I'll get to come home on breaks, though, so I'm sure it won't be too bad. I'm waiting for them to tell me what financial aid I'll be getting. Minimal loans, I hope! When I know more about what's going on, I'll let you know!
II: Work has been uneventful. I work Mondays and Wednesdays, so it's not too bad. I love getting my paychecks. Earning money definitely feels better than having it handed to me. Not that I oppose being given free money..
I can't wait to be done with the job though. It's great having it and all, but since I'm transferring to U of I in August, I won't have this job anymore after the semester ends. In a few weeks, I'm going to start looking for a summer job. Wish me luck!
I have a problem that I'm sure everyone can relate to: a lazy, almost useless coworker. He is driving me absolutely insane. Our primary task is to read newspapers and cut out anything that mentions the school. He has a couple of difficulties. One, he reads super fucking slow. In the 2.5 hours he was working one day, he read only two papers. Small ones, too. I read both of them in 25 minutes. What the hell? I go to work and it seems like all the papers from the day before are still there. We've been getting really backed up lately. Two, he misses a lot of things. Or when he does find things, he does a lot of things wrong. Maybe I'm just being nitpicky, but dear god it's making me want to punch a wall. I'm tired of picking up his slack.
III: IMAlive is still in the training stages. We're hoping to go live really soon, but there aren't enough volunteers who are ready. I'm still doing practice chats. In fact, I have one in a couple hours. I get so nervous. I know we're both there to gain experience, but still. I need to start being more confident. I may mess up sometimes, but I'm there to help people during the some of the darkest times of their lives, not to be perfect. Going through the training and doing practice chats have really helped me grow as a person. It also helped me realize that psychology is definitely the path for me. I want to become a child and adolescent psychiatrist. I had one up until several months ago who helped me so much. I know how important of a job it is, and it's a great fit for me.
Well, enough ranting for now I guess. Gonna eat some noms and do some homework before my next chat. Tomorrow I'm going to Chicago with my mom and best friend to eat at this Spanish place called Cafe Ba Ba Reeba. Super excited! I'll try to take some pics.
Until next time. <3 Glad to be back.
I: School
II: Work
III: IMAlive
I: I am halfway done with my spring semester! This week I've been on break, which for the most part helped me get some much needed rest. My humanities teacher assigned a midterm to do over break, though. Evil. Just evil. I should be done with that soon. I'm so ready for this year to be over. I'm working hard to keep up my 4.0, but I'll admit that I need to work harder.
About a week after this account expired, I found out that I got accepted to the University of Illinois! :] I'm so excited to go there in August. I'm once again majoring in psychology, and they have a really good program. I've only ever lived with my mom for the most part, so it's going to be a huge change being with a roommate. I'll be living about 3 hours from my family.
I'll get to come home on breaks, though, so I'm sure it won't be too bad. I'm waiting for them to tell me what financial aid I'll be getting. Minimal loans, I hope! When I know more about what's going on, I'll let you know!
II: Work has been uneventful. I work Mondays and Wednesdays, so it's not too bad. I love getting my paychecks. Earning money definitely feels better than having it handed to me. Not that I oppose being given free money..
I can't wait to be done with the job though. It's great having it and all, but since I'm transferring to U of I in August, I won't have this job anymore after the semester ends. In a few weeks, I'm going to start looking for a summer job. Wish me luck!
I have a problem that I'm sure everyone can relate to: a lazy, almost useless coworker. He is driving me absolutely insane. Our primary task is to read newspapers and cut out anything that mentions the school. He has a couple of difficulties. One, he reads super fucking slow. In the 2.5 hours he was working one day, he read only two papers. Small ones, too. I read both of them in 25 minutes. What the hell? I go to work and it seems like all the papers from the day before are still there. We've been getting really backed up lately. Two, he misses a lot of things. Or when he does find things, he does a lot of things wrong. Maybe I'm just being nitpicky, but dear god it's making me want to punch a wall. I'm tired of picking up his slack.
III: IMAlive is still in the training stages. We're hoping to go live really soon, but there aren't enough volunteers who are ready. I'm still doing practice chats. In fact, I have one in a couple hours. I get so nervous. I know we're both there to gain experience, but still. I need to start being more confident. I may mess up sometimes, but I'm there to help people during the some of the darkest times of their lives, not to be perfect. Going through the training and doing practice chats have really helped me grow as a person. It also helped me realize that psychology is definitely the path for me. I want to become a child and adolescent psychiatrist. I had one up until several months ago who helped me so much. I know how important of a job it is, and it's a great fit for me.
Well, enough ranting for now I guess. Gonna eat some noms and do some homework before my next chat. Tomorrow I'm going to Chicago with my mom and best friend to eat at this Spanish place called Cafe Ba Ba Reeba. Super excited! I'll try to take some pics.
Until next time. <3 Glad to be back.
jman76:
Glad your here have at the the cafe