Wasting time...
Yesterday, out of nowhere, James bought me an Easter Lily. It was so sweet. He was picking me up from class, and it was pouring rain, I open the car door, and it was sitting in my seat. It is a very beautiful flower and one that I can plant outside once it gets warmer (that is, if my terrible gardening skills can keep it alive, I hope so). Now, we have to keep it out of reach from my cat because they are deathly poison to kitties. James didn't know that. I knew some lilies were bad, looked it up, and Easter Lilies are especially bad for a cat to ingest. So we put it somewhere she cannot get to for now, until we can put it outside.
Other then that, not much to report really. I am currently waiting on my advisor to send an approval for my research abstract through e-mail (which should be any minute now, we have been corresponding back and forth). I am entering a research conference at my school for a chance to win some money and an abstract of my research has to be submitted by midnight tonight. I hit exactly 150 words, the max, now that is calling it close! Now if I could win in my group, it would rock. I wanted to enter the oral presentation since I love public speaking (I am a freak of nature, I know), but I would have to have my WHOLE research paper submitted by midnight tonight. Not possible. I have to wait and get some results back from a survey and that will not be until at least Satuday. So I am entering a poster instead, which isn't as exciting for me since I am not good at that sort of thing. I have until April 2nd to submit my full paper, so some of my spring break will be writing this thing.
hmm what else? family stuff stressing me out. Money stressing me out. James calculated how much money I will have to get in student loans for graduate school alone, and it more then doubles what I currently have. It freaks me out. He then calculated what I would have to pay now, if I got a job, and what I would pay then, and it would still be the same percentage, and would be better since my income level practically doubles as well. I just hate debt, I really do :( I just had to make a choice, either take out student loans or never go to college. I am positive I made the right decision, it is well worth it to have a college degree nowdays.
I had a job interview the other day, and that got me thinking about the possibility of going to work instead. I really want to go to graduate school, and this job is not in real estate development, so I don't know. It is in sales, starting salary in the $40 grand range, with commission that could be $25,000 a year. It is for technology that makes smart building, HVAC, wireless, lighting that comes on when you enter a room, and very techy stuff. They can place me pretty much anywhere I want. Training for 6 months in Dallas, Texas, then I pick one of their locations, usually you get one of your top two picks, and they really need people in Florida and Louisiana, two places I would love to live. I may go through the next steps, get a tour of the Dallas office and talk to corporate before making my decision (that is, if I hear back from them at all)
Long entry for not having much to say huh? Just taking up time until my e-mail beeps at me.
Other then that, not much to report really. I am currently waiting on my advisor to send an approval for my research abstract through e-mail (which should be any minute now, we have been corresponding back and forth). I am entering a research conference at my school for a chance to win some money and an abstract of my research has to be submitted by midnight tonight. I hit exactly 150 words, the max, now that is calling it close! Now if I could win in my group, it would rock. I wanted to enter the oral presentation since I love public speaking (I am a freak of nature, I know), but I would have to have my WHOLE research paper submitted by midnight tonight. Not possible. I have to wait and get some results back from a survey and that will not be until at least Satuday. So I am entering a poster instead, which isn't as exciting for me since I am not good at that sort of thing. I have until April 2nd to submit my full paper, so some of my spring break will be writing this thing.
hmm what else? family stuff stressing me out. Money stressing me out. James calculated how much money I will have to get in student loans for graduate school alone, and it more then doubles what I currently have. It freaks me out. He then calculated what I would have to pay now, if I got a job, and what I would pay then, and it would still be the same percentage, and would be better since my income level practically doubles as well. I just hate debt, I really do :( I just had to make a choice, either take out student loans or never go to college. I am positive I made the right decision, it is well worth it to have a college degree nowdays.
I had a job interview the other day, and that got me thinking about the possibility of going to work instead. I really want to go to graduate school, and this job is not in real estate development, so I don't know. It is in sales, starting salary in the $40 grand range, with commission that could be $25,000 a year. It is for technology that makes smart building, HVAC, wireless, lighting that comes on when you enter a room, and very techy stuff. They can place me pretty much anywhere I want. Training for 6 months in Dallas, Texas, then I pick one of their locations, usually you get one of your top two picks, and they really need people in Florida and Louisiana, two places I would love to live. I may go through the next steps, get a tour of the Dallas office and talk to corporate before making my decision (that is, if I hear back from them at all)
Long entry for not having much to say huh? Just taking up time until my e-mail beeps at me.