| Mar. 13th, 2006 @ 10:06 pm You can nudge on LJ? I never knew... |
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Well, ( let's get this out of the way )
So let's see, there's a hell of a lot of news to catch up on, isn't there? Let's start at the most important and work our way down the list of big things, then, shall we?
First off, the vet school application: I've been wait listed. I was pretty much warned as such, since I had to come in for a 3rd interview. The guy said I was right on the line where people are cut off, so he told me to have no expectations, he wasn't sure where I would end up. However, I've managed to do well enough and made it to #2 on the wait list, so if they even use the list at all, I've got a pretty good chance, as I see it. Though maybe I'm being too optimistic? We'll see. As I see it, I've got two real options on paying for the education, military or student loans. I've been told that I'm a prime example for either, so it's entirely my choice. In one I get a full scholarship and a stipend, but one weekend a month I have to report in, and then when I'm done I give the military three years of my life. The other is simply debt for about 15 years. One hell of a choice, eh?
Other big news I think I've already mentioned in the last big post, but now I'm on the other end of things. I am now mostly done with final exams of my final quarter as an undergraduate. I'm actually not terribly excited. It just feels like "whatever". I mean who cares? This is by no means the end of my education and almost feels like a smaller stepping stone than high school. What sucks is that now that I have my degree, officially, I'll be going back to work cleaning animal cages. Thank you education, glad to see you helped out. I got this job regardless of what qualifications I had, and now that I'm there, in a facility that has a lot of use for my skills and knowledge, there is no room to grow into a position that uses it. I'm just about to graduate and my skills are already stagnating. Wonderful.
What else... volvo had some issues again. Josie Jerry and I were on our way to Mac's Cafe (which is a pretty sweet place, btw, just take them seriously when they say the wings are hot)(and eat a Scotch Egg while you're there) when we suddenly hear a rattling sound from behind the car. We were pretty confused about it until we pulled to the side and looked under. The pipe to the muffler had apparently broken off and was being dragged by the car. So we turned around (carefully, since the pipe actually had a bend in it making it much like a hook) and started driving home, the car continuing to get louder and louder, occasionally with terrible sounds coming from the bottom as the pipe caught on stuff and banged around. Eventually we made a left turn and just heard a loud clang and the end of the rattling. Sure enough, in the rearview mirror the catalytic converter and some pipes are just sitting in the road. Thanks to Jerry who grabbed those parts and helped me put them in the back trunk. Getting home from there was interesting as the car no longer had ANY exhaust system. Fortunately, I managed to get it fixed pretty quickly and for lower than I had feared. Still, it raised the very real concern that my car MUST be replaced, and soon. I'm getting to the point of there being no hope on selling it, but I still need a good several thousand dollars so that I can get a car where I won't have to worry about it anymore. OH well, I'll think of something.
Thats the end of the big news, anything smaller than that will have to come from various interactions, probably around either pizza or beers, maybe both.
Craig out. |
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