Hey guys...

It's been crazy around here, because it's finals week.

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The voting is up at heroes_lvms. I don't know how my vid measures up, but it is fun to participate. I've already voted for my favorites - so if you are interested in vidding or heroes at all, you should go check it out and vote.

I'll be working on the Heroes Archive site tonight and working on getting up a fic that I wanted to post yesterday.

Despite my dire predictions yesterday, today I had an email from my instructor:
P.S. Don't worry about if you passed the final. No one made below a C on the exam. Someone asked me what weight the final carries on behalf of your grade--it is 30%. Hope this helps a lot of you!!

So, YEAH!!! Not quite as dire as I thought. Immunology and Serology is done for the semester. It's Mr. Payne (my advisor and a really great guy and teacher), so I'm not at all worried about my grade. Urinalysis and Body Fluids is over, and the class isn't a problem. I'm pretty sure I am near the top of that class. I'm only worried about the lab, and really, as long as I get a C in that 1 hour, (which doesn't seem to be an issue anymore, since I completed all of my assignments), I am good to go.

Clinical Chem, Molecular Diagnostics and Biochem will continue on-line until May, but no more on campus classes!!! (Days Off!!!!!)
Last I checked, I had the highest number of points for the Biochem class. Molecular Diagnostics has had 2 assignments, and Clin Chem is going well (lab = 88.5%, ~96% in the class portion, two A's are likely).

So, I am pretty happy about it all. i am already thinking ahead to this summer, and working out the rest of my degree plan.

For Now.... SPRING BREAK ....

So, a bunch of the jewelry stuff that I ordered arrived today. It is very pretty. I am just waiting on the crystal beads to arrive, but they are coming from overseas and will have to clear customs, so I figure another week or so for them. In the meantime, I am planning supply orders as money comes in, and setting goals.

The biggest one that I have is to save enough to pay for my summer tuition. If I don't I won't be able to attend, as my husband works at the college (but not for it) and likely will be laid off all summer, again. That means I need to raise $1800, because there are classes in my degree program that are only offered in the summer session, such as Parasitology.

As I mentioned, my eBay and jewelry stuff will be going to that goal. I am not going to count what I have spent so far, but everything I make or spend from now on will go toward my goal. (And I made a nice little visual to keep myself on track.)



I have about $200 worth of supplies that I want to order as soon as I get the money, and I have to replace my dremel, unfortunately, but I have some nice pieces planned/started. It is helping with my current level of depression to make things and accomplish things. I like that.


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Also, Spring Break is a few weeks away, which means some of my classes will be ending for the semester. That means more hours at work (which is good), and also that it's that time of year to do a major overhaul on Heliopolis - mainly installing the new skins and hunting down all of the missing/fragmented stories.... A lot of work, but I am looking forward to doing it.


That's all for now :)

Remind me to never ask for prompts in a week where I have a Clinical chem, a Biochem and a Urinalysis/Body Fluids test, 3 Journal articles, 2 case studies and various other assignments due. I skipped UABF lab yesterday to study for my Biochem test, which I shouldn't have, because I always have to cut Monday labs short to get to work.

I am working on the stories though. I currently have four of them in progress, and hope to get some of them posted this evening.

After I finished my UABF test today, we got our tests and assignments back from last time. I thought I had done really well on the test. Other than two that I was pretty sure i got wrong, I didn't think I had done too badly. I got a 67%. I also got 8/10 bonus points for a total of 75%. Horrible, right? Except not so much. According to the professor, the highest grade was around a 77, and he grades on "total points" like a curve. So I failed the test and have an A in the class. It leads to a type of cognitive dissonance that I can't reconcile.

I think it makes me feel a bit better about the 70% and 76% (no bonuses given) I got on his last two Biochem tests. Of course, it all depends on what the other students are doing. Is it good? Is it bad? *shrugs* Who knows? Can I tell you how much I hate that?

School isn't going so well for me this semester and it is really depressing. I just took my test for chapter 2 of Biochemistry and I got a 70% on it. I also think I missed a quiz in urinalysis and Body Fluids. Part of it is that it is majorly difficult to work full time and go to school, but lots of people do that. i just don't know that I am cut out for on-line courses though, which most of the rest of my program is based on.

I am dyslexic and do not do my best with pure reading learning. Also, it's been a long time since I have been in school, and I know I don't remember all of the background knowledge required for this course. I am going to have to work my tail off and try to learn the back material and the current material and try to keep up with all of my assignments. It doesn't help that the professors seem disorganized as well, and it makes it harder to follow.

I know I can do this, and I want to do it, but I am just having it so hard lately. DH is majorly depressed again, and he isn't doing anything around the house to help out, and he took yesterday and half of today off from work as well. It's making it even harder for me, and we keep fighting because I am having to carry both of us while doing all of this and I just don't know if I am capable of it. It's making me depressed as well, which isn't helping me. I missed class today, too, though I took my test on-line.

I also screwed up my lab the other day and then had to leave early to go to work, so I have to try and make it up tomorrow while learning the next thing as well. I feel so behind the curve and it isn't a feeling I am used to or comfortable with, as I usually pick things up fast and do really well.

I can't afford to screw this up, and I need to do especially well to get my GPA up and improve my standings in the program. I could really use some strength right now. I need to find a way to balance work, school, sleep and homework, and not freak out while doing it. If I drop one, I feel like everything might tumble down around me.

I don't know what to do.

So, classes started last Monday. things are going pretty well. I have Clinical Biochem, Urinalysis & Body Fluids, Immunology & Serology Lab, Molecular Diagnostics and Clinical Chemistry I. The bulk of them are on-line/web instructed courses to allow for people doing their clinical/practical rotations. I am having to learn how to navigate Blackboard (the on-line service) and my assignments and such.

It does mean weekly tests and assignments, pretty much, but things are mostly going well. I got a 98% on my first test in Urinalysis & Body Fluids, and in Immunology & Serology got told that my technique was perfect, that I was a "super tech" with obvious experience by one of the program advisors (YEAH!).

The bookstore however is F#cking with my plans. I have been trying for three weeks to get my text book for Clinical Chemistry. I have made multiple trips to the store and they just tell me that it's on order and will come in eventually. Meanwhile my first assignments and test are due Tuesday (and every Monday thereafter). Do we see the problem here? Especially since there is no lecture portion of this class. It relies 100% on the book.

Exactly.

I can't afford to buy it until after my student loan comes through and is released to me, which is why I was using the school bookstore (they will charge it to your account against your financial aid). I have no faith in them. I got a professor to photocopy the first chapter, but he made it clear that he won't be doing that again. I am so hoping that I get my money soon. I have the book on my Amazon Wishlist for the second it does. hell, it's almost $15 cheaper there too. I just don't know that I can wait. I may have to put off paying my rent and go ahead and order it.

/rant

I am enjoying my classes, and am starting to feel a little less overwhelmed now that I've made it through the first week. I also have several stories ready to post as soon as I get a minute.

ETA: ps. I am already looking for jobs even though I have almost 2 years left (DEC 09), and am considering doing my microbiology clinical rotation at St. Jude's in Memphis.

I'm thrilled, just a short post because I had to share. Final grades were posted this afternoon. I got A's in all four sections that I took this semester!!!!

I am so very, very happy about that.

I've debated for a few weeks, but decided not to post a fromal Christmas/Holiday wishlist here on my journal. I will happily accept cards, letters, or holiday grettings, and my Amazon.com wishlist is in my sidebar. I'd love anything off of it, especially by text books for next semester. it's getting to the point where I have to have them, and they will serve as reference books for my career as well.

I feel so blessed all around. Things haven't been great this year, and I've had a lot of problems, but I feel like I ended up in a good place. I successfully made it through my first semester back at school, as well as holding a job for 5 months as of this weekend. this is a huge accomplishment for me, as my health would have prevented it in the past. I still feel overwhelmed much of the time, but I am also thriving on the challenge.

Happy Holidays everyone.

So Tuesday, things were going well. Classes were over, I had finished my presentation for my Biology class, and for two days in a row - I had nothing to do but catch up on my list of projects. So I stayed up all day Monday night, working on projects for my advent calender and Heliopolis. Finally, I laid down to get a few hours of sleep, then I was going to look over the fic I had written for a pinch hit one last time and send it in...

I slept a long time - I had been really tired and when I woke up, everything that I had worked on was missing.... All of my screencaps, icons, stories, including the pinch hit I had promised were all gone. Somehow they had been deleted. After a bit I located a recovery program and tried to run it. It confirmed that the files had been deleted and I tried to recover them, but really only ended up with empty folders and blank or corrupted files... well, F@#%.

I ended up sleeping more than anything until Wednesday afternoon, in between working to recover my files. Then I started studying and finishing up my reports for the end of the semester. I didn't sleep at all on Wednesday night. I had my final at 8am yesterday am, then finally got registered for the spring with a lot of help from the department secretary, finished up my presentation and lab notebook submissions, turned it in and then came to work.

Work was fine, though I stayed busy, which was good, because I was tired. Then my replacement didn't show up, or call, so I had an unexpected double shift. I caught some sleep and am now back here again, trying to be cheery for the masses.

I am determined to finish up my exchange pinch hit as soon as possible. What sucks is that for a change I wrote directly into the laptop, instead of long hand. (I've been doing that more lately.) this will also be the third incarnation of this d@mn challenge. I abandoned the first as being too long and complicated, and lost the second to the computer gods as described above.

I will be catching up on the advent calender entries as soon as I can by cheating and back-dating the entries. *sigh* It takes time to make screencaps and graphics and such, and I do have some WIPs on my hard drive that can be polished up and presented, but... Really, so much work to redo... Did I mention how tired I am.

OOH, I got a great surprise for my husband for Christmas, though. It isn't great, but it was free and he will never, ever expect it. His last day of work until the spring semester is Monday, do free is really good :) I told him that I am the best wife ever, even if he doesn't know it yet...

Hope everyone is ok. i know the holidays are really hard for a lot of us, so hang in there, and find your peace where you can. Also, good luck to anyone dealing with finals.

xoxoxoxoxo

I'm not doing NaNoWriMo this year, I didn't even sign-up, or really consider beyond my little panicky post right before the period. I really am much too swamped with school.

I have no idea how I am going to do 16 hours next semester, but I am lucky that only 2-3 of my classes with be on campus. I am entering the stage of my education where a lot of the courses are on-line/correspondance type courses to accommodate the clinical sections that may be in any of the area hospitals, up to several hours away.

Right now, I am just trying to finish up my final project and presentation for Microtechnique, with only about another two weeks of actual lab time available.

However, despite my lack of participation in Nano, I am finally finding the inspiration to start writing again. i think it is kind of self-perpetuating. it is easy to get into a rut where you don't write, but once you set to doing so, it becomes easier and easier to find the inspiration to write more. I wrote to pinch hit fics for one fest this week, have another that I think I will turn in this coming week for another fest, and I have begun working/thinking on the few holiday fics that I am planning to write this year.

I spent the afternoon photographing microscopic sections of Cricket Testis. How was your day?

With two days left to the deadline, I am considering another attempt at NaNoWriMo. It seems foolish as I am 0 for 3, and I have less time than ever lately, but I have faced the fact that as much as I love writing and the idea of being a writer, I don't do the "work" of being a writer. I write as inspiration takes, and many times a story doesn't make it from my head to the page even then, or I scribble down my outlines and plot ideas and they go nowhere, as if once the initial spark of inspiration is extinguished, I am unable to prop up the frame of the plot with support structures of words and chapters, let alone the decorative details of sub-plots and plot twists. I tell a fairly straight forward tale, or character vignettes capturing the moment, but if it doesn't flow seamlessly from my head to my fingers, I don't really know what to do, how to write.

I think I can fix it. I could even be a very good writer, but it is so difficult to work at it, when there are so many distractions and responsibilities pulling at me. I think it's just time to put up or shut up, and I think that's what NaNo means for me.

Of course, I'm a gemini, so I'm still wavering in my resolve.

Well, two months ago, I posted about the start of school, and that has been all I've been around, except for occasional comments when I get a few minutes. The reason for my silence is a combination of returning to school after nine years, and to a full-time job after many years, all at the same time. When you couple that with the fact that I don't have internet access at home (a horror I could not have previously imagined), it was difficult to find the time to post. I would often think of things to share or ramble about, but think that I couldn't just do drive-by postings without saying where I am and what's going on.

My financial aid did finally come through. I was able to buy a laptop for me and a desktop for my husband, get the repairs made to the brakes on our van, catch up on our bills, replace our tires (and tire rod), and buy a few things that fell into the not really necessary, but oh so wanted category (cable modem - though I'll argue that was necessary, dinner at the Japanese Steak House, a couple of bras - $50 for 2!!). We are also finally in our post-fire renovated/permanent apartment as of the first of this month. However, they didn't run the cable when they renovated, so I'll probably have to pay to get that done, so that I can get cable internet installed at home. After 4 months of no internet service at home, and years without cable tv, it will be a very welcome change.

My job is going pretty well, even though I think I am not getting paid near enough. I work the busiest shift 4.5 days a week and also do most of the laundry for the motel, and put up with the most customers, but am only getting minimum wage. The trade-off is that I can usually watch a bit of tv or get a little time on the internet between customers and laundry, if I am lucky, and that I can sit down and take a break if the job gets to be too physically taxing.

That's not happening too often. I think I have put on a few pounds hanging out in the cafeteria at the college. (Wireless internet and being able to see my husband who works 4 11-hour days in the food court) However, I am seeing definition in my legs again, and what was a 15 minute walk to school is now a ten minute walk. I had a brief two week relapse into smoking, but I think that I have gotten over that and "quit" again. Horrible, horrible habit.

Catch me up on what you guys are up to, and I'll try not to spam you all with my catch up posts.

I hope to post my 'Dear Yuletide Author' letter soon, and possibly some fic, if I can get organized.

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Current mid-term grades:
Intro to Clinical Labratory Science : A
Microtequnique/Histotechnology : B

(so my absence hasn't been all in vain - and I've changed my major - more on that later.

Well, I started classes today. I have until next Monday to finalize my classes, but I think that I am set with 6 hours. The first three are for my Histotechnology/Microtechnique class, which I had today. There is very little lecture and no "tests" in the traditional sense. We are graded on the pictures of the sections/slides we create and a power-point presentation at the end of the semester. It's a small class with only 10 people, but it was still extrememly crowded in the small lab spaces. I am looking forward to it. It's a valuable skill.

I found out today that ASU is offerring a new BS program in Forensic Science. The Biology track is a DNA-type concentration and a Chemistry track more trace, toxicology and explosives concentration. I am considering looking for a graduate program in Forensics. With a BS in Biology (Human/Pre-professional concentration) and a BS in Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology, followed by a Master's in Forensic Science, I could find employemnt with just about any lab in the country. Cool, huh?

Tomorow, I have my intro to CLS class. I don't expect it to be hard, considering it's pretty much a freshman level course, and I've worked in an actual hospital lab, even if it was only as a phlebotomist, and I'm a senior Biology major. I'll let you know my first impressions tomorrow afternoon.

I'll probably put some work in on Heliopolis and writing tomorrow, too. I'll probably hang out after classes until my husband gets off work at 8. I'm also thinking of taking a Yoga class on Wednesday evenings, while I wait for him, if it's not too hard.

If anyone has any new stories or reccs, feel free to point me. I haven't done more than occasionally glance at my friends page all month.

Miss you guys.

I'm in a good mood. I just got a little boost to my confidence. I have a regular at the motel who has been hitting on me, but he's been really subtle about it. Sweet - not sleazy, you know. Today he commented on my appearance, that it was different (I'm wearing pigtails and my glasses. My husband likens the effect to this site http://www.nerdpr0n.com. I haven't checked it out, but it sounds amusing.) He asked me if I was married - and when I told him yes, he asked, "Happy?" I had to laugh.

I have lost weight. I am below 200 lbs now, and am taking more care with my appearrance and it is nice to have that acknowledged, even if I am not so happy with the way I look. I don't have as much muscle tone anymore and areas that didn't sag before do now that I am older and have lost weight. *shrugs*

I am also registered for classes. I have 6 hours right now that I can pay for myself, and another six planned if my financial aid comes through. [ Though, they will involve getting approval since they are currently closed sections :( ] I'm still waiting to see, but not counting on that. I'm still searching everywhere for the best deals on my books, and looking for the rest of my other supplies, though some of them are bought.

I also got news today that it may not be too much longer before we get our new apartment. They are fixing the ceiling in my old apartment right now, and the new apartment (#4) is next on the list. I'm hoping that one already has a cable installation, because I don't have internet at home, and we have decided to go with cable internet, but the apartment we are in would require a full install, which ups the initial cost. I have to get a cable modem, and some RAM also. 512M is not cutting it in a Vista comp. It runs over 90% with just the operating system.

But things are going well... worked on my CSI story, a SPN story and two DA stories last night. I am off for the next three days, with a trip to the Memphis VA on Thursday.

Hope everyone is doing well...

I am taking my Histotechnology class this fall. Yeah!!! This is the class that runs until 5 on Mondays and was causing a problem because I am schedueled to work on Mondays. But it's only offered every few years and is a perfect blend of my two majors (Biology & Medical Technology/Clinical Laboratory Science). The night girl has offered to split the shift with me, so that I can take it. I am totally excited about it.

I added the book to My Amazon Wishlist and have started looking around ebay and such for the cheapest prices on my books.

I can't begin to explain how happy I am to be going back to school after 9 years. I started college at 16, and am 32, and still don't have my degree. Granted, there was a lot of life lived in those 16 years (military service, caring for my terminally ill grandfather, my marriage), but now I am getting back on track for my own goals and accomplishing something with my own life. It's exciting.

Well, finally some good news from my side of the fence. I'm feeling better and things are going a little better. I am still majorly stressed about a lot of stuff, especially money, but I am just pushing through.

I survived my first menstrual cycle at work (I suffer from dysmenorrhea) and this weekend, I worked through my first migraine. I'm feeling good about my job, and am not stressing so much about it, at least, and they seem to be happy with me.

I was talking about cutting back to four days a week so that I can tak a Monday class that is only offered every few years, but it doesn't look like it is going to happen. Actually, I am not sure what is going to happen on the school front at all. I have two courses left that are year long (two semesters), my anatomy course and my physics course. Physics is offered all of the time, but the anatomy course is only first class fall, second class spring, because as an upper-level biology course a lot less people take it. I was told by my advisor that if I only took one course that should be it. Other than calculus and physics, neither of which I am prepared to tackle this semester, all I have left are my senior hours. The thing is I don't know what I am going to be able to afford. I really need an infusion of cash (as usual). I may have just take my immunology lab or phys ed course, because I am determined to enroll. (It is frustrating to have my first degree so close, and possibly attainable, after all this time, but not quite close enough.)

It might make sense time-wise, too. As much as I hate to admit it, I am swamped working full-time and trying to take care of everything right now. Second shift kind of eats away at your schedule. I am barely finding time to wite or answer e-mails, which is complicated by the fact that I haven't been able to afford to get internet (or phone) installed at my new place yet. //I am also currently extremely irritated/frustrated by the fact that I just paid a rental payment on an 18-month contract and Circuit City has a practically identical laptop on sale this week for less than 2 1/2 of my monthly payments and I can't afford it.// However, I am keeping up with the feedback for Heliopolis and am happy to say that it is starting to come together and be finctional. I am looking forward to having cable internet at home so that I can work intensively on upgrading/debugging the code.

Thanks to everyone who has kept me in your thoughts and prayers, things are starting to turn around, and I am doing better for it.

We moved our stuff into another empty, small apartment this morning. Hopefully, it will be the last one until our new apartment is ready next week some time. Our microwave has been added to the list of things that need to be replaced, but I was able to use a neighbor's oven to cook dinner last night.

We've been leaking brake fluid like a sieve for the last week or so, and today we found out that our brake lights aren't working either. The left one is completely out and the right one is very dim.

I'm reminded of a prayer that I loved as a child.... "God grant me the serenity..."

On the school front - things are of mixed circumstances. I most likely be able to take my Human Structure and Function class, and Immunology Lab, but that's about it. Which makes sense cost wise too. I found out that I am no longer eligible for the VA Vocational Rehab program that I was in before, so unless I can get a loan, I don't have any financial aid. If I end up with enough money to go full-time, (though unlikely) I can take Genetics, but not the lab, and the one core course I haven't completed 'Concepts of Fitness'. There is a course that I desperately want to take Microtechnique/Histotechnology, which is the senior level course I need to fill my hours, and a prefect combination of my Human Biology/Medical Technology degrees. Unfortunately, the lab for the course (which is 1 credit lecture/2 credit lab) is on Monday and Wednesday afternoon from 2-4. I currently work Thursday through Monday, 3-11. I mentioned before that I would love to just work a Thursday-Sunday schedule, like I did when I went to school before, but it's not really possible. There isn't anyone to fill in/pick up the extra shift, and I doubt that Jewel would be willing to work an extra 3 hours on Mondays. Unfortunately, the job currently outweighs school concerns.

I have added the books for the courses that I plan on taking to my Amazon wishlist. They are cheaper there than at the bookstore - by quite a bit in some cases.

I've spent the day working on the problems with Heliopolis, brainstorming ideas on the eFiction forum, and rewriting sections of the database. I may be losing my laptop, though. I couldn't pay last week's rental fee, and This week's is due on Saturday and for the late fee at two weeks rental, that's almost $100. I don't even have the money to go grocery shopping or get the van fixed, so the computer will probably have to go - at least for a few weeks until I start getting regular paychecks and get the van fixed.

I'll try to let you guys know if I'm going to disappear, and check e-mail when I can via the college, like I did before.

I feel bad. I'm really down right now, when I really do have a lot of stuff that I should be thankful for. It's just so hard, and I'm not quite that enlightened.

1) The American Red Cross - I have always been a big fan of their's. I volunteered for them in high school and worked blood drives, while I was too young to donate myself. When I was in the Army and had surgery, but couldn't afford to go home afterward, they loaned me the money for a plane ticket for my leave. Even though it was after hours on Friday, one of the workers came in to fill out our paperwork, get a motel room for the weekend and a $75 voucher for food. Yesterday, on her day off, another worker helped me replace some of my medicine that had been lost/damaged by the fire. They can't do anything else (like put us up for any longer) but even that was an absolute huge help. They told us that they have had 26 families displaced by fires in the last month alone. The Red Cross generally receives no money from outside the community, so if you are able, this would be a great place to donate money. It wasn't so long ago that they were mobilized for Katrina, and they still do so much good work for so many people every day.

2)Veteran's Administration Medical Center - Horrible, horrible people. I was on the phone, on hold, for well over an hour yesterday, and still was unable to talk to anyone who could help me replace my medicines. I tried the pharmacy, the women's clinic, the telephone nursing/care line. I couldn't talk to anyone to save my life. Other than a two minute conversation with the pharmacist who directed me elsewhere, I did not talk to a single person other than to be put on hold. That is just so very, very wrong. Finally, I remembered the local doctor we used to go to when we had insurance. He approved my prescription for me (which he has stepped in and done before) even though I don't really see him any more. I should have just about enough meds and supplies to last me until my appointment on the 16th.

3)We are crashing on an air mattress in an empty apartment until tomorrow, when someone else is supposed to move in. We may be able to move to another one after that, and sometime next week, someone else is supposed to be vacating a two bedroom apartment that we are supposed to get. It will be $50 higher per month than what we were paying (and that is with a discount), but it is spacious, and on the first floor, more like a small house than an apartment, and has washer-dryer hookups and a dishwasher, which the tiny apartment they wanted to give us didn't have. The row of apartments that we were in is expected to take 4-6 months to repair.

4)They are running ozone machines in our old apartment right now, to get out some of the smell. Over all, we haven't lost too much stuff, but it has been a huge outflow of cash that we really didn't have, nonetheless. Little things, like all new toiletries, a few changes of clothes, laundromats, bottled water, some food not covered by the voucher, gas for running around town, new minutes for our prepaid cell phone - It has all added up to about $200 we didn't have and now desperately need. *sigh* Story of my life, I think. Overall, though we didn't lose too very much. My desk is trashed, as are two of my printers where they got thrown around by the firemen. My external hard drive is suffering from smoke damage and half the cord is missing. All of the food in our cabinets, my meds and medical supplies had to be thrown out (these were partially/mostly replaced or will be), and about 10-20% of our clothes will be unrecoverable. Stuff we had in storage (in the utility/laundry room), like a crib, breast pump, other baby stuff, bedding stuff, will have to be thrown out. Also, a lot of the stuff that I had stacked on my desk to put up on ebay last weekend is no longer worth much of anything. Hopefully, our pillow-top king sized bed will be ok. I don't care as much about the other furniture, but I need my bed. I already have to buy new pillows. We'll find out more when we can finally go through it all. We aren't really allowed back in the apartment yet, though we have been in and out a few times to grab clothes and our microwave.

I am thankful more than ever for my new job. It's not too hard, and I've had some pretty easy nights, though I did get flustered a few times last night, I think I pulled it all off well enough. I'm just a little panicked as this job has now become a matter of survival. Rent would probably even be out of the question without it, especially while my husband is laid off. School starts in just under a month. I am still hoping to be able to take at least one class this semester, but it is still up in the air. The senior level A&P course I need to take is about $800 for tuition and about $300 for books. I may be able to get a break on the books from Amazon, and only need about 30% of the tuition up front. I have been out of school for 9 years, and I so want to get back, and get my degree. I started college at 16, and I am 32 and still haven't graduated. I need about 40 hours, mostly senior level courses) for my Bachelor of Science in Biology, and then I am going to get a second BS in Clinical Laboratory Science, to be a medical technician. (Yes, there are several reasons for doing it in this way.)



Make me feel better, people. Post a link to an mp3 in a comment to this post, and I'll try to write you a drabble for it.

Currently in editing: Griskink story, X-files story for Cassie.
WIP: spn_50states & <lj