Vibes to the Beast.

GRE class question: If I wanted to sign up for a GRE course but need to miss the first class (business travel), is it stupid to enroll? The first class is only an hour long while the rest of the classes are 3 hours. I'm assuming the first class is just a general GRE intro, which I've had in my prep books. I'm vacillating wildly as it costs $1,000 and my co. won't pay for it.

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Heather, can you send me your mailing address? Profile address is good.

(and thanks Amych!)

gah, Nicole, why did you say that?

I was counting on you to talk me into dragging my ass to the gym!!!

No, a dog walk doesn't count. If I have to go to the gym, YOU have to go. And if your dog is anything like my dog, you'll still have to take him to the dog beach *in addition to* going to the gym. And you'll feel all accomplished afterwards. Notice I said nothing about during.

I'm leaning in this direction.

::shoves sj:: What? You were already leaning...

Has anyone else found themselves in tears as often as not, this week?

*goes to sit in Cindy's corner*

I was going to go to the gym after work....and then a friend called with an extra ticket to tonight's Bengals game. Now, sure, it's pre-season, but -- football! So no gym. I'll just have to make sure to hit the gym tomorrow and Sunday.

Question for other parents/people who've been around a lot of kids:

Annabel took nearly a year to settle into her dark brown eyes--they stayed that newborn smoky gray for months, then very gradually transitioned to their permanent color. From remarks made by family, I got the impression she changed a bit later than normal.

I want to give a fictional baby his permanent eye color at three months, all the better to make his paternity glaringly obvious. Is that plausible, or is Annabel more the norm?

Beast~ma...

SPP, as is her wont, talked too long and was cut off by the machine.

Mediocre vaguely Asian food was had. My client chose (okay, I nudged a little) not to use foil on his business cards. Annoying coworker got the whole little project dumped back on her which is fine with me. I can leave early and snag an appt with my chiro. Life is looking up.

Much ~ma to Beast. Poor thing! And poor Jilli too.

I am home from my interview. It went really well, but we'd have to work out Federal Work Study stuff, which is possible. So, we'll see what happens. I just sent off a thank you e-mail. She really seemed to like me, and was very complimentary of my resume and cover letter. Plus, she was pleased to have an applicant that knew Access. She's hoping to make a decision by Tuesday, so at least I'll know soon.

ION, I REALLY screwed up something with school, though. Apparently I was supposed to go re-sign my promissory note, and I did not. So, my loan money has been sent back. This is no good, especially since I was counting on getting refund money next week to pay for my books. We can get it back, but it's going to take time. I feel like such stupid head.

Has anyone else found themselves in tears as often as not, this week?

Not so much "as often as not", but at goofy and unexpected moments. Like: I had a whole bunch of classes in my labs today, and when a group of students went to the wrong lab for one section, the prof worked them into his class rather than sending them off on the bus to the other campus. Totally routine stuff, as it was sections of the same class working on the same assignment, but instead of thinking "hey, quick thinking on his part - remember to thank him" I got all "Look! He's taking in the poor lost homeless students! OMG!"

Dallas sends love to the Beast.

(and by love I mean she stares in wonderment until her nose gets whapped)

Oh, and I was just looking up Annabel pictures from July '04 to remind myself of the size and physicality of a 3-month-old. I'd forgotten how damn cute that age was:

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Not that the current edition is any less adorable:

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