I am in the middle of fielding resumes for three different positions, and those who are pushy and call or email more than once come across as not trusting my judgment or the fact that their own resume and cover letter should speak for them without needing any "help".

I am so proud of myself right now. I just took my 2nd practice GRE test and I went up a total of 300 points!!! My scores are now above average (not hugely above, but still above) and I have 3 GRE classes and 2.5 weeks of more studying before I take the actual test. I feel like a bunch of stress just lifted and floated away.

t taps foot, waiting

isn't that the best feeling GC?

I took a practive test about 2 or 3 days before my actual test and was happy about that score, which is good, because I scored exactly the same on the test itself...

I'm back. I'll live.

I love my small hospital - in and out and back at work in just about an hour.

They cleaned and glued the ear wound (holy @$*&#%&# ouch), gave me a tetanus shot, and a prescription for antibiotics.

Wheeeeeeeeeeee!

Whew, glad to hear you're okay, Suzi, and that it wasn't a long wait. Sorry for the ouchies. (Glued your ear? Ouch!)

I just got to talk to my little sister, with whom I haven't spoken in several months. It was so nice. She's doing really well (this is the one who is a recovering crack addict/alcoholic). She's living near my and her boyfriend's parents and they're both working and they have a little house they love. It's great to hear her happy and normal sounding.

isn't that the best feeling GC?

It certainly is :) Are you in grad school now or starting in the fall? If you're in now, how's it going? Are you liking it? Is it crazy hard?

I'm all about "Well, I don't have a sense of humour about that, anyway." There's shit you can rib me on until the cow's come home, and there's shit that if I've already told you is raw territory, I can do nothing but assume you're now deliberately trying to piss me off, or just don't care enough to pay attention to who you're talking to.

GC, I started my first class toward my Masters in Higher Education this semester. I like it, and it's definitely an adjustment. I feel like I haven't used this part of my brain for a long, long time, and the cobwebs are still being dusted off.

I wish I could go to school full time but we cannot afford to either front $26K or lose a year of my income, and we'd be doing both if I left work to go to school. My work is currently paying for the degree, at least a couple classes a year. At the rate they are paying, I'll get my degree in 5 years, so I think we'll end up sharing the cost, and maybe knock it out in 3 years.

Glad to hear Suzi and Annabel are both okay. I had never heard of "nursemaid's elbow" so I wasn't all that worried until I heard Susan's report.

I hate mean jokes.