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• reference labs suck

  February 1, 2024

  I hate them. I hate radiology too. Thank goodness I at least have a phlebotomist at my new dr's office (not the best phlebotomist but at least at today's blood draw there was no blood trickling down my arm like last time--maybe they're learning). A mediocre phlebotomist at a dr's office is far su...

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• Brief Commission

  January 26, 2024

  Amazing how earning a small sum doing stuff you're good at can make you feel. My friend reached out asking if I could do some editing for them. I've edited a lot of their projects in the past. In the beginning, I did it gratis. Then, one day, overwhelmed, unemployed, and depressed AF, I said…

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• New FRIEND!

  August 15, 2023

  OK OK OK, Friendly Acquaintance.  I'm a hot mess today. Total hot mess. It's mid-morning now. I'm kinda dirty and gross and I have no idea what I need to do today but whatever it is, I haven't started. Seriously, y'all, HOT MESS! Usually, I'm at least somewhat put together when I leave the house....

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• Continuing to survive my decisions

  August 7, 2023

  Ah Grad School, that wonderous, and not-so-wonderous decision that I made at the beginning of this year!  It was all going well until April. I had a 6-week long class with a professor I hated, and content I hated that was deeply offensive and incorrect. I survived with my 4.0 somehow intact. I've...

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• Struggling

  April 29, 2023

  So far, I have a 4.0 in my Master's program. This might be the class that breaks me.  I am also stretched too thin and over-committed and everything is suffering. If I can just finish some things, I can get some things off of my plate and that will fix the problem at least in…

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• Grad school, teaching, exploring

  February 26, 2023

  Grad school so far is going well. I found out after submitting the assignment that inspired a panic attack that the bar was way lower than I anticipated. The bar for the stressful video assignment was literally, "did the student wear clothes."  I was in professional attire. My hair was a little f...

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• I hate bongo

  February 14, 2023

  I think I found a new Least Favorite Thing: Bongo. With Bongo, you get a few seconds to view a question and then you record your answer (video and audio) with only a minute to speak. No previewing questions. You don't get to re-record. Also, You have to look at your video as you're answering…

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• I got in!

  January 13, 2023

  I was accepted to the Master's program I applied for. It starts next month (because I'm too impatient to apply for programs that don't start until Fall semester).  I'll be taking one class at a time. I've applied for several scholarships. I have enough in savings/investments to cover the entire t...

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• Today, I applied for grad school

  January 10, 2023

  I've considered it for years off and on. In late December, I saw a potential professional opportunity that I find exciting, but if it should come up for sure, I'd need to at least be enrolled in a graduate-level program, so, I mulled it over, and over, and over.  Then, I requested info from a&hel...

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