Spring Break, Day 4

Today will be a short entry because I didn't do much.

I went to work.

I got fired, let go, got my walking papers, was given the pink slip, etc.

I don't need to study for the patent bar anymore. That's the good news. That and the extra 16 hours a week I'll have free.

Spring Break, Day 3

You didn't think I'd keep this up, did you? Well, I've proven you all wrong.

I heard this morning that President Bush is in Cancun right now. Apparently there is some sort of US/Mexico Conference going on right now, but who really believes that? I mean, Bush, Cancun, Spring Break? Riiiight. Whoever planned that date was a GENIUS.

I was less productive today, but I did get my Oregon driver's license. I read through the 100 pages of DMV booklet and drove on over to the DMV. I only missed one questions (97% correct is my best score in years), and I was awarded a shiny new license. I am now registered to vote in Oregon as well. I love marking the Democrat box with enthusiasm.

I went to work. I attempted to do some reading. I'm getting ready to go get my hair cut. Then the boy and I are going to my aunt's for dinner. It's his first exposure to my family. Wish him luck. I plan on reading while waiting for my turn at the hair dresser. Seriously.

Tomorrow: full day of work. Where did my spring break go?

Spring Break, Day 2

Today is a gorgeous spring day that I will use to sit outside and read research for a paper that was due a week ago. It's one of those wonderful days where people slowly crawl outside to wash their cars in droves.

This wonderful spring weather gives me a renewed sense of style because I can wear the really cute clothes that don't require layers upon layers. I have new outfits that I can create because I don't have to wear my big pea coat today.

Still, even with all this weather, listening to Jack Johnson on repeat makes me want to pack up and move to Hawai'i to become a professional ukulele player or surfboarder even though I have never touched a ukulele, have no musical inclination, have never surfboarded a day in my life, and avoid going far out into the ocean for fear of sharks or drowning. Still the really happy tunes remind me of a place I have never visited and I want to give up all my schooling to lay on a beach everyday. I wonder if that would get boring after a while.

Now I must continue the week of productivity and get my head out of the sand. I woke up and exercised. I plan on continuing this for the rest of the week. I will take my research, read it outside, and then go to work for 4.5 hours. After that, more patent bar! Woot.

Hawai'i sounds so much nicer right now.

Spring Break, Day 1

Today is what I would consider the first "official" day of spring break. This weekend was just the weekend. Today is spring break...

I have begun what I hope to be a productive week. Here's what I did (because I feel the need to express, not repress):
1. Got a massage
2. Turned in my bar application (that included notarizing, fingerprinting, and turning it all in)
3. Helped load up a dresser I sold a few weeks ago
4. Wrote the client letter for Advanced Legal Writing
5. Updated my Quicken accounts (including downloading activities for all my credit cards and bank accounts)

Now I'll start studying for the patent bar. Yea me!

SLACKER

So I haven't posted.

I haven't picked up my bar application. (Meaning I haven't filled it out yet and it's due by the end of March.)

I haven't cleaned up my apartment in forever. (Meaning, I have dirty dishes everywhere.)

PS I hate school.

I'm a Bad Blogger

Forgive me, Server, for I have sinned. It's been 23 days since my last post.

I have been very distracted these past few days. Work, class, SBA, work. There has been some going out in between. In addition, I've been fighting an infection for which I finally get antibiotics. It only took a week for me to get fed up.

Anyway, those are just excuses. On a better note, I have been approved for a mortgage. Now I'm searching for a home to call my own. I can't wait to move away from my landlord and the creepy neighbor.

And Lent has started. This year I'm giving up iTunes and ice cream. No longer will I fulfill the gripping need to have a song RIGHT NOW or partake in the ice creameries that do business around my apartment. No, this Lent is about true personal sacrifice, especially since I have half a pint of ice cream in my freezer.

And there's a new LOST tonight. That means I have to watch it because I can't download episodes I miss the day after it airs. Ooh, this Lent will be a hard one, but I don't think it will be as bad as last year...