So I've been slacking on writing in here for a few reasons. One is that I wanted to upload pictures from my camera and have just been lazy. And the other reason is then I became swamped with working full-time for the Census. We went to Tahoe a few weeks ago. It was absolutely amazing. We invited some friends to come up with us, but the first couple had to work and then my friends in San Francisco couldn't make it either. So it ended up being just the two of us, which was really nice. Made a 7-foot snowman and went sledding everyday. What a life! We even went on a crazy 3 hour hike in the snow. Thankfully we had wonderful weather. Lots and lots of snow on the ground, but sunny and in the 60s-70s temperature-wise. And we were told that if we went up the week before we wouldn't have seen any snow. Thankfully we went the week we did! I tried out my new snow jacket and new snow boots that I got at the Outlet mall in Camarillo back in December. Can I just tell you how great my new snow jacket & snow boots are?! So awesome.
I finished "The Eleventh Commandment" by Jeffrey Archer up there. So good! A great thriller about assassins and the CIA. Then I just finished "The Reader" by Bernhard Schlink. It was a great book. I saw the movie when it was out in theatres and loved it, but the book adds so much more. It was great. I'm now reading "Olive Kitteridge" by Elizabeth Strout. I'll have to let you know how it is, as I just started it and don't even think I'm 10 pages into it yet.
I'm taking this Statistics class on Tuesday nights because it's a prerequisite for my Masters program to have the class at a college in the past 5 years. It's an interesting class, but I'm having a little trouble in that I had all this time to study and do my homework when I wasn't working. Now with the Census, I haven't even started my homework assignment that is due on Tuesday or started studying for my quiz on Tuesday. I kinda hate it. Also, my unemployment check for the week before I started the Census hasn't come yet & it's starting to worry me. Ugh. I think I'm just getting a bit overwhelmed.
A little about my Census position...I'm a Crew Leader. 2 weeks ago I was in training all week and then this past week I've been working at the office to help with the Enumerator Admin days. I've been fingerprinting people, which was really rough at first, but I have to admit that I've really come to enjoy fingerprinting and am going to miss it. I actually got pretty good at it. Weird, isn't it? And starting this Monday I have to train my crew of Enumerators. I've had to call them this week and study my training guide and go to my training site and set up the parking situation and fill out all my forms, and, and, and, etc. Wow, it's been so intense. I'm worried about setting up and training people on Monday. My supervisor is going to come out on Tuesday to evaluate me. Eek! Needless to say I'm getting a little overwhelmed with all this.
It all ends the end of May. But what's even better is my Statistics final is on June 1st. Really?! Does it all have to coincide so perfectly? Blech. And I'm still freaking about going back to school. I don't know when I'm supposed to register for classes. I don't know what classes to register for. I don't know when I start or when the Computer Programming prerequisite starts. I don't know how much in loans or work-study I'm receiving. I'm totally freaked out. I'm trying to relax and just take everything a day at a time, but it's getting more & more difficult for me.
I'm going to try to end this on a good note and be done with my venting session....I have a good temp job which pays more than unemployment, we just got a brand new dishwasher (after much craziness with our apartment), I'm healthy, my car passed it's smog test, and I'm making new friends. Not all too bad, right? I guess we could all use some more time & money. And I'm sure everyone is scared and trying to figure things out in their lives...good & bad. I should just be happy that the things I'm freaking out about are actually really good things. Sometimes I just need to put it all in perspective. And there's always Tahoe there, waiting for me to go back and unwind, which I'm thinking will need to happen in a few months before I start school!
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