06/21/01 12:00PM - Happy birthday to Emily! Yippee!!! I'm sitting in front of my screen with a cone of rainbow sherbert ice cream. You know, it's really hard to type with one hand... I am now an official graduate of UCSD. I graduated on Sunday, June 17th with BA in Psychology. Wow. It was a nice way to complete an otherwise hellish week that actuaaly strared on June 8th. eech... Friday June 8th, found out about an mandatory graduation rehersal that conflicted with an appointment I had with a client. Had to cancel last minute. Bet that made me look bad... Sunday June 10th, ate some food at a well praised restaraunt. had food poinsoning for 1 week... during my finals. Ouch! Wed June 13th, went to the office after finishing with my morning client for my afternoon client's clinic (a review of the child's therapy progress). I still haven't eaten lunch and drove 30 minutes to find out that the clinic was at the child's home - another 30 minute drive north. I grab something quick and make it there in record time. 1 hour wasted, gone down the drain, and I feel like a total dunce. It turns out at the last clinic for this particualr child it was mentioed that the next clinic would be at home. That bit of information probably went in one ear and out the other. Friday June 15th, Forgot that I was supposed to substitue for someone else's shift for one of our more important clients, and more involved parents. Oops! Got a wake up call 30 minutes after the session was supposed to start. CRAP! Raced to their house (1 50 mintue drive) and caused pandemonium. I'm now thinking I'm going to get fired soon, or put on probation. So far, nobody has mentioned anything to me. I am a dufus. I buy myself the clendar refills for my planner so that this week's events will never happen again. June 17th, father's day and graduation. My dad causes me to almost lose my temper. I am snappy towards him, but things simmer off as the morning wears on. I am fortunate to be in Thurgood Marshall college at UCSD. The graduates are allowed to bring on stage any 2 people they wish to sit with. I invited my parents. It was a very symbolic moment. Neither one of my parents got to graduate college, so I had them walk on stage with me when I accepted my diploma. Pretty cool. Lan asked me what I wanted for my graduation present, here is my list: Rainbow Sherbert Ice Cream from Thrifty's/Rite Aid. They make the best rainbow sherbert ice cream I have ever tasted. Reinforcement labels - those little stickers shaped in circles that you put on the circles of your notebook paper so they don't tear out of the binder. Ice cream cones - to go with the ice cream, or I just eat them alone. Velcro - I go though a lot of velcro with my job. Strange list, but I'm happy withe the outcome. Monday June 18th, called in sick for all my client's that day. Woke up with a sore throat and couldn't talk - nor did I want to get the kids sick. Shit. This is not a good way to seal my week. My stomach still feels queasy maybe I should have it checked? I'm hoping the next few weeks will go better and I can redeem myself to my workplace. eech... I am really surprised nobody has called me in yet. ugh... 06/12/01 9:01PM - YAY! I'M FREE!!! I'M FREE!!! I finished my last final tiday. I am so happy! I can now move on with my llife. Now what do I do about my career? It's kinda scary. Up until now, I always had school - it was guaranteed that it was just somethin I had to do. I'm done now. I'll eventually go back, but I need a break. *Sigh* What a load off my back. Gonna nap now... 06/10/01 4:00AM - Nothing significant really to write, but isn't "Bootylicious" a wonderful word??? hahaha! 06/04/01 3:07AM - Why am I awake? I really need to stop taking naps. I crashed after a long day out with Cherlyn at around 7PM and woke up close to 11PM. So of course now I can't sleep. Shit. I am supposed to be awake in about 3 hours to go work out with Peter. I don't think it's going to happen. We'll see. Today I woke up at about 10AM (after sleeping at 4AM yesterday), and went shopping with Cherlyn. I picked up a few good bargains at the GAP and then we had Pho. Yummy! I was so happy at the end of my day, but all I really wanted to do was take a nap afterwards. If humans did not have to continuously eat (and pay bills), I would seriously consider hibernation. How cool would it be to just sleep away a bad phase of your life, or to sleep away teh cold winter weather? I think SNL had a skit about a cold medicine that was similar to NyQuil, but would knock you out for 3 months at a time. It would be a waste of time, and 3 months of your life, but I think it would be refreshing. Kinda like turning a new chapter f your life after a long, hard year. Geez! the crazy stuff that runs though my head when I'm on a bad sleeping schedule. 06/02/01 1:15AM - I am totally amazed by some of my freinds. Today I went to go see a play that one of my freinds wrote, produced, and directed. I was totally amazed and impressed by what I saw. The play was wonderful! It had such a good plot/story line. The acotrs were equally great! Overall, I would have to say that the production was a total sucess. It seemed as if everythign just feel into place perfectly, like a jigsaw puzzle. (Congrats Tina! I know you read this and I want you to know that I'm really proud of you!). Tina will be going to grad school in Boston for playwriting. How cool is that? I am seriously awestruck. You will go far my dear, you have so much potential. Don't let anyone tell you anything different! I have another freind Stephanie who is going to Harvard Med School for grad school. She's going into their biochem department. She has worked hard over the last 4 yearsm and has come really far. I think Boston will be a good change for her, a chance for her to be independent and on her own. I know that she will also be sucessful. If you want to see her scropt click here and follow the link. What about me? I just got my summer hours for the company I work for. They are having me work with a few new kids, and they have totally expanded my hours. I'm overwhelmed and honored at the same time. I only hope I can live up to their expectations. The downside is that I'll be working on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays at 7:50AM, at a location that's about 1 hour away from when I live. I'm not a morning person dammit! *sigh* The sacrafices I make in life... harharhar... So i'm taking my new medication for killing the TB virus that's in my system. The directions are to take the medication on an empty stomach, to not consume a lot of alcohol and chocolate. How depressing! I LOVE FOOD!!! I rarely get drunnk, but would like the option to do so, and I LOVE CHOCOLATE. I think I feel like crying. I have to take the medication for about 9 months. 9 months of restricting my eating, alcohol and chocolate intake. How will I survive? 06/01/01 12:20AM - I am such a dufus at times. I am very forgetful, but I'm cute about it. I guess it's part of my charm and allure (or so I would like to think). Just today I found my bill for my health insurance. It's due today. CRAP! I'll have to call this later this morning. I also went to dinner this evning. I ran into Andi (friend from UCSD) and her boyfriend Andrew there. As I was coming out of the bathroom I heard my name being called across the room. Instantly I was like a deer stuck in someone's headlights... "Huh?" Looking around the room to see who was beckoning me. Then when I went to go pay my dinner bill, some guy caught my attention..... Guy: "Hey! It's good to see you again." Me: *blink* *blink* I'm sorry. Do I know you??? Guy: Yeah, I think you were in one of my psych classes. Psych 127. Me: *blink* *blink* Really? I took 127??? Hm.. I'm not sure about that... Guy: Well I saw you sitting in class one day and we talked for a bit. Me: Really? Maybe I did take that class. What class WAS 127 again? Guy: Practical Aspects to Social Psychology. Me: Oh yeah! ..OH YEAH! Now I remember. I did take that class. Duh! I'm sorry! What was your name again? I'm so sorry. I feel really bad and I'm terrible with names! ...At this point the guy probably thinks that (a) I'm a total bitch on a high horse, or (b) I'm a complete moron. I'm guessing "B." I can be SUCH a moron! In any case, I felt really bad and we re-introduced ourselves. The nezt time I see him i'll definately be sure to remember his name. I think it was David... I must have some sort of long-lasting traumatizing effect on people. People from elementary school are always coming up to me and saying "Aren't you _____. We went to ____." or ""Hey ____! Remember me from ___?" I feel really bad, but all I can is blink a few times and say "Umm.. sorry. You'll have to refresh my memory." I feel really bad when I say it, but it's better than pretending to know them and having them figure out that you're lying to them. I blame it on my premature alzheimers. I've been having this happen to me so many times lately. I think about 5 times this month! Crazy. I need to get my memory checked out. Earlier today I went out with Emily. That lucky girl is headed to NYC for 9 days! Lucky girl! She'll be partying in NYC while I am slaving away and taking my finals. Woopee???? She's going with an old freind from high school named Leanne. I dropped her off at Leanne's house today and it was kind of cool having a mini-reunion with her. I hadn't seen her since we graduated from LJHS. I guess she had been reading her journal (pseudo yearbook entry thingy) from high school and was recently reading one of my entries and was wondering about me. What a coincidence. Leanne was saying that my entry was really funny and she had been thinking of what a funny girl I was. I'm wondering.. "Funny -haha?" or "funny looking?" It's good to know i'm ebing thought of. It's crazy to think people remember me. I must really make SOME impression. Let's hope it's not a bad, traumatic-type impression... |