The shit is hitting the fan
Hello, my dears! I have returned from my mini-vacation to DC, which was totally awesome, by the way. I snapped this blurry but pretty cool photo of the White House at dusk on September 11 (last Friday), in addition to a bunch of other ridiculous photos of me posing with every poster/painting/book/cardboard cutout of Obama that I encountered. God, do I love that man. I referred to him as “my husband” during the entire trip. Ha!
BUT, despite the awesomeness of my little vacay and my reunion with my beloved college roommate, the shit has totally hit the fan here at Chez DD, in more ways than one. Observe:
(1) Craziness at work. Without getting into too much detail, there has been all sorts of corporate bullshit going on for the past several months (following the purchase of my company by a huge conglomerate), and they finally reached a resolution last week. What is this magical resolution, you ask? Well, my dears, apparently the powers that be have decided to surgically remove my particular practice from the company and is “transferring” the entire group (including myself) to another firm. I think I heard one VP tell me not to let the door hit my ass on the way out, or something like that. Ha. The good news is that this is actually turning out to be a pretty good move for us, all things considered, and I’m kind of excited about it. There is a small paycut involved, but hey, if I were really concerned about making loads of cash, I wouldn’t be in this dorky profession in the first place. So whatever. The bad news is that all the HR bullshit and question-asking-and-answering has taken over my entire work life, which is stressful and totally unproductive. Craziness. I continue to wade through the red tape here, hopefully with a final transition within the next month or so. Geez Louise.
(2) Remember how I decided to apply for grad school this fall (for the fall 2010 semester)? And remember how I bought those GRE books to study for the exam? Well, per typical DD fashion, I started studying WAYYYYYYY too late and now find myself TOTALLY SCREWED. The exam is less than 2 weeks away, and I have a TON of shit to study. For some reason, I thought I would just “breeze through” the math section, but apparently my brain cells have atrophied and I don’t remember any of this bullshit. God damn, WHY do I always do this to myself??? I haven’t even gotten to the the verbal or writing sections yet! Ahhhhhhhh!!! I am really feeling the fire under my ass here. Warning: blogging may be extremely limited until the exam is over because I need to study like every night from now until then. Plus this work bullshit is sucking up all my extra time anyway. Shit shit shit. Must remember that the square root of 2 is 1.4, and the square root of 3 is 1.7, and 1 standard deviation above the mean is 84% of the total, and 2 st devs is 98%. And must remember how to FOIL. Vivid memories of nuns and yardsticks and Catholic school uniforms are swirling around in my atrophied little brain…. SHIT.
I’m not quite sure what will happen with either one of these items. Good thing I don’t have any man drama to distract me these days! Note: I haven’t heard from New Year’s Lips since our date last Tuesday night (a week ago, hello???), so I’m not sure if I scared him away with that STD conversation or what. Also, no word from Hot Marine, who, per his M.O., has once again disappeared into the ether from whence he came.Â
Funny story: During my little vacation, I showed my old roommate online photos of both Hot Marine and NYL. Her response to Hot Marine: “Oh, is that him? He’s ok I guess.” Hahahaha, why does no one find him insanely attractive like I do??? Her response to NYL: “DAMN, he looks like a MAN! Look at those muscles!” Ok, that response is acceptable. : )Â
Anyway, my dear readers, I don’t know what else to tell you except that my head is spinning with questions about medical insurance, incentive compensation, and that god damn geometry section that is next up in my math review book. I vaguely recall something about opposite and adjacent angles. At least there’s no trig or calc.Â
God help me!!!!!!!
Hang in there! As far as I remember you can give GRE quite often. Have you signed up already or can you postpone for a bit later and still be able to make your school deadlines? Otherwise it is worth giving it again as GRE is one of the first things a school will look at and you want to get entry to a very good one.
Do not bother about NYL. If he got scared his problem, you did the right thing! And the Marine? Same old, right? It is funny how insanely attractive we can find something while others don’t -but this is good as we do not want all girls to fight for the same man ;
September 16th, 2009 at 5:15 am)
Since I am (among other things) a graduate admissions counselor, I can say that in my programs, at least, the GRE is only one factor, and as long as the rest of your application is strong many people with lower scores are fine.
Re: the job – are you going to have to move to another office building? What will this do to your commute? A good commute is KEY to my happiness – almost as important as the job itself.
September 16th, 2009 at 1:06 pmHoney´s last blog ..Brilliant Use Of Anal Sex Innuendo In Marketing
Wait, how/where did you meet Hot Marine?
I wanna see pics now!
September 16th, 2009 at 2:18 pmI was going to comment on your trip and all the work business, but I didn’t get past anything after “Catholic school uniforms.”
I assume some combination of tight, white shirts and short, plaid skirts? Maybe some knee-high stockings? Hair in pigtails? Spare us no details, please.
/off to research Catholic school girls…yes, ‘research’…
September 16th, 2009 at 8:04 pmIn an effort to help you excel on the GRE, may I point out an error? One standard deviation includes 68% of the data above AND below the mean. Sorry, I’m nit-picky that way…
Good luck!
September 16th, 2009 at 8:16 pmhubman´s last blog ..Admiring the View
LostforWords – I’ve already registered, and I really don’t want to have to take it again. I hope I can cram it all in and do it right the first time!
Honey – I just want to show a decent score on the GRE… but a good score would be nice. We’ll see. As for the commute, it looks like my commute will actually get shorter, so no complaints here. : ) Like you, I have NO tolerance for long commutes!
Nicole – We met online a few years ago. I can’t post pics, obviously, but he’s a blond-haired, blue-eyed midwestern boy with a military-style haircut. Very cute, in my opinion!
Andrew – Hahaha, boys are distracted so easily! Feel free to picture me as the ideal Catholic school girl… although I have to say, I thought I looked pretty damn cute in those uniforms. I still have them… by the way… : )
hubman – I think we’re just talking about 2 different things. Yes, 1 st dev above and below the mean is 68% of the total. Also, 1 st dev above the mean plus everything below it is 84% of the total, and 2 st devs above the mean plus everything below it is 98% of the total. I’m trying to memorize the bell curve, and if I remember 84% and 98%, I can calculate everything else.
September 16th, 2009 at 11:13 pmThe Dateable Dork´s last blog ..The shit is hitting the fan
Pics of uniform in question or it didn’t happen.
September 17th, 2009 at 8:35 pmAndrew – Oh, it happened all right. I was quite a tall glass of water in those uniforms, if I do say to myself. : )
September 17th, 2009 at 11:20 pmThe Dateable Dork´s last blog ..Allow me to express my displeasure at the male species
Ah, you were in DC a day before I proposed to my girlfriend.
She said yes.
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pmIn DC, that is.
We walked the monuments at dusk and I asked her along the reflecting pool between the Lincoln monument and the WW2 monument. 
September 23rd, 2009 at 5:51 pm