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April 16th, 2006

10:59 am Happy Easter, all. I just got out of church w/ Megan and all the people she works with. There was a really funny kid singing in the choir who kept me amused pretty much the whole time. It kind of sucks that I'm not home for Easter, but eh. Yesterday I tried to get the kids at work interested in doing easter eggs, but they weren't really impressed. Today I have to cook them a big meal, and we have bunny cakes. Things have been good around here. I'm quite content. Current Mood: content

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April 3rd, 2006

07:29 pm Hi, haven't updated in a while. I spent the day accompanying my little brother on his Official Gonzaga Tour. It was fun, and nice to see my family, but I had to get up at 6:30 in the morning after working until midnight last night so I was exhausted. I went home and took a 2 hour nap, so now I'm just bored and groggy. Work has been SUCKING. On Saturday I had to deal with a restraint and three runners, and on Sunday I had to deal with another restraint and 2 returning runners. One of the restraints resulted in a giant bruise in the shape of a long line down my back from slamming into a doorway. I finally have team staff working with me, but they're brand new and not trained yet. I feel like I made some mistakes with stuff on Sunday and I'm stressed about it. Plus, one of the kids basically effed up his life forever and it makes me really sad. He's leaving for good on Tuesday and I feel bad that I was too busy to say goodbye, and I wouldn't know what to say to him anyway because it's his own fault, but it's still sad. It's Spring break for the kids, and I think the change in structure is causing them to freak out and misbehave all over the place. All my hours are weird this week because they don't have school. I hate when my weekends are crazy because I'm partially held responsible as the main team stuff on weekends. And this one was just horrible, horrible, horrible. After weekends like this I keep thinking they'll talk to me about exercising more control or something, but so far they haven't. Nothing new to report otherwise. My library time is about to expire so gotta go. Current Mood: worried

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March 30th, 2006

11:16 am I got into Eastern but they can't guarantee me an assistantship, and I wouldn't find out if I got one until September. So, I sent in my confirmation to Central today. I'm feeling pretty good about it because there isn't much for me in Spokane anymore, and I'm getting tired of my job. I'm ready for a change, and not having to pay tuition is pretty awesome. Current Mood: excited

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March 22nd, 2006

07:21 pm Good news: CWU accepted me and offered me an assistantship, including a full tuition waiver and a 20 hr/wk job with a stipend. This would be for a masters in counseling psychology. Haven't heard from any other schools but I have to let CWU know by April 5th. If Eastern doesn't offer me anything, looks like I'll be moving to Ellensburg. Current Mood: excited

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February 21st, 2006

12:41 pm Today I mailed my LAST grad school application! Current Mood: accomplished

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February 12th, 2006

01:21 pm - financial woes I hate having to worry about money. My mom called me this morning about some things she realized I could deduct when I do my taxes. We decided to just calculate everything really quick over the phone so I could at least have a ballpark idea of what my return would be. I assumed that since I worked 55 hours a week for eight months, and could claim myself for the first time this year, I would get a giant return. Turns out, all my work just bumped me up to the next tax bracket, and being able to claim myself didn't really save me: I OWE $86. It pisses me off because I was really counting on a return because I still owe my parents for the car accident and have barely started paying it off because I'm spending all my extra money on grad school application stuff. Argh and it's not like I don't work hard. Stupid taxes. Stupid government. Whatever. Current Mood: frustrated

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February 8th, 2006

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February 5th, 2006

01:17 pm Hi! I'm at the library enjoying my last hour and a half before work. I'm so glad it's my Friday, and I have days off again tomorrow. My dad's coming through Spokane on Tuesday to work on a case, so we're going to have lunch. Should be nice. Things have been pretty normal. Work has been alright, but not great. I'm in dire financial straits right now. I owe my parents money, I owe my credit card money, and I have $3.32 to last me until I get paid on Wednesday. I'm hoping that my tax return will solve all my problems. I'm planning on going to Seattle in two weeks and I can't wait. I haven't been home since Thanksgiving and I miss my family. I need a break from my Spokane life for a while. Current Mood: okay

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January 31st, 2006

03:28 pm Some updates: -Creepy Neighbor came knocking on my door last night asking if I read his letter. I was going to pretend I wasn't home but the tv was blaring, all my lights were on, and my car was parked out front. So I answered and was basically like "yeah I read it, sorry if I offended you but I didn't know what was going on." Then he said something like, "if you give me ten minutes, I'll change your whole outlook on life." I bet. So today I talked with one of my normal neighbors about him, because she sometimes talks to him and I figured she'd know if he's something I should worry about or just weird. She said he's been doing a lot of drugs (allegedly he has prescription marijuana - does that even happen in Washington? whatever) so maybe that explains it. We both decided that if anything else happens, she'll talk to him first, and then I'll go to apartment management. -I picked up an application to start volunteering at this women's shelter. My job would be to sit in the computer lab and help them use internet, make resumes, and other basic stuff like that. The shelter is actually really awesome and I'd only have to give like 2 hours a week, so I'm excited. I need more stuff to fill up my days off. -Work was great this week! I really needed a good week. I'm much less freaked out about the near-assault incident, because now I know what to expect and can track when the kid starts getting escalated. He got upset a few times this week and I just called a male staff to deal with him. Seems fair enough. They sometimes call me to deal with the really low-functioning kids because apparently I have more patience. I can handle kids that eat glass, shove things in their ears, and spread excrement all over their rooms. I cannot handle kids who are trying to kill me. Current Mood: cheerful

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January 25th, 2006

07:50 pm Well, it's the end of my days off again and I'm feeling ambivalent about going back to work, at best. Team today made me feel a little better, but not really. I got my schedule for February and I'm the only team staff working every Saturday and Sunday for the entire month, since my partner-in-battle decided to quit. This week I didn't get lonely at all and thoroughly enjoyed being lazy for three days. Jonathan came over to watch movies on Monday night and we talked for hours and it was really nice to just chill with someone without formal entertainment. That's one of my most-missed things from college. Otherwise I just played Zelda, read my Sue Grafton book, and did a little bit of grad school stuff. I picked up my last letter of recommendation today so that's finally all done. I'm really only updating right now to stall going to the gym. Current Mood: refreshed

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