agirlapart.com:

I am still alive. Barely.

So yeah, what's new around here, you ask? So far only the fact I am heading back to school. This should be interesting. My current take is this; I absolutely, positively hate where I am career wise now, and I need to change this immediately. No time to dilly dally. No time to wait. I've already done enough of that.

And truthfully, I'm scared. I have no idea how this is going to work out. I want to be a nurse, eventually, so I'm in that beginning stage where I fact find, review, try to get all the info I need to jump into a program (I want to do a Master's GEP, either at DePaul or UIC), but I may have to settle for a community college LPN. And from what I've been seeing, getting into a nursing program is hard, even if you have the grades and motivation. So, a lot of hard work ahead for myself.

But first I need to refresh - after all it's been 7 years since I actively participated in any formal class. And although I know I will be fine (I'm smartish, and have excellent work habits when not seduced by the smell of bourbon) and next to art, science and health were my strongest and best classes and grades in college but still. I'm going to be 30 years old. And I'm redirecting myself. I feel a little sad that I didn't take this initiative three or four years ago, but then hindsight is always 20/20 right?

Anyway, that's new. Also is Manders Wedding. If I can make it through Pat's birthday, then I can make through another night of tequila shooters, right?

» Pat's Birthday Photos (MySpace)

12:02pm, originally uploaded by agirlapart.

So, it was Manders's bachelorette weekend. It was a good time, albeit a short night for Manders. We did get to visit my own personal hell on earth in bar form, John Barleycorn. This is prompted a late stage new year's resolution of NO BARLEYCORN IN MY THIRTIES. I don't think this resolution will be hard to achieve/maintian, but I'm putting it down on the blog nonetheless.

I've been catching up with a lot of things, but people who know me know I've always been slow on the uptake, so that's nothing new. Too bad I'm not more timely in updating this blog because if I was, I would have probably found about Best Week Ever's site sooner than this week, seeing as how it as now been a featured Typepad site for who knows how long.

I also have been reviewing Stephen Colbert's White House correspondent's dinner address when I've been feeling really down (which has been the case). After you're through reading/watching the speech, then head over to a little website devoted to personally thanking him for his gravitas at the affair.

This week is going to be hard for me; tomorrow night is the season finale of Veronica Mars. As some of you may remember, I was a little disillusioned by VM's weak showing at the beginning of the year, but now this show is again blowing my mind. Patsy and I are celebrating/mourning with a hot dog/red hots eating contest. I'm already going to predict him the winner, but I plan on not eating for most of tomorrow. I think I can put in a strong showing if I forgo my usual mochachino from Starbucks and my 12 regular Cokes I would consume throughout the day.

» My Set on Flickr (Stolen from Julie)

» Julie's Set on Snapfish (Snapfish Regristration Req'd)

February 2007