My life is not dull
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torquillYesterday was a 20-hour day, by the end. I guess that of all the movies we could have watched, "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" was probably not the best choice. (Though it was a very enjoyable two and a half hours...)
I got eight hours of sleep and woke up feeling okay. I was frustrated by my dream of being the contestant in a party-style trivia "show", and not being able to answer a single question. (The one I was sure I'd know, and didn't, was "If Frodo Baggins lived in his uncle's homestead called 'Bag End', what was the name of the place Samwise Gamgee lived?" I don't think the Gamgee house had a name.)
Dr. J is looking very happy, which is good. He pronounced my bruises "SCA-worthy" (I knew he would) and told me that I fell exactly right, missing any real injury to my knee. Either of them. Then he fixed me and sent me home.
Sallie Mae is hassling me. I admit that it was an oversight on my part that I didn't check to see what I'd need to do to put my student loans in deferment for school -- but to be fair, the community college I went to had automagically cleared things with them, so it wasn't an entirely crack-laden assumption that the University of California would handle it. Apparently, while DVC is part of the Clearinghouse system that talks to Sallie Mae, the great bloody huge UC is not... so I have to send in the form. SM sent me notice of this two days after my first payment was due, to boot, so we owe them $98 along with the form. Sigh.
I was more fragile than I thought, and ended up devouring a half a package of oatmeal cookies and retreating to a fetal position for a while after that. I have a low tolerance for paperwork at the moment, and people seem to keep adding to the pile. (I have to talk to Financial Aid and the Registrar about the permanent part-time request, I needed to fill out a form requesting priority enrollment status next quarter, Sallie Mae has made me jump through hoops to get an account on their online system and I still have to fill out the actual deferment form, I need to register to vote absentee, and I have the Seed Savers Exchange catalog listing form. This after all the paperwork I've already done.)
This on top of an exciting -- in a good-way bad-way sort of way -- personal life, having an endless list of errands that need to be done like exchanging my new jeans, and settling into life on campus (where are all the computer labs, anyway?) has me feeling kind of overloaded. I expected to feel busy, and I think I would without the emotional stress. As it is I keep wanting to shield my face with my hands and duck.
School tomorrow. It feels like taking notes and making slides will be a welcome break from all the dotting-I's and crossing-T's I'm doing between classes.
I got eight hours of sleep and woke up feeling okay. I was frustrated by my dream of being the contestant in a party-style trivia "show", and not being able to answer a single question. (The one I was sure I'd know, and didn't, was "If Frodo Baggins lived in his uncle's homestead called 'Bag End', what was the name of the place Samwise Gamgee lived?" I don't think the Gamgee house had a name.)
Dr. J is looking very happy, which is good. He pronounced my bruises "SCA-worthy" (I knew he would) and told me that I fell exactly right, missing any real injury to my knee. Either of them. Then he fixed me and sent me home.
Sallie Mae is hassling me. I admit that it was an oversight on my part that I didn't check to see what I'd need to do to put my student loans in deferment for school -- but to be fair, the community college I went to had automagically cleared things with them, so it wasn't an entirely crack-laden assumption that the University of California would handle it. Apparently, while DVC is part of the Clearinghouse system that talks to Sallie Mae, the great bloody huge UC is not... so I have to send in the form. SM sent me notice of this two days after my first payment was due, to boot, so we owe them $98 along with the form. Sigh.
I was more fragile than I thought, and ended up devouring a half a package of oatmeal cookies and retreating to a fetal position for a while after that. I have a low tolerance for paperwork at the moment, and people seem to keep adding to the pile. (I have to talk to Financial Aid and the Registrar about the permanent part-time request, I needed to fill out a form requesting priority enrollment status next quarter, Sallie Mae has made me jump through hoops to get an account on their online system and I still have to fill out the actual deferment form, I need to register to vote absentee, and I have the Seed Savers Exchange catalog listing form. This after all the paperwork I've already done.)
This on top of an exciting -- in a good-way bad-way sort of way -- personal life, having an endless list of errands that need to be done like exchanging my new jeans, and settling into life on campus (where are all the computer labs, anyway?) has me feeling kind of overloaded. I expected to feel busy, and I think I would without the emotional stress. As it is I keep wanting to shield my face with my hands and duck.
School tomorrow. It feels like taking notes and making slides will be a welcome break from all the dotting-I's and crossing-T's I'm doing between classes.
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Date: 2006-10-05 02:48 (UTC)You've probably looked it up by now, but Samwise's home didn't have a name. He lived in #3 Bagshot Row with the Gaffer. Frodo gave him Bag End before he left. Maybe it was a trick question.