What goes around...

has come around to bite me square in the ass. Note to past self: learn to study at a much earlier age.

Got off work right around 7 today, and drove straight to AVC to see if I could get a same-day appointment with a counselor to talk about the remaining classes I need to take, which classes transfer over from UCR, etc.

The day started off well enough: I got an appointment, yay! (I had previously scheduled an appointment for the 29th of this month, but I wanted to try to get one earlier). Come back at 12:45. I say ok.

I go home, go unconscious for a couple hours, wake up, get dressed, and head back on over to AVC.

Moment of truth!

Goddamit. And multiple other cuss words similar. They don't accept C-'s. C or better to be able to be transferred over. Chem - check. English - check. Math - check. Other random classes - check.

But I was an albeit horrible student freshman year in college, bit off more than I could chew, and had beyond zero study habits, and I got a C- in Bio 005A. Shit.

What is the pre-req to get into anatomy you ask? Bio 101 - intro to biology. The class they'd use as equivalent for that? My bio 005A grade. So I petitioned the bio department to overlook my "minus". Chances are they won't, but I'll find out by a week from today.

Good news though. They have what they call an "intersession" or something. Basically, it's a mini semester (5 weeks) between Fall and Spring semesters (Spring starts February 2011, Fall ends around December, so sometime in between there). So if I have to take their *mumbles something not nice* Bio 101, I'll do it, and I'll still be on track to take Anatomy/Phys/Microbio in the coming semesters.

Not exactly the fun-filled day-with-Dave I had planned, but hey. At least now I know, and I'll be able to plan my courses accordingly. I'm not giving up just yet.

I count going to AVC as my outing for the day, albeit a sucky one. So... so far I'm 2-for-2 for being dressed and interacting with the outside world :p Woo?

Out and About

So I actually got myself dressed and went out, woot. Since the people at Reddit basically got me started on this, I figured the first picture should have a shout out:

Next was off to find my new book that would be taking me on all sorts of outings while I read it, since the rule I'm taking to heart is that I can't do it at home. I'm really hoping that purely by doing something every day and going outside (gasp, maybe even meeting people) will just help to turn things around. Since I'm a lover of fantasy/scifi books, and all the more if it's a series, I decided to give justahumanbeings' recommendation of George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire series a try. Book 1! :

Instead of just going home like I normally would, I thought it would be nice to sit in their little Starbucks-ish section, have some lunch, and get started on my new book. Didn't really talk with anyone, but I'm just happy to have gone out and done something today instead of sitting at home dwelling about how I'm not going out and doing anything.

While eating my most delicious panini I came to...not a realization per se, but yes, I realized something. While I'm not happy about not having friends, and I REALLY don't enjoy my shifts (working nights just sucks the big one), I also realized that I'm just kind of not fulfilled by my role right now. I'm 23, and basically I stay home all day, take care of the house, the dogs, and my husband. And while yes, I definitely love and enjoy doing these things, at 23 I didn't want that to be ALL there was to me. I wanted to have friends, go out, still make some mistakes, and ALSO be doing well, have some pets, a nice home, and a loving husband. I just feel like I'm a Suzy-housewife at the grand old age of 23. It's a role I may someday cherish, but right now I don't want there to be all there is to me.

So here starts my adventure to hopefully make some friends in the town I now call home, and get off my lazy ass and start changing the situation I'm not happy about. Wish me luck!

First post!

Ok. No more depressed attitude. Time to change things! Hopefully this will stick as I've always liked taking pictures. No one else has to like it, I'm doing it just for me, but maybe someone else can get enjoyment out of random every-day pictures too. Who knows, maybe I'll stumble across something pretty cool.

Time to get dressed and head out and do something before work.

EDIT: So I like to read, and based on the advice from wacco and justahumanbeing (who are Redditors), I'm going to read like always do...just not at home! I've decided I'll just take pictures of where I'm reading the book.

Goal: at least 1 pick per day to start off with.