Anaid's blog: "Whatever..."

Is over and done! What a week. I'm now in Week 2 of my 9 week session (actually 11 weeks, because of 2 week Christmas holiday) and I feel so buried! OMG, there's just so much work to do. Not to mention my job is just plain ol' crazy right now. Everyone is on vacation (including my boss), so I'm running the training department! Yay me... Oh shit...that means people are calling me! Damn it!

So, my girlfriend just dumped me (a couple nights ago) for some white guy with a fro. Of course, that's the short, overly simplified version. The full story, would take hours and hours to tell and would mean little to anyone who wasn't affected directly. I still love her, care for her and want the very best for her, so I hurt...a lot.

Took a few new pics for you all tonight. Enjoy!

Yes, it's the beginning of my favorite holiday. Thanksgiving! Woo hoo. Also referred to by my loving husband as the only day of the year "she likes to cook". Heh. Pumpkin pies are in the oven as we speak and soon, I'll start chopping up vegetables for the veggie tray, stuffing and turkey soup. I love to cook, I just love to cook big meals and spend all day making something wonderful. Everyday meals bore me I guess. We're having turkey, baked yams, pumpkin pie, peas & corn, turkey gravy (from scratch) and cranberry sauce. Oh and stuffing! For some reason, we decided to forgo the mashed taters this year. We'll see how that goes! So, what's your meal look like?

Yup, that'd be me. :D I started classes on Monday and am feverishly working through the assignments due this week, so that they're done before Thanksgiving. Amazingly, it seems I'm one of the few students actually capable of reading the damn directions. You really must wonder about people who enroll in college and then expect to be spoonfed all the way through. *sigh*

My boss rocks? I feel so damn lucky to be working from home right now. I'm getting my work done, my CT time in and housework done. Imagine that. Now, if only it didn't require a sick kid to make it happen, LOL

Oh MY GOD. I have been having a fantastic time with trying to enroll in school at either of the two largest and most recognized online U's. Online is truly the only option for me, 4 kids, a full-time job, yadda yadda. Who has time to sit in a real class? Anyhow, School A's sales rep* tells me on several seperate occassions that I'm qualified to recieve PELL grant money in a specific amount. The amount (coincidentally) coincides pretty closely with the access fees (book fees). This would mean zero or near zero out of pocket expenses, though the majority would be in student loans. Sounds good right? School B's sales rep talks about how they're cheaper than School A. However, their 'academic plan' puts me at 3/4 enrollment which qualifies me for less $$. When queried about adding an extra class to make my status full-time, I was told I couldn't do that until I was a sophmore...and would have to request special permission from the Dean. Ummm, okay. Oh, and I'd be paying out of pocket about $250 per month. Wow. So, I tell School B, no dice. I'm not paying out of pocket, if I can avoid it. I do enjoy having fun once in a while and $250 does buy a fair bit of fun. Heck, that's half my ticket to San Francisco to see my girl! LOL So, guess what School A's Financial Counselor starts telling me? *eyeroll* Not good things. My grant isn't guaranteed, but she can't tell me what would cause it to be denied/revoked/modified. I'm certain it must have something to do with turning around 3 times while patting your tummy and chanting "oogie woogie boogie". :P My loans aren't guaranteed. Yadda Yadda. Can you say "How to cause someone to have a nervous breakdown about their finances?" Ugh, ugh, ugh! Her manager is sorting it out now because I don't take kindly to being told "abc" and then being told the answer is actually "def". So, hopefully I'm still going to school. However, if the money doesn't show up, I'm not going this time around. :(

It seems my request for VPN access was fulfilled just in time. I'm home with a sick kid, but I'm *actually* getting paid to be here. Granted, I'm still working my ass off, but I'm getting to take care of other stuff too. Yay! So, I'm geeking up today. Why? Because I can actually focus on the details of Access queries here, instead of my very noisy office. *grins*

Why everytime I'm chatting with a nice guy (friendly but not sexual) and mention my husband I never get more than a one word answer from them again? Are guys that intimidated talking to a married woman? Puzzled and confused.

If you've sent me a shout and didn't get a response, it's probably because I'd logged out before it came through the system. I'm getting on for a few minutes before I leave for the 'job' and then again for a bit when I get home. I don't know when CT updates the 'online' icon, but I've logged in at night and found shouts that could have only come in earlier in the morning after I left. If you didn't get a response, send me an email. I'm replying to those as I get them. I'm heading into a crazy busy time at work (and starting school again), so my head is swimming with information right now. Love ya'll!