if there ever was a time, it would be now

 so apparently the last time i wrote was november.  i feel like i write all the time because i’m on OD everyday and read everyone else.

i guess this nursing thing is really happening, except i decided to go with a 2 year associates degree program instead of the UCONN accelerated program.   it will cost a LOT less in the end and i’ll be able to work the whole time.  i took the TEAS test that was required (kind of like an SAT for adults, but heavier in science) and placed in the 99 percentile for both national rank and for the school i’m applying to. so that was a relief. i just finished the winter intercession course i needed (intro to fucking computers, most obnoxious class ever), got my medical stuff completed which included getting blood drawn for a  varicella titer where i totally passed out. like all the way out to the point where i had a weird dream and thought i was waking up in my own bed and had no idea where i was. then i came home and took a shower where i passed out 3 more times and basically i hate my body and it’s inability to cope with losing ONE tube of blood…but i’m getting sidetracked.  all in all, i need to finish the application this week and then i find out by the end of april if i got into the program but i’m pretty sure i’m set because they rank you as follows: 50% GPA (3.89). 25% TEAS score, 25% grade in A+P I (A). then they fill 75% of the seats by rank and the other 25% by random draw.  i’m not kidding, it’s bizarre.

hmm what else? i FINALLY got a new assistant at work last week. my old assistant quit at the beginning of october and i have seriously been doing the work of 3 coaches while my boss made no effort to find someone because hey, why would he when i will do EVERYTHING for less than one normal coach gets paid? but here’s the thing: the person that he found (and by found i mean he bumped into her and she was looking for a job) went to my gym a long time ago, i vaguely remember her as she was 4 years older than me. now she’s 30 years old and has a 9 year old daughter, but her father (the child’s grandfather) has custody of her daughter.  to the point where the child can only come to the gym if the grandfather brings her, she can’t come with harmony (yes, her name is harmony and i apologize for stereotyping but i feel the need to clarify that she is white). now if i were the gym owner, i would like to know what the fuck she did to not be able to drive her own daughter to gymnastics since this job puts her in charge of OTHER PEOPLE’S children. but of course dennis doesn’t even think about it. so i did some stalking online looking up public criminal records and she DOES have a record, but it would cost me like 40 bucks to read it.  i am itching to know out of curiosity alone but also because usa gymnastics requires a criminal background check in order to get certified and if she does not pass it, she won’t be allowed to do meets or anything else sanctioned by them, so she will be essentially useless to me. basically, my boss is an effing idiot, as usual.

on a happier note, dan and i are planning a vacation to mexico for april. i’ve put my spanish practicing into overdrive (fluenz is a freaking awesome language software btw, if anyone’s ever looking for one).  it’s been so long since i’ve taken a vacation and i just really need some ocean time. i am freaking out about taking a week off work because i haven’t taken time off like, ever.  i probably call out sick 1-2 days a year.  i picture coming back to the gym in shambles, all my kids with broken bones or something. i really need to move on.

and today’s a snow day! i’m pretty sure i’ll spend the day in bed reading the hunger games instead of cleaning up the mess that is my life.