Ummm...yeah...

So, here I sit, pondering the afternoon away...

I have spent the better part of today researching other grad programs. Here is the official application list:

UC Irvine
Cal Poly Pomona
Cal State Fullerton
Chapman
Cal State Long Beach
and maybe...USC...(not really high on my priority list...but someone was making a very persuasive case for why I should go there...then again, that's how the bastards get you!)

I have already gone to the UCI info session and I am set to go to the Chapman info session...trying to go to CSULB's, but the frigging web site won't let me RSVP...it seems as though Pomona and Fullerton don't offer sessions, but whatever...I am so stoked on the potentiality of heading back into the realm of acadaemia...

This morning I got to work about 40 minutes early...partly because I was out sick yesterday and mostly because I had been asked to take Eve and Paul to John Wayne Airport. They brought me a latte, which sure as hell made my morning flow more smoothly...The shelf in my trunk malfunctioned upon getting their luggage out of my car...hopefully I can fix it when I get off work today...Wanda and I were supposed to be escourted to lunch by a manager, but since I was out yesterday, it has been postponed...bummed that I am, it was nice to be able to go home and chill on the couch for a bit instead of schmoozing...

I am over today...not in a "i'm having a really crappy day" kind of capacity, but moreso in the "i really feel like doing stuff outside of the office" manner. (e.g. the realization made in Office Space...not to yet again make a reference to that brilliant flick.)

So my boss went to a meeting that will remove her from the office for the rest of the day. As she was departing, she called out to my desk to tell me "you're in charge - mostly because i don't trust anyone here." Now, I am not sure what exactly was meant behind that "truth in jest" comment, but I took it as a complement nonetheless...perhaps I am too naieve...It is my goal to have my press kit mocked up by the time I meet her for breakfast on monday morning - also known as my review meeting...

So, I experienced remote office drama while I was at home yesterday...It seems as though someone tried to screw me over in my absensce and my co-worker stepped in to watch my back...Good thing...

Ever wanted something so badly you can taste it? (and I am not talking about an edible item...) I mean, a goal...I will get there...I know it...I can feel it...

On an awkard note, while talking to my mom last night, we started to discuss my grandparents...I guess one of my cousins emailed my mom telling her how it all sunk in that this will probably be the last trip to OZ they make...that broke my heart...it is hard to face the frailty of life when you really don't want to acknowledge it...especially in the people you love the most. What I only just learned through that call was that my gran also believes this to be her last trip, which dually broke my heart...what I really didn't want to hear was, "But Andrea, they really aren't well people...There is more going on then we want to admit." But alas, I did...This is all part of life...nothing can or will change that...

Okay, I have to say I am so irritated wtih a particular person that it is driving me mad...For those in the know, it is "Bette Midlers's other half"..

I have essentially been ranting and rambing for the last half an hour on the blog - mostly to suck up wasted time...and speaking of wasted, perhaps that will be the state of mind we find ourselves in after watching "The Apprentice" :)

So, this has been ridiculously uninteresting - and if you read the whole thing, you deserve a cookie! (and if you didn't, I completely don't blame you!)