Day 1 drama, and it's not even over yet

So today starts my first day of classes for year 5. If I had a freaking nickel for every time I heard "What the hell are you still doing here?" today I'd be able to drop out and retire. The great part about it is that nobody starts with a "Hi! Great to see you," it's always the first statement first. Gee, makes me feel special (and by special, I mean the helmet kind). In the 5 hours I've been awake, I managed to piss off two professors over a class conflict, drop and re-sign up for one class due to politics, and screw up my first and only duty as an officer of the Health Science Club. I'd say I'm off to a good start. So I'm sitting in classes today after promising the club I'd be done with them by 12:45 and then deliver our HSC sign and candy to the sign-up table out on the library lawn today, and I notice the fact that it's 12:15 and our class is just starting. It's an hour class mind you. This is why I now loathe block scheduling. After tapping my toe from 12:45 to 1:15 and watching the clock every turn of a minute, I basically sprinted as best as I could with a backpack full of notebooks, swapped out for the stuff sitting in my dorm room, and awkwardly speed-walked back to the library lawn only to find one of the officers looking at me like an idiot. I gave her one of those "damn block scheduling" giggles to try and make light of the situation, but the damage was already done. OH SHIT! I just realized I left the rest of the candy at the table with the receipt from it that I was supposed to turn into the professor! Wow, I'm really on fire today. Hopefully my getaway to the twin cities this afternoon will reset my mind out of dipshit mode...

Lots of people go to college for 7 years...they're called doctors...

So tomorrow I start my fifth year at the ol' alma matter. Granted, a lot of colleges nowadays take 5 years to get through, but this one prides itself on getting people in and out in 4. One of the biggest bummers is the fact that had I not slacked off my freshman year of college, I could be starting Dental school tomorrow instead. The other things that really worried me were the fact that I only really know about 5 people on campus this year. I found out my first day of moving in that I have many more acquaintances, but I still feel a little out of place with all but one of my 6th south cluster girls gone. I'm sure all will fall into place like it always does and things will go well. The first few days here have been great. TJ and my mom moved me in on Saturday so I was able to beat the rush of people and actually managed to get an elevator to move me into the 5th floor. My room is basically a glamorized cubby hole, but I was able to jack my bed up a couple of feet to fit an unusually large amount of stuff into said cubby room. I'm actually quite proud of my setup. Yesterday the Katies arrived, these being the 2 Katies from my cluster last year, one of them my roommate of 2 years. It's been fun hanging out with them again. We went to the Whippy Dip yesterday, did a Walmart run, went for walks through town and campus, played Mariokart double dash, ordered pizza, played cards, and sat around watching TV. Between that and getting drunk with PanamaJack on Monday night, I'd say I've done everything there is to do in Decorah in under a week. Actually, that's kinda sad... So tomorrow I have Ochem and Biostats, which I'm really not too worried about, and then off to the cities to see two good friends while helping a friend pick up her brother's car. Ok I'm tired and going to bed, I'll finish updating later. Goodnight!

Aside from my late-breaking news posted below this one, I am still currently working on finishing my personal statement for dental school, and if anyone has any good anal-retentive paper writing skills and would like to help me polish off this paper, I would really appreciate it! Just leave me a comment and I'll shoot one your way :o)

My hair on the chopping block

I cut my hair. Not just a little trim, oh no, that would've been too republican of me, I chopped a whole damn foot off of my head. I just keep reminding myself that my hair went to locks of love and someone will benefit from this far more than my loss. I really don't look that bad, I actually think it's kinda cute, it's just shocking as hell when anyone first sees me. When I got home from said haircut, I showed my mom and her only reaction was, "Oh my!" which is the same reaction she had when TJ showed her my engagement ring before he was going to propose that night. TJ was a little more entertaining. Before I entered the living room, I asked "when you said you will love me for better or worse, you meant that right?" His response: "No. What did you do?"
Keep in mind he was sleeping when I left for my hair appointment, and I didn't even know I would get in for one until an hour before the fact. I walked around the corner and he just blinked at me. It took him about an hour later before he said "It's cute, I like it," but he DID eventually say it. This pic is me, just taken about a minute ago, so you can see what I'm talking about (even though it's a little fuzzy and it looks like I have something white on my nose from the flash). I'm scared to ask for comments on this, so if you're gonna comment, be nice about it and let the shock wear off before you say anything.

So long, farewell, auf wiedersehen, goodbye!

Well my summer here is coming to a close. I leave either tomorrow or Sunday to head back home. TJ wants me to stay 'til Sunday, but I have a lot of stuff to do in the week I have at home, and he's coming to EC with me anyway, so I see no point in staying and being antsy. This fall is going to be hard for the long distance thing again. I was used to it at the 4-year mark, but now that I got the chance to spend the whole summer with him, it's going to be a hard withdrawl. He won't be able to visit me homecoming weekend, but he'll be here the weekend after for a friend's wedding in town. Maybe I could conjure up Alyson and Megan to go to Flamingo Ball, or just not go this year. Not my biggest hurdle to jump this fall, that's for damn sure. While at home I have to pack up, have a doc appt, starting to buy my wedding dress, putting the down payment on our reception hall, seeing friends before I leave, catching up and repairing my relationship with my mom, spending quality time with my puppy in his few years of old dog life he has left, studying for the DAT, and applying to both dental and dental hygiene schools. I think I have my work cut out for me. This is all before moving back down to college and having 4-four credit classes to worry about. No more party life for me this semester, that's for sure. It sure was fun while it lasted.

Desperado

I'm meeting with the head of admissions from Marquette University Dental School tomorrow. I am so nervous, I have no idea what to say to him. I've met with him on 3 previous occasions, but this is the first time since being rejected for this fall. What do I say to him? I feel like bitch-slapping him and calling him an idiot for not even giving me a chance to interview, but I doubt that would help my chances for acceptance the following year. Does anyone out there have any suggestions? Please?

Things I'm going to miss...

Things I'm going to miss from my summer in Sheboygan:
- TJ. Plain and simple.
- Dental assisting experience. It's been great getting back up to speed on dental assisting stuff and refreshing my knowledge of procedures.
- Dentist-bashing sessions at work with my fellow dental assistants. The dentist I worked with was a schmuck.
- The paychecks that come along with dental assisting. It's gonna suck to be broke again this fall :o(
- Rollerblading to work on nice days
- Being 2 blocks from Lake Michigan and having the ability to walk down to the beach whenever I feel like it to watch the moonlight glimmer on the waves at night, or the sailboat races during the day.
- Having TJ's parents as my parents for a summer. They are the sweetest people you will ever meet.
- This house. It's big, beautiful, and really charming.
- This probably goes along with the TJ plain and simple one, but being able to fall asleep with him at night, and then wake up with him right there in the morning every day was the best thing I could've ever asked for.

Things I'm not going to miss from my summer in Sheboygan:
- The dentist I was stuck working for. Trying to interperet hand waving and incomprehensible muttering is NOT what I call good communication skills. God he was such an ass...
- Living with TJ's parents. Don't get me wrong, they're wonderful people! It just would've been nice to have some alone time with TJ, even just for one day this summer.
- Having the air conditioning being shut off at night. The family claimed it was to save energy. I say the A/C should be on when it makes it the most comfortable for all parties involved. Attempting to sleep while sweating like a fat man in a marathon isn't very comfy.
- Putting 1800+ miles on my car during the month of August. I swear I'm going to buy a moped.
- Getting rope burns on the bendy part behind the knees from the family dog running around me with her leash on. It hurt like hell to bend my knees for weeks, and now I have scars from it.

So that's the highs and lows of my summer in a nutshell. Friday I move home, then the 27th I move down to school yet again for pretty much nothing but studying like a geek for the next 8 months.

Random nothing

Things have been busy lately, just about every weekend has been spent driving across the state for random events. I move home to EC on Friday after work, then the next week is spent packing like crazy and getting some stuff taken care of around EC (we're booking our reception hall and I'm starting to pay for my wedding dress), then I move down to school on the 27th. I think it'd be better to go down a day early just to not have to deal with everyone else trying to move in on the 28th too.
Yesterday TJ was in a wedding in River Falls, on the exact opposite side of the state. It was a lot of fun, the reception was in Stillwater, MN at a really fancy place on the river. It's fun to see him in a tux too. There's something about a guy wearing a suit...
Anyway, on the way home we passed Fleet Farm, which is pretty much a more farmer-esque version of Walmart. Their symbol is FF, only the left F is backwards, and then there's a little flame or bird head on top of the F's. I couldn't help but observe the fact that they look like the bird from the nazi flag, and they even had them on several big red banners hanging down from the front of the building. That kinda creeped me out.

Nat'l underwear day

Apparently today is National Underwear Day,
http://cityguide.aol.com/newyork/entertainment/event.adp?evid=2436234
so I say strip to your skivvies and go have some fun!

I GOT MY MOM BACK!!!!!!!!!!

My mom woke me up yesterday morning and said, "I didn't want to tell this to you in front of your friends yesterday, but Jim and I..." (at which point I thought oh god, please tell me you didn't get married) "We broke up a week ago."
Blink...blink "HWHAT???" I thought I was still dreaming, so I flicked myself in the cheek a couple of times.
"He said he isn't as emotionally involved in the relationship as I am, and he didn't want to string me along, so he broke it off."

It's a beautiful life, oh ohhhh...(that song from the mid-90's)

I NEED YOUR HELP!

Anyone who knows anything about personal statements, or has good anal-retentive grammar/wording skills; I NEED YOUR HELP!
I am rewriting my personal statement for dental school and need to get it in soon. It's too personal to just post on a public blog, so if you'd like to read it and offer your helpful services, just leave a comment with your name and email addy and I'll send it your way. There may be a thank-you reward in the form of fudge or other yummy goods in your future!

We were robbed

Midwest Dental was robbed last night. I walked into work this morning and the candy-bar shop thing with the cardboard "bank" that you are on your honor to put money into was ripped open on the table. I walked in and asked the receptionist, "Who jacked open the candy bar thing?"She said, "We're trying to figure that out right now, they took the cash drawer money and the safe too."

Apparently both our and the specialties wing got their cash drawers robbed and the safe from the dentists' office was stolen; not broken into, the whole thing was taken. They only made off with about $70 from our wing and a bunch of prescription pads. Nothing was vandalized, they didn't even break down the door; they had a key. The people also knew right where the money was kept, and managed to lock the door behind them. So they're not very smart thieves...

The business upstairs from us in our building was also robbed, and they have a lot more cash to them. Sheboygan's finest came in this morning, surveyed the scene, dusted for prints, and now are on the case. Some of the assistants in our office figured it must be the cleaning people, because they have access keys to our office, know where our money is kept, and are the people who clean the other business that was robbed as well. Gee, way to cover your tracks guys...