I thought I'd share it with you
The government has started providing free credit reports to people in the midwest and west. PA & VT residents aren't eligible until September 1, 2005, but I'll put this info in the blog anyway, since the Ohioans who read this are already eligible. Here's the info from the government. Remember, you have to use www.annualcreditreport.com and not any of the credit company links to get the free information. Check your credit today and protect yourself from identity theft.
Well I just want to point out that I am NOT on Spring Break, though I wish I was. We do have tomorrow and Friday off for Easter, but I'm still working at the park. Apparently somewhere some private school still wants to learn about cotton. Frankly, I'm suprised that we have any time off at NC State, since it is a public school. Of course, they didn't call it Easter break, so that might make it ok. In good ole VT we didn't get Easter break unless it happened to fall in the 2nd week of April when we normally had our April break. (We also had a February break that coincided with Presidents' Day so that people could go skiing and not catch the flu from staying inside nasty school buildings too long. One year, they made the break a different week - like one week later - and everyone got sick, including me - they almost had to close school anyway. There's something to be said for fresh air and rest, I guess)
Ok so normally our apartment is rather quiet, if you ignore the occasional bump or bang and the weird noise that comes from one of our neighbors occasionally that sounds like someone bouncing a bouncy ball on the kitchen floor - a lot. Anyway, every once in a while, the neighbor on the other side plays REALLY LOUD music, and usually about this time of day. It's pretty annoying - if I don't want to hear it, I have to turn my music up really loud, and then I can't really think very well. I'm trying to be a good student and do my thought question for historical writing so that I can watch lots of tv this weekend. Oh well - maybe I'll just go play with the kitty
well, not really, but sometimes I watch those decorating shows, and I wonder what the bathroom might look like if I painted it a different color. Of course, I shouldn't complain because we do have colors on our walls, which is more than I can say for most apartments. I watched a show this afternoon while I was eating lunch - these people had a bathroom that was 9'x12' with another 4x5ish hall thingie added in between their bedroom and the bathroom. I just want to say that my bedroom at my parents house was 9x12. No bathroom should be this big! The lady had more bottles of lotion than is humanly possible to use in a year. I know there was a joke between Andy and Lucy about all of my different scents of deodorants (which resulted in hiding them all one night sophomore year), but that was just because they were on sale, and you never want to run out. I can safely say that I only have 3 (I think) different kinds right now, and one is almost out.
About half an inch of snow has accumulated on your car (but not the road) and you seriously contemplate calling work to see whether or not there will be a delayed opening.
That's right ladies and gentlemen, it's time for another installment of "You know you're in the South when..."
not as much as I like shoes, but still. I'd kind of forgotten about those middle school dances and people singing along to "When I Come Around," but the new Green Day song that they keep playing on the radio reminded me how much I like them. It's kind of like nostalgia mixed with good music to drive around to. I study to Billy Joel and other more sublime music, but every once in a while it's nice to drive with the windows open and the radio turned up a little louder than your mom might appreciate. Or Andy - every time he gets in my car, he asks, "are you deaf?" Now, let's just get this clear - I have to turn the sound up to listen to my tapes, and sometimes I forget to turn the radio down before I get out. I also spend a lot of time driving on the highway, which is rather noisy when the windows are down. Anyway, I like Green Day, Billy Joel, shoes, 70 degree weather, monkeys, baseball, cereal, Barbie, and the occasional dining room book... to name a few things...
It's been a challenging few weeks. I've had a rude awakening about grad school and college in general. Taking only 1 class last semester gave me 1 whole day with nothing but class in the evening and 2 afternoons a week to hang out. I hardly had any homework, and I thought, "this school thing is great!" Well, now I've had some confusion with assignments on top of TONS of papers to write, and I'm feeling a little worn out. It's spring break and I've been working just as hard as before, except I can choose when I go to campus instead of going for my class.
