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I have worked at this job for just shy of five years. I'm leaving in 3 weeks and 2 days. So. Weird.

A week and a half ago I wrote the ad for craigslist for my replacement. Today, I watched applicants come in for interviews. As many of you know, I have the best boss anyone could ever ask for. My father died when I was very young and this man has been one of the few father figures in my life and I have nothing but warmth and respect for him. The family environment he has created here, the respect I receive (despite my age), the casual atmosphere...all of these things and more have contributed to a really positive experience working here. Part of me is really going to miss this place.

I am still kind of in denial that my world is gonna change a lot by this time next month. I want to go blow a bunch of money on cool pens and pretty notebooks. Oh, back to school clothes shopping would be nice too.

Food weekend

Wow, I really need to get some photos of our kitchen on here. We aren't quite finished yet and I bought the new floor tiles last weekend so perhaps when we get the floor done I will get some photos up. I swear I cleaned the kitchen 7 times this weekend, as we used the shit outta it. Thursday night I made citrus zucchini spaghetti and it was fresh, summery, and really good. Spaghetti was merely the noodle, no red sauce included.

http://www.rookie-cookie.com/2009/09/birds-citrus-zucchini-spaghetti.html

I'm kind of obsessed with rookie cookie if you can't tell. And I feel like all I write about these days is what I had for dinner...hmm. I'm infatuated with using the kitchen (but not the doing the dishes).
We also had a noodle-less zucchini lasagna on Saturday night. My bff found the recipe from an Italian g-ma somehow. It was hearty and good. I also made a noodle-less zucc lasagna a week or so ago BUT it was in a tart pan with a tart crust. Sooo good. Recipe was from 101cookbooks.com A new favorite vegetarian cooking blog, ya know, now that I can cook and bake :) Ok, last food thing I'll talk about: I picked up some basil at the farmer's market on Saturday morning. 1/2 pound, $5. Score. Made pesto, 'tis good. The End.

T had a friend over for some trench diggin' on Saturday, because uhh...we're going to have sprinklers!! Finally. We will also hopefully have some grass in the next few weeks. I will be over the moon when my weekends are spent in the kitchen (duh) or reading (novels, not textbooks) or napping in the hammock. I think I can almost see the finish line.

I start school full time (no job included) August 25th and I still don't really think it's happening. T was insistent that I take 2 weeks off work before I start school to do some transitioning for this big life change. Time off...two weeks...to do what?!? Long story but in the end we agreed on 5 days. My last day at work is August 19th. I am really excited but a little nervous at the same time.

Alternate

The long awaited letter from the admissions office finally arrived on Friday afternoon. I am accepted into the program, but am an alternate for Fall of 2009. So this means my admission date is in August of 2010, and I am ok with that. There is a possibility of being accepted this Fall, but I am considering forfeiting my spot so that I have more time, not less. I don't want to find out the first week of August that I have to quit my job and get 5 immunizations!

I was starting to have a bit of anxiety about not knowing what the hell I am doing in less than 3 months, so it is a major relief to have an answer. I think waiting a year will be the best choice financially, but I would like to get the school chapter of my life over...at least for a few years.

This weekend we knocked a few things off the to-do list for the house! I have a few pictures so I will get those up because visuals are much better for those type of things.

Novemba is half ova!

Soooo what has been going on since I last checked in with my web log...? Well, the economy is still in the shitter but I luckily still have a job. Gas prices are down and I don't remember them being this low since 2006 (I think). We have a new President (elect)! As for my own little world I have come to accept that I will be taking anatomy again next semester. This bums me out, makes me feel a little like a failure but at the same time I have spoken with some of my classmates in my therapy class and most of them are on the same boat as me. Last night I was able to check out the lab and classrooms that the program uses. It was really nice, they had more space and equipment than most of the clinics I observed at. I'm really hoping to get in next Fall but it is becoming apparent that the money side of things might make that impossible. So I am also trying to gear myself up for not being upset if I have to wait a year to do it. I'm a little worried about banking on student loans as the credit situation in this country doesn't seem to be getting much better. We will see what happens! I was talking to Trevor's dad last night and he said that control is an illusion (which I totally believe) so I am trying to apply that to my current worries and just let the chips fall.

On a brighter note, the weather lately has been really nice and KSL says this weekend is going to be sunny and into the 60s! Woooo, maybe I can rake up the rest of our leaves. I raked up 11 bags last Saturday and my pampered little keyboard hands were hurting. I really love the trees in our yard but now I'm starting to see one of the negative aspects of having SO MANY trees! But they are totally worth it.

YAY it's Fall!

So I now finally am feeling like it is Fall which is my absolute favorite time of year. Crispy air, warm sunshine and aweome colors...what is not to love? I'm also stoked because I finally fingured out how to change these backgrounds to "cutesie poo" stuff. On the down side, I had to retire my favorite jeans this morning due to a ripped off belt loop and some holes in crotch and thigh area :/ I'll miss you jeans! I'm conidering burying them in the backyard, that is how attached I am.

This week is going to be really hell-ish for me since I have my lab midterm Thursday morning and a lecture midterm on Friday!!! AAAHHHHH! Hopefully I do really well on these two so I don't have to worry so much for the rest of the semester.