This is an interesting suggestion regarding the immigration issue.
(HT: to the blog commentor who left a link to the article. Sorry, I don't remember where I found the link.)
4.11.2006
Misc. stuff
Another long day... went in to the office at 8:30 a.m., left at 8:15 p.m. I did take a "lunch break" for an hour or so--I went looking for a new interview suit (I found a great suit at Dillard's, but unfortunately it's not quite the "power suit" I had in mind) and snarfed down a junior hamburger and small fries from Wendy's (total: $1.97) at various stoplights and on the interstate on my way back to work.
I'm still thinking about my upcoming internship... I'm thinking about Phoenix. I have some relatives there, as well as some friends from camp and from school... and it has nicer winter weather than, say, New York or Boston or Philadelphia or Chicago...
Now, I just have to come up with a second possible city for my internship.
I'm still thinking about my upcoming internship... I'm thinking about Phoenix. I have some relatives there, as well as some friends from camp and from school... and it has nicer winter weather than, say, New York or Boston or Philadelphia or Chicago...
Now, I just have to come up with a second possible city for my internship.
4.10.2006
AACK!!!!!
All right, my mom asked me about 15 minutes ago if I was worried about grad school. "No, not yet, but I'm sure I will be," I replied.
I didn't think it would happen this soon.
As part of my master's degree program, I have the opportunity to complete an accounting internship for, I think, 10 weeks, beginning next January. I get to list my top two choices of cities in which to do this internship. My choices, along with a little biographical info and a picture of me (and all the same stuff for the other MS students), will go in a brochure that the school distributes to the firms hiring interns. I've known all this for a while. But I thought I had plenty of time to decide on two cities to top my list.
Until I checked my email tonight.
I have to let them know my choices by Friday.
And, a week from Friday they have a recruiting event for next fall's incoming MS students. It's not required, but I'm thinking I really ought to get there if I can. That means I need to find a new suit, see about getting off work that day (and the person I need to ask for permission is out all this week), get my parents' permission, figure out when to plan my best friend's bridal shower that's at my house the next day...
So, I'm panicking a little bit here. :) I need to go read my Bible and pray, but right now I'm not going to be able to concentrate on anything. (It didn't help to find all this out after a 12-hour workday... let's hear it for tax season!) I think I can pretty much forget about sleeping tonight...
Anyway, I'm going to stop rambling and try to pull myself together a little bit here. :) I would appreciate your prayers, if you think about it. And I'd also appreciate input about what cities would be good for an aspiring accountant to try out for 10 weeks! (I have a mental list, but narrowing it down to only 2 will be a problem! And then I have to think about what's going to be practical, what's going to be reasonably affordable, etc. I mean, I'd love to go live in San Francisco or Seattle or Denver or Orange County, CA for 10 weeks, but I'd need a car out there, and I'm not too sure I like the idea of trying to drive my car across the country with its track record of unexpectedly leaving me stranded...)
One reason this is a semi-big issue to me is that accounting internships have a habit of leading to job offers. So, where I do my internship could end up being home in less than two years!
I didn't think it would happen this soon.
As part of my master's degree program, I have the opportunity to complete an accounting internship for, I think, 10 weeks, beginning next January. I get to list my top two choices of cities in which to do this internship. My choices, along with a little biographical info and a picture of me (and all the same stuff for the other MS students), will go in a brochure that the school distributes to the firms hiring interns. I've known all this for a while. But I thought I had plenty of time to decide on two cities to top my list.
Until I checked my email tonight.
I have to let them know my choices by Friday.
And, a week from Friday they have a recruiting event for next fall's incoming MS students. It's not required, but I'm thinking I really ought to get there if I can. That means I need to find a new suit, see about getting off work that day (and the person I need to ask for permission is out all this week), get my parents' permission, figure out when to plan my best friend's bridal shower that's at my house the next day...
So, I'm panicking a little bit here. :) I need to go read my Bible and pray, but right now I'm not going to be able to concentrate on anything. (It didn't help to find all this out after a 12-hour workday... let's hear it for tax season!) I think I can pretty much forget about sleeping tonight...
Anyway, I'm going to stop rambling and try to pull myself together a little bit here. :) I would appreciate your prayers, if you think about it. And I'd also appreciate input about what cities would be good for an aspiring accountant to try out for 10 weeks! (I have a mental list, but narrowing it down to only 2 will be a problem! And then I have to think about what's going to be practical, what's going to be reasonably affordable, etc. I mean, I'd love to go live in San Francisco or Seattle or Denver or Orange County, CA for 10 weeks, but I'd need a car out there, and I'm not too sure I like the idea of trying to drive my car across the country with its track record of unexpectedly leaving me stranded...)
One reason this is a semi-big issue to me is that accounting internships have a habit of leading to job offers. So, where I do my internship could end up being home in less than two years!
4.09.2006
Wow...
... I just looked at a ringtone website, and I'm feeling my resolve never to use an obnoxious ringtone weakening. I've always prided myself on having the maturity to select some sort of simple beeping noise as my cell phone ringer. But there's so much out there to choose from--John Williams, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Casting Crowns, the Beach Boys, Jeff Foxworthy, even some of this type of music (not these songs specifically, but others that I've been blessed to hear at work). How can I resist???
Update: The 1812 Overture! They have the 1812 Overture! (However, they don't seem to have anything by the Carpenters...)
Update: The 1812 Overture! They have the 1812 Overture! (However, they don't seem to have anything by the Carpenters...)
4.08.2006
What I Did Today:
* Slept through two alarms
* Worked 6 1/2 hours
* Ate one slice of pizza and a lot of cookies
* Got a new cell phone
* Picked up a paycheck and checked my schedule at my second job
* Ate dinner
* Read the newspaper
* Folded laundry
* Did a minimal amount of planning for an upcoming bridal shower
* Balanced my checkbook
* Did my parents' state tax return and filed it online
* Blogged
* Worked 6 1/2 hours
* Ate one slice of pizza and a lot of cookies
* Got a new cell phone
* Picked up a paycheck and checked my schedule at my second job
* Ate dinner
* Read the newspaper
* Folded laundry
* Did a minimal amount of planning for an upcoming bridal shower
* Balanced my checkbook
* Did my parents' state tax return and filed it online
* Blogged
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