Trying to control my excitement

Wow, I'm feeling ecstatic! And it's not because I started my new job today. The last few weeks, I've been feeling pretty down since I've been sending out a lot of resumes and equally as many cover letters only to receive absolutely no response back. (Phase two was walking into galleries and straight up giving them my resume in person.) Anyway, I finally got two replies today...and I'm excited to see how it goes! I know they don't mean very much yet, but just finally receiving responses after weeks of silence...gives me the hope that I can keep soldiering on. Yay, optimism!.

Also, the person I'm replacing next week at my new job introduced me to some really awesome dance videos on youtube. I never held much appreciation for ballet, but I've absolutely been reformed, and now I'm excited to take classes! (Likely to happen in the winter when I know my schedule better, but...exciting nonetheless.)

I don't think I've smiled this much in a while, definitely not since summer camp ended and I lost my little kiddies. In honor of that though :) :) :)

Cute

Some cute things I found today while grading tests:





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Today

A stressful week (so far) at work led me to go on a mini spend-a-thon, investing in some plain pleasures to make it through the week. Sandals, new bedsheets, the nytimes and a dinner for just me...I feel relaxed, and ready to pursue older habits.

Connecting the Camera and the Computer

Finally have the wire that connects the camera to the computer, and the program to sort through the pics as well.

Hipster is the new Yuppie

Overheard on the LIRR today was a gaggle of women who apparently work for the nytimes (as a former hostess, I shamelessly eavesdrop whatever conversation is loud enough for me to hear). Their conversation circled around upcoming interviews with people "hit by the recession." While brainstorming ideas of the type of people they are looking to interview:
"What if we had a PhD...who is now learning a technical trade?" *continues to twirl hair*
What a boring and trite idea, and how irritating that they are so desperate to trivialize lives into "intriguing" blog bits. (ha)

Anyway, it really got me irritated because honestly, one doesn't have to find the former PhD professor currently out of work to muster sympathy for those hit by this recession. My sister, working a job that was "saved" after her deaded company was absorbed by another hates her job with a passion, yet stays in the office till 8 or 9 most days to keep it. Her husband holds on to the one he has, or else his children go another year without insurance. Let's not even get started on my fathers situation. This is our modern day life, and this is why I am disillusioned.