Maggie’s Blog

Back at school and back into the rush. Got up this morning around 7.30 and got ready to go to work. Luckily for me–well, not “lucky” exactly–I had made my lunch the night before, so I had a little wiggle-room time-wise. That was nice. Then caught the series of buses (apartment-Collins Circle, Collins Circle-Lark/Western), and arrived to work on time.

Work was fine, though I did a lot of sitting today. I’m in the process of getting the Informz mailings out, which isn’t hard work, but we’re changing up the system of information collection, so it’s a little more complicated for the time being until the kinks in the system are worked out. On the plus side, I didn’t get bored, because I had lots of work to do; on the downside, I sat all day, and that made me feel sluggish and achy.

After work, I went back to campus and straight to my Civil Rights class. It was actually really interesting today. The whole class got involved in a very complicated discussion of modern-day racism/affirmative action/etc. It was fascinating, and I think I actually contributed some good comments–at least if the teacher’s reaction is a good indicator. Who knows? Also got my midterm back, and turns out I got one of the highest grades in the class! WOO! That makes me feel infinitely better. I was so worried when I first signed up for this class that I was going to fail because the reading assignments were so intense (200+ pages a week) and I just couldn’t keep up with it. So that fear is slightly cleared up.

After class, I went to the library to return My Uncle Oswald (one of Roald Dahl’s adult works (in more ways than one ^_-)) and pay the late fees on it (I was supposed to return it before break, but forgot). Then I picked up my book for my book report due on Friday for the internship. It’s very short, which has me a little worried, but then again I know I can get it completely read, AND it does have to do with my internship subject (it’s on scholarship/tenure/and the publication business, and since I’m at an academic publishing house, it seemed right up my alley).

Then I headed over to Andy’s room, which is luckily on the first floor, because I had forgotten my cell phone at home today. So naturally, I had to smack against the window like a crazy squirrel to get his attention, but it worked, and I got in. ^_^ Haha! We grabbed dinner at the Campus Center (because we officially have no meal-like food at the apartment), and then headed back to catch a few partial episodes of South Park, which for some reason we’ve both gotten into lately. It was good fun. Then Andy headed back to the dorms, and I’m writing this post. ^_^

It’s been a busy day, but I actually like starting my week off really busy, because it makes all the other days look easy by comparison.

So Andy and I headed back to Albany today, mid-afternoon. It took me a while to pack up, but once I had everything together, I did manage to be slightly productive by getting most of one assignment from the break done. I’ve still got a page or two left to read for it, but essentially, it’s finished. 

Which is good! While on the one hand, I’ve really enjoyed not doing any homework over the vacation, I’ve also really disliked knowing that I have work due this week. Still, I decided to throw caution to the wind and enjoy myself, rather than freak out about work. I think I made the right call, even if it means I have more work to do now than before. Oh well.

I just have to keep reminding myself that this whole ordeal will be over within six weeks, and then–unless I decide–I won’t ever have to deal with the B.S. they call college. A little bitter? Yes, but I’m stressed out. For the most part, I’ve really enjoyed my college experience, but when they keep handing out all this busywork… It drives me nuts! I have lots of other things I’d rather do when I’m not in class that doesn’t involve doing work for class. I’m very much looking forward to not having homework. That’s the golden ticket at the end of this crazy contest. 

 The trip back went smoothly. Listened to good music and ate some deliciously unhealthy McDonald’s. That’s right–and we loved it, though I think we’re both glad we don’t eat there more often. Just eating the fries (which were particularly salty today) and reading that a double-quarter-pounder with cheese is, in fact, 96% of your sodium needs for the day, we both felt a good degree less healthy. Lots of fruits and veggies to counter-act that meal! 

Other than that, nothing too new. Back at school, mentally preparing myself for another week’s rush. I do like my schedule, with all the insanity of super-busy on Monday, tapering off as we head toward Friday. It makes the week go by a little faster, I think. Got a little more school work done when I got here, and now I’m off to prepare my lunch for tomorrow, finish up a few more assignments, plan my work tactics for the week, and hopefully get a few minutes of HP reading in before curling up and going to sleep. ^_^ 

Side note: WordPress has been being a dreadful pain about paragraph breaks. I put them in, and it takes them out. I have no idea why it’s doing this now, when it didn’t several posts ago. *frustrated*

 This is a post for yesterday, since I was too busy having fun to post. ^_^ Went out with Jess yesterday, late afternoon, to just hang out and catch up. It’s been a while, so it was great just to see her. We went to Chili’s and had lunch. I got that supremely awesome, but oh-so-evilly-hot Boneless Habenaro Chicken Wings, which were just as amazing as they were before. And they hurt just as much. Mmm, evil-spicy. We each had a drink and just relaxed, catching up on the news and what’s going on in both our lives. 

Then we headed over to Cinemagic, where we discovered that The Other Boelyn Girl was still playing, so we decided to check that out. I’ve always thought it looked interesting, and I knew I’d never get Andy to go to it, so it was the perfect chick-night-out movie to see. Jess has read the book, so she was very interested in seeing how they’d pull it off, since she says the book is excellent.

 Coming from the perspective of one who has not yet read the book, I was pleasantly surprised. Recently, I’ve been getting into a terrible trend of seeing movies I think look good, only to find out that they are–in fact–not. But this was fun. The plot was relatively smooth, the characters were interesting, and once I got over my history-lapse and realized that the Anne Boelyn I was thinking of was indeed Henry the Eighth’s Anne Boelyn (don’t ask me why I didn’t realize that sooner, it’s embarrassing enough as is), then I was extra excited to see how this would all end. Truth be told, it was much better than the ending of Marie Antoinette, which was sad, because the only reason Andy and I even went to see that movie (yes, I dragged him to it) was to see correction: Kristen Dunst’s head chopped off. We were both gravely disappointed. I realize this may be a slight spoiler for The Other Boelyn Girl, but I figure hey–if you know the basic story of King Henry the Eighth, you should pretty much be able to guess something like this might happen. Anyway, I’m here to tell you that you won’t be disappointed. It was fun. 

Naturally, that’s coming from me, who has not read the book. Apparently, the movie is not at all like the book, so just FYI. Sure, there’s always a lot cut out from the original story, but apparently there were a lot of changes, too. So if you’ve read the book and really liked it, you’ve been warned. For those who haven’t read the book, it’s a fun movie that was much better than I expected it to be. 

Then we headed back here and hung out for a little longer before Jess headed home. It was a great night, which I ended by polishing off yet another chapter of Deathly Hallows. Here’s where my mini-rant begins. If you would prefer not to hear about it, please feel free to avoid the cut.  (more…)

Quiet day today. Did some editing, watched some more S&tC, and just relaxed. 

Not too much new today. Got the basic payments for the honeymoon to Switzerland done, so that was good. I’ve been meaning to do it for a while, now, but only finally got around to it today. Me and Andy really need to get our own credit card. Debit cards won’t carry large trip expenses. Ah well. 

So I figured I would put in a brief synopsis of the last couple months (and the events which occurred therein) just to make sure everyone is on the same page. I’m pretty sure this is information everyone should already know, but hey–why not do a quick recap just to be certain?

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Times are changing, folks. I’ve kept up various blogs here and there without much dedication, but now that I’m reaching the end of my (undergraduate) college years, getting married, and moving to the West Coast I thought it might be an easy way to keep friends and family up-to-date on everything going on. Plus, what with moving so far away, I won’t be dropping back to good ol’ New Hampshire as often, and I figure this is a good way to keep in touch with all my awesome friends who are also starting their independent lives soon!