New Job Exhaustion

Hello everyone - I know I've been a terribly irresponsible blog owner these past couple of days but I've been more than a bit overwhelmed.

Let's start with the most long term. My final thesis is due on March 1st - freakin MARCH FIRST. It's less than a month away (obviously if this is the 5th) but as one friend said "Aren't you lucky it's a leap year! You get 29 days in Feb." Yeah and aren't you lucky I didn't just take that plucky little attitude and....well you know. So I had a mini breakdown at my thesis meeting on Sunday. I hate when that happens I don't like to cry in front of people even if it's just a few little leaky tears. And it was only made worse but the sympathy. They meant well but it really did make it harder to control. All in all it wasn't too bad - I think maybe it was a premonition about the damn game Sunday night.

Headline in today's paper "ALL IS LOST Patriots 18-0 all for nothing" Pretty brutal huh? I don't think thats the case at all. Of course we'll go down as the biggest choke in football history but we'll get them next year. It's not like we're Susan Lucci or something and have never won.

OK so on to the thing on everyone's mind. The new job. So far I really like it. Its an incredible amount of information to assimilate - especially while I'm trying to finish my thesis. But I have to take the train in and out of the city and I've gotten a ton of writing done while riding so that's a positive.

There are alot of different forms etc that I need to learn and I can't help but thing that there are students that are waiting for things that I don't know about or that are in the pile I just got tonight before I left....we'll see. I do have to say they are unbelievably supportive which is great and I can wear jeans yayyyyyy!

So the job title is:
Assistant Director, Advising and Student Services
Independent Study Degree Program
Interdisciplinary Studies Program
Lesley University

Pretty long winded wouldn't you say? I guess that's how it is in academia.

I have two bosses one is my thesis advisor who I know very well and love dearly. She is the head of the interdisciplinary program. Then I work for the director of the Independent study program. I've been warned about her. Apparently she plays games, is passive aggressive and gossips about people. Nice huh? I think I can handle her. She's used to some young 23 year old with no life experience....that's not me. I've been around the block a time or two... I do have to say that I'm working harder than I ever did at my old job (or maybe in the past year anyway) so of course I have these thoughts of...did I do the right thing?? Of course I did - I know I did.

I'm not sure if I mentioned that the job is temporary. The woman who does the job took a leave so I am just filling in. Basically I'll have it all figured out and then it'll be time to leave. The best news is I may be able to take the summer off before grad school! That would fucking ROCK.

Oh and grad school - damn essays. I'm almost there I really am!

Ok so that's the update - hope you are all well.

And Tyler stop being so smug about the damn Giants.

Ok now for a little music - 1990 The Charlatans UK I was living in the city. Life was good.



God the 90's were a good time for music - this might just be my favorite U2 song. It's for sure in the top 5. I had/have such a mad crush on Edge its nuts. My good friend Shari got me his autograph before prom and we transferred it to my mortar for graduation (is that the right word? Mortar?) Anyway I still have it.



They won't let me embed this so just turn off the lights and light a candle - take a deep breath and listen. After all Lent starts tomorrow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AratTMGrHaQ