Here are some updates on life, in bullet form because I woke up this morning fearful that I was going to click the wrong button on the GMAT and fail miserably. My brain needs a little organization, and possibly some anti-anxiety medication:
- I turned 28! I've heard good things about this age. I'm looking forward to leaving 27 behind, even if it does push me one year closer to 30.
- FOB has started paying child support. Right before Christmas I received $170 from the Attorney General's Office of Texas. I assume that either it came from the FOB or the AG's office luvs me and decided to share their Christmas spirit.
- No, I don't know how to format this so the bullets are closer together. I've been trying. Looking at the html didn't help me much. Sorry.
- I just got back from a whirlwind trip (or two very long plane rides early in the morning where I showcased my refined ability to sleep while sitting up in an uncomfortable position) to Seattle for Christmas. Seattle was snowy, icy, a little foggy, and all together filled with precipitation in a multitude of forms. Turns out that a state that gets snow once every five years doesn't have a fleet of snow plows on hand. Parking lots, side streets, and residential areas went completely unplowed for two weeks. While walking in the parking lot of a mall on Christmas Eve and navigating the slush, ice, and water holes, Zac fell down in an ankle-deep hole in the ice. His pants got soaked from the water and he cried. I wanted to cry as well. I had forgotten to where my waterproof hiking boots because only in Seattle would appropriate footwear to a major shopping venue require five eyelet holes.
- Seeing my extended family was great, although a couple of cousins seem to not recognize me. I spent a good five hours at my great Aunt's house repressing the urge to say, "Hi! I'm B. We spent 18 years eating Thanksgiving and Christmas dinner together. This is Zac, my son. He's three and a half years-old. Last time you saw me I was pregnant on my way to Hawaii. I know I've probably changed since then considering I was a giant whale while pregnant, but can you at least pretend that we're related?"
- January 8th is GMAT day. It makes me a little sick to my stomach to think about.
- Although I like to martyr myself by saying "I have two jobs, and I'm forced to volunteer to support a Montessori school, and waa waa waa...my life is so hard," in actuality, Pier 1 has dropped me down to 1 or 2 shifts a week, for a grand total of 6-8 hours of work. I'm wondering whether to see this as a blessing or if I should get a third job. I didn't really view my paycheck from Pier 1 as "extra money". I viewed it as a way to pay my cable bill and keep the electricity on.
- Still dating Dew. We are officially "in a relationship" on facebook. There was actually this funny moment where he and I debated over e-mail the merits of going public with our relationship on a social networking site. For Christmas he received a set of keys to my apartment, just in case he ever needs them. He's officially the first person, outside of my father, that I've ever keyed. At least now he can lock the door behind him when he leaves at 6am. I'm practical if nothing else. Dew has started blogging.
