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12.02.02 : 6:15 pm

tonight is all about studying for a health test tomorrow and making up a shopping list for my petsmart shopping frenzy, also taking place tomorrow.

as well, i need to haul the leftover christmas stuff back out into the garage to free up some space. er, actually, i'll just have rob do that. *g*

so anyway.

rob and i went and signed up for the math assessment test this afternoon. we'll be taking it this friday. which is MUCH sooner than i'd hoped for, however, we weren't left with much of a choice. our registration date is the 11th. so it was either take the test the 6th, or the 16th, and well, the answer there is obvious.

i just hope we both pass. because if not, then one or both of us is screwed with having to take the test again on the 16th, and that would suck for a variety of reasons.

bah, all this math talk puts my stomach in knots.

so yeah. the plan is to start preparing for the test tomorrow. rob and i are going to buy a math study program to refresh our memories, and hopefully that will help.

oh, and did i mention calculators aren't allowed? ack! `they` made me use calculators since the seventh grade - i've freakin' forgot how to get buy without them! i know that's terrible and sad, but it's the reality of the situation. *sigh* it's true what they say... if you don't use it, you lose it.

and moving on...

i'm expecting three packages (plugs, palm pilot, and pictures) in the mail this week, and i'm kind of losing patience. mainly in regard to the plugs, since i ordered them a dozen days ago, and i was told they'd be here within 3-10 business days. i realize that a weekend or two happened, and a holiday as well... but dammit, i was hoping for somewhere like six or seven days. not ten, or more! grrr. all i know is, after all this wait, they'd better get here.

with the palm pilot and pictures i'm more forgiving. at least with tracking and stuff, i know that they're on their way - the pda i should have by thursday, and the pictures by friday. that, i can live with. those plugs better be in by friday too... *grumble grumble*

and while i'm on the subject of waiting... i finished the whole application process to volunteer at the shelter last week. and i found out today that it'll be SIX to EIGHT weeks for them to run a background check, etc etc. wtf man? i told them that 1) i've adopted from the shelter, so they've already run a criminal report on me, 2) i was a cna briefly, so as a requirement of that the police department has my fingerprints on file, and 3) my former place of employment did a real, legit fbi background check on me (where they called distant relatives, i shit you not), so yunno, go check with them. but of course none of that applies. i already knew that, and i understand the reasoning why, and i am thrilled that they do background checks so that the assholes of the world can't interact with the innocents (animals). ... i'm not complaining, i'm just bitching. *g* and yeah. so i can't do any official volunteering for a while still, which means no training. but the girl told me on the side that i can still come by and play with the doggies and give them treats and stuff. so, i'll be doing that this holiday season. *smiles*

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