old standby

Ugh. Took the GRE this morning – it was awful. Had to drive all the way up to Mountlake Terrace at 6:30 AM, expecting traffic – naturally, got there just after 7 AM – an hour before the exam actually started. The exam itself was fine — finished in just over 2 1/2 hours, got [...]

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Covered

So today I would have taken the GREs… except I was in physical therapy (still three times a week) because I can’t sit for more than 45 minutes at a time. I’m kind (extremely) relieved, but I also know that I can’t put them off forever, unfortunately. As you might have guessed, autumn is in [...]

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Of e-mails and unwarranted concern…

I started the day off right: woke up at 7:45, threw on shoes and took my car to the dealership for new breaks/alignment/windshield repair. Lovely. Came home, devoured the final dregs of last night’s epic Potato Leek Soup (it’s unabashedly fabulous; see Recipes page!) – with roasted beet, feta and butter lettuce salad — now [...]

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cut tear scrape erase

Basically, this is my life: that stupid exhibit catalog, trying to work on research for my capstone project, studying for the GRE and otherwise going nuts. I’m so stressed out it’s not even funny.

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Kill me now

Long story short, due to human error and technological retardation, I missed the first two ‘Live Online!’ sessions of my online GRE prep class. Don’t even start on that one. Anyway, tried to play the archived exams, but the program kept having a spaz attack and shutting down mid-download. Great. So, I spent a half [...]

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