Higher Education

Posted on May 29th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Education, Personal, Omnia Vanitas, Travel, Sponsored Posts.

So it’s back to school tomorrow. Another three hour drive north and then three hours back (if I’m lucky). Damn construction & its related lane closures & delays. What ever made me think I could do this? I simply have to find lodgings at a location near my college, but I’m not sure how I’m going to afford it. For my next degree, and there will be another because having two masters degrees is just so fashionable nowadays, I think I will be going to an online institute of higher education like the aforementioned Capella University. Nothing, not even loyalty or personal affection, will ever compete with the convenience of learning from home. Preferably in my PJs. :)

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My New Crack

Posted on May 29th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Personal, Omnia Vanitas, Random.

I think there might be something unusually addictive in the Black Cherry & French Vanilla flavor of Pepsi Jazz.  I could drink it all day, which is really hurting my water consumption goals. I didn’t really drink soda as a kid as the fizz seemed to hurt my mouth, and few of my immediate nourishment providers were willing to take the time to let it go flat. Much easier to give me apple juice, which I preferred, but I often went thirsty at birthday parties . . . Yeah, I was always a little wimpy when it comes to food and drink. But I eventually got used to it I guess, and started drinking Iron Bru (it’s like Scottish Ambrosia, I swear) during the summer and Diet Coke (my dad’s soda of choice) at home.  Then I discovered the sweet jump-juice nectar that is Mountain Dew, and used to down almost eight 20 oz bottles a day for almost eight years, until I realized that’s like a week’s worth of calories every day.  But Jazz has 0 calories, just delicious candy-like flavor.  And CAFFEINE! Yes, I’m hooked. :)

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WHO Urges Public Smoking Bad?

Posted on May 29th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Personal, Politics, Current Events, Money, Random.

I do, that’s who! :) But so does the World Health Organization (WHO), calling on all countries to ban smoking at indoor workplaces and in public buildings, stating that:

At least 200,000 workers die each year because of exposure to smoke at their offices and factories, according to the U.N. labor agency. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency estimates that about 3,000 deaths from lung cancer each year occur among nonsmoking Americans.

As a smoker, I can tell you that I would welcome such a move.  I can also tell you, for a fact, that if such a ban had been in place six years ago, I would not be a smoker.  More than any anti-smoking campaign, not being able to smoke in bars or restaurants would have kept me from transitioning from a “social” smoker into a habitual one, because anyone who starts smoking while still caring what a parent thinks probably doesn’t pick up the habit in their living room, you know?  Since I paused to consider what happens to workers in smoking environments, I only smoke outside or in my home, and I’m trying to stop that, too. I am horrified to think about Fraser ever picking up a cigarette, and the idea of him comprehending why Auntie Gail steps outside every so often is almost as horrifying.  If it was up to me, tobacco would be illegal, and it’s a disgusting statement about the importance of money in our country that it is still sold over the counter.

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Credit Woes

Posted on May 29th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Work, Personal, Omnia Vanitas, Sponsored Posts, Money.

Another thing I have to work is getting my credit in order.  I’m still afloat (barely), but pretty soon I’ll find myself back with a poor credit score.  I managed to get my situation improved by building my ratings with credit cards for people with bad credit, and then getting other cards without the same restrictions.  You can find a number of different cards for everyone from any walk of life through CreditCardSearchEngine.com, one of the Internet’s longest running sites for online credit card comparison.  Right now, my problem is too much credit — I’ve been living off of it since last year — but I did take a step in the right direction when I transferred much of the balance of one of my cards to a no-interest card.  Would of worked well, too, if I had been paid by work and those who owe me, since the plan was to pay off a good portion of the balance in the last couple of months. Now, I’ve run my other card up again, and I’m not sure how to get out of this jam, especially with tuition due soon.  I miss the days when such things were covered by the Bank of Daddy, you know? ;)

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Pushy

Posted on May 29th, 2007 by gail helen.
Categories: Personal, Omnia Vanitas.

I need to be more pushy. I am far to accomodating to others, I think. I have to begin demanding things, and stop waiting for people to return my calls. I need to get paid. And, I need to meet with my cooperating teachers for my student teaching this fall. It’s not like they’re ignoring me — I know that this is the busiest time of year for them — but I’m not being proactive enough by calling more or even just going to the schools. Remember the good days when your parents took care of stuff for you? Well, not mine, but ahhh, it’s nice to dream. :)

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