random thread of randomness

Passed the first test yesterday. Passed it well. It made me feel good, since I'd been upset the day before because of a lot of really, really bad things.

I have four tests yet. The next one is on this Friday.
Hope they go well.

[QUOTE] [b]Lostman wrote:[/b]
Passed the first test yesterday. Passed it well. It made me feel good, since I'd been upset the day before because of a lot of really, really bad things.
I have four tests yet. The next one is on this Friday.
Hope they go well.[/QUOTE]


Good luck! Hope they go well!

[QUOTE] [b]GratefulFan wrote:[/b]
That's a really big deal catqueen. Great accomplishment. I'll save my official congrats for after your last exam. Let us know how it goes, and how it feels! :)[/QUOTE]


Lol, thanks -- i'm in a panic though, but just gonna give up for the night and go to bed... desperately want a 1.1, but i think with everything that's been going on in the past year its a miracle if i get through it at all! I am kind of giving up on the 1.1 thing though, unless my thesis comes out with a MUCH better mark then i expect AND only the topics i know come up in the exam tomorrow, i won't have a hope... its such a pity though, cos i've been above the grade i need for it in everything so far except one assignment (and i only missed it by 2%, so it wouldn't make a difference). But these exams are lethal...
And yeah... it's only a degree, but i didn't go to mainstream school, and i was in a very restricted church growing up, so my general knowledge was really poor (still is lol. I had to do a two year certificate before i could go to 'proper' college, cos i didn't have a recognised school leaving qualification... so i'm kinda proud of myself. BUT this will be the first time i get below a distinction :'( And it is in the most important part of it. Ah well, i'll still have well enough to go on to a masters, but it'd just be nice to carry on with the distinctions.
And imma stop rambling lol

It's official -- i'm not a student anymore! Such a strange feeling!

[QUOTE] [b]catqueen wrote:[/b]
It's official -- i'm not a student anymore! Such a strange feeling![/QUOTE]

Great job!

[QUOTE] [b]catqueen wrote:[/b]
It's official -- i'm not a student anymore! Such a strange feeling![/QUOTE]

It's official -- you have my sincerest congratulations. Six years is a long haul, particularly when you're working, so I'm glad you're proud of yourself. You should be! Enjoy the sense of accomplishment and the reduced pressure and increased freedom as you decide what's next. :)

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[b]catqueen wrote: [/b] It's official -- i'm not a student anymore! Such a strange feeling![/QUOTE]
Awesome! Happy to hear that :)

Thanks guys! It was so strange coming home from work today and NOT having to rush to study! My last day off (as in when i wasn't working, in college or studying) was 22nd april, and before that it was possibly Patrick's Day weekend?

For the first time in my entire 10 year shared history with American Idol a song and performance actually made me cry. Phil's last performance of the night - 'Home' - the song that will be released if he wins. Worth checking out and a decent distance from the usual pap that they churn out for the winner's song.

I got confirmation that I passed my Master's Comprehension Exam. I now officially have a Master's in School Counseling; I know exactly how catqueen is feeling. Congrats to you catqueen!!

[QUOTE] [b]greaserkat wrote:[/b]
I got confirmation that I passed my Master's Comprehension Exam. I now officially have a Master's in School Counseling; I know exactly how catqueen is feeling. Congrats to you catqueen!![/QUOTE]


AWESOME!!! Well done Greasercat! Congratulations :)

Another really big deal. :) Congrats greaserkat! Enjoy your accomplishment and whatever comes next.

I had the most comically tragic birthday ever yesterday. LOL. My mom always starts our birthdays off by calling in the morning and playing this corny singing rubber birthday cake, but she slept in, so no dice. My son forgot completely and just demanded eggs. My boyfriend is out of town working in a high stress/emergency type situation right now so just understandably blanked I'm assuming because I still haven't heard from him. On the upside an old boyfriend who stalked me by phone and email for six rather horrendous months following our breakup several years ago did remember to send a nice note. Ha ha. My coworker with whom I always exchange gifts wandered by about noon with an expression of dismay followed by an ecard that wouldn't play on my computer. My Dad's birthday was also yesterday and I sent him an Amazon gift certificate. He replied with a pointed complaint that I hadn't accepted his Skype request. I'm never on Skype and I don't use it hardly ever! WTH? LOL. By now the accumulation of bad luck and minor neglect was making me laugh. Things turned around briefly when the Illustrated Queen Lyrics book I had ordered was in my mailbox when I got home having arrived at least a day if not two days early. Beautiful book and nice unexpected birthday windfall. Yay! The rest of the night was just quiet. Until about 10 pm when my son's workplace called to say that he was in an ambulance on the way to emerg with symptoms of confusion, disorientation and extreme pallor and chest pressure. The day kind of lost it's comedic edge at that point. So in emerg with him until 5 am and which point I was greeted with a monster parking ticket. Fell into bed, woke up long enough to call in sick, and then slept until noon. In all the panic and ensuing fatigue I forgot to water my newly planted grass seed, twice, and the ground totally dried out. I probably killed it. LOL. The piece de resistance is that either from stress or attempting to assuage raging hunger with a bag of jujubes in the hospital at 4:00 am I woke up with an abolutely killer headache that I can't shake. It feels like I partied like it was 1999. Like the universe is saying "I know you didn't have much fun, but let's pretend you did. Ha ha. I'm a funny universe!" :) So it's tomorrow and now I'm over it. But it was all all a little surreal and occasionally entertaining. And heck, it's only 364 days until I can try again. Yay! :)

LOL That was insane :)

Quite! :). I forgot the part where when we finally got moved out of the main waiting room with the 3000 watt lights to the inner sanctum of peaceful and softly lit interminableness we were sharing the area with a completely hammered woman who had injured her arm in some bloody and unspeakable way. Her companion was trying to help her walk it off up and down the loooong hallway, so every 10 minutes or so she'd be back in front of the little alcove we were in. My son was still in his McDonalds uniform, and every time, every blessed time, presumably forgetting she'd already said it, she'd slur out "ohhhhhhhhhawwwwwwwww....he must have fell in the fryyyyyerrrrrr" with all the heart wrenching compassion and empathy an idiot drunk can muster. Which is a lot. My son eventually fell asleep, but I heard that 15 times at least. Due to a karmic clerical error it's probably her splitting hangover headache I got, and she probably spent a blissful pain free day day forgetting she had already watered her petunias six times while my grass seed dried to death. :)