February has not been the best month for me so far. On Feb. 1, some person tried to use my paypal account to buy something for $1065.54 on Ebay. Luckily, paypal caught it and stopped the payment - but now my money is in my paypal account and I can only take it out at $500 increments a month. I had to get all new bank accounts - including a secondary checking for online spending and travel (brilliant idea - I suggest everyone get one). Then my car was in the shop and I was getting jerked around by the insurance paid for rental car. Just a hassle. Also, I have been attempting to apply for grad school - application complete as of Friday, Feb 15. However, first my paper was lost by the professor reading over it, then there was a freak snow storm that took out our internet as I was doing the online application portion, so we go (in the snow) to a place with free wireless and I had left my charger at home an my laptop died, and then - on Valentine's Day, oh yes, I said it VALENTINE'S DAY - our house was broken into and BOTH of our macs were stolen along with the bowl of change we had been saving for two years. Someone broke in through a window and took our macs. Can you believe that?!?!? We called the cops, no good evidence or leads, we have called all the pawn shops and nothing so far. We lost all the stuff that was on those computers - Ashley lost ALL her work on a web-site project. But, at least we are safe and so are our kitties. It could have been whoa worse.
So now I am typing this on the computer of a woman I am pet sitting for and I am about to take her wonderful dog, Bailey, on a nice long walk before heading back to my house. This woman has 5 cats and one dog. The kitties are all very quirky, just the way I like them. I realy enjoy sitting for her and I WANT her house - it is adorable and in Ardmore.
Meanwhile, should anyone see two white iBooks (G3s) floating around - please let us know. I miss my Sally Mac. She was little and white and good to me. And she was a gift from my girlfriend. My poor little refurbished Sally Mac. At least I hope our computers get to stay together as a family.
Another good tip for you all - make sure you keep one (better to have two) list of all your expensive stuff with a complete description of the item and it's serial number. The cop said that without the serial number, there is no garanteed way to get your stuff back to you because it is hard to prove it is yours. Makes sense. So go and make those lists as soon as you are done reading and then keep them in separate places. Also - get renter's insurance (or homeowner's).
In conclusion, enough with February already. At least it is the shortest month of the year.
Sunday, February 17, 2008
Monday, February 11, 2008
First Blog
Hello all! I'm not quite sure who will be reading this, but I thought this would a good way to keep everyone up -to-date on what I'm up to as my life starts to make some big changes (again). Now, I am by no means learned in the world of blogging, but I will hopefully post links and photos in here.
To bring you up to speed - graduated from Salem College in 2006 with a degree in Religion and a semi-degree in Women's Studies. The summer after graduation I worked in Admissions Office at Salem College for the last time, after four years of work study. My supervisors in Admissions, Jennie and Kathy (and Jean too), are still some of my closet friends. Starting in September 2006, I became an AmeriCorps member, working in community development - for which I had no background, awesome. After completing my year of service, I was hired on by the organization I served with, Goler Community Development Corporation. I am currently their Executive Project Assistant, which means I do a little of everything from grant writing and fund development to making labels and taking minutes. For the most part I like my work, it changes every 20 minutes and keeps me busy.
I currently live in Ardmore, a quaint neighborhood in Winston-Salem, with my girlfriend (of two years!), Ashley McFarland. We live with our two cats (Fatty and Tucker) and our 'family', Nadja Mummery and Lorien Gilbert (both Salem women) just moved to PA. Ashley is the Office Manager at The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. We both spend a lot of time volunteering and doing this and that work to save money. I am -very proudly- a member of The Women's Fund of Winston-Salem as a scholarship participant and I serve on their Inclusiveness Committee.
Coming up in the near future: a trip to San Francisco for my 25th birthday in March, being the Maid of Honor for Susannah Hahn, and hopefully, hopefully, hopefully getting into grad school. That's right, grad school. I am currently working on my application to the University of Kent in Canterbury, Eng for my MA in Mysticism and Religious Experience. In short, my ideal program for a variety of reason, the main one being it is my exact field of study. Ashley has already been accepted in a MSc in Computer Science with goals of becoming the premier web-site designer in the world, or at least carving her own niche in the field.
So. This means that we will hopefully both be moving to the UK at the end of this summer and in the UK for the next year and possibly a little while after that. We shall see. If for some silly reason, I am not accepted, then this moves becomes a matter of can I get a job and a visa; if not, I still plan on moving out of Winston but I have no idea where yet. I guess you will have to stay tuned. That's right, a cliff hanger.
To bring you up to speed - graduated from Salem College in 2006 with a degree in Religion and a semi-degree in Women's Studies. The summer after graduation I worked in Admissions Office at Salem College for the last time, after four years of work study. My supervisors in Admissions, Jennie and Kathy (and Jean too), are still some of my closet friends. Starting in September 2006, I became an AmeriCorps member, working in community development - for which I had no background, awesome. After completing my year of service, I was hired on by the organization I served with, Goler Community Development Corporation. I am currently their Executive Project Assistant, which means I do a little of everything from grant writing and fund development to making labels and taking minutes. For the most part I like my work, it changes every 20 minutes and keeps me busy.
I currently live in Ardmore, a quaint neighborhood in Winston-Salem, with my girlfriend (of two years!), Ashley McFarland. We live with our two cats (Fatty and Tucker) and our 'family', Nadja Mummery and Lorien Gilbert (both Salem women) just moved to PA. Ashley is the Office Manager at The Little Theatre of Winston-Salem. We both spend a lot of time volunteering and doing this and that work to save money. I am -very proudly- a member of The Women's Fund of Winston-Salem as a scholarship participant and I serve on their Inclusiveness Committee.
Coming up in the near future: a trip to San Francisco for my 25th birthday in March, being the Maid of Honor for Susannah Hahn, and hopefully, hopefully, hopefully getting into grad school. That's right, grad school. I am currently working on my application to the University of Kent in Canterbury, Eng for my MA in Mysticism and Religious Experience. In short, my ideal program for a variety of reason, the main one being it is my exact field of study. Ashley has already been accepted in a MSc in Computer Science with goals of becoming the premier web-site designer in the world, or at least carving her own niche in the field.
So. This means that we will hopefully both be moving to the UK at the end of this summer and in the UK for the next year and possibly a little while after that. We shall see. If for some silly reason, I am not accepted, then this moves becomes a matter of can I get a job and a visa; if not, I still plan on moving out of Winston but I have no idea where yet. I guess you will have to stay tuned. That's right, a cliff hanger.
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