Salem, Oregon. ODS. And Laaaameness.

Okay,
I am sitting alone in my apartment that Josh and I got this year. He has decided that he is going to stay for the year, which makes me happy in a sense, and terribly sad in another. He won't be as lonely, and we will be able to save money... but he will be giving up what he thought was his dream for the school year. Is it really that possible to be sad for getting what I wanted? So we are settling in.

I got an internship for Outdoor School (ODS), as a waste-management curriculum enforcer/eco-happy hippy staff member. Pretty much my job is to enforce the waste-reduction curriculum and try to get these sixth graders to a) have fun and b) get the message so that hopefully they will go home and teach it to others.

I get only $9/hr, and only 40hrs a week, but it is okay, since room, food, electric at site, etc. is included on top of the 40 hours. So, in short, no overtime but bonuses on food and a warm room.

I will be starting a job at WU for the summer, only 20 hrs a week, but that is okay for me. I will be needing to get a secondary job for the rest of the summer, but it will be going to pay off the bills that I owe, especially for my education and for the outstanding loans that I have aquired.

The lame part of this post is that I hate that when I am home (Sat-Sun), Josh decides he is gonna go North and spend his weekend playing games at a family LAN party, and telling stories. This while I am staying at home and trying to recuperate from a trying week at ODS. I am terribly lonely. On top of that, I tried to cooperate and come to some compromise that made us both happy. Lame enough to say, no matter what the compromise it wasn't good enough. He'd have to leave the family party (that starts at noon thirty) at about 9pm to get back to Salem at a decent time. And he doesn't want to. Makes me feel both annoyed at his childishness and like I get what I deserve for leaving him alone in the apartment all week while I am out making money at ODS. *sigh*

Enough complaining, though... hopefully you are having a great summer and relaxing like I am attempting to do on my weekend off.

Much love.
~N

In which Nikki is still dead, but looks a bit more alive

Okay, my lovely readers (and by readers I mean you, Alexis), it is time for an update.

Here is the list, the idea for which I shamelessly stole from Alexis. Note the strikethroughs!

1. Environmental Geology - Final Paper (60ish pages) Due Thursday by 5:15pm
1a. geology
1b. volcanic hazards
1c. seismic hazards (earthquakes)
1d. mass wasting hazards (commonly known as landslides)
1e. rivers and flooding hazards (WAS NOT COMPLETE)
1f. groundwater hazards (poison, toxins, what the hell are you drinking from your private well)
1g. Introduction, Conclusion (WAS NOT DONE, but turned in anyway)
1h. Appendices, Bibliography, Table of Contents

2. Water Resources - Final Paper (15-20 pages) Due Saturday at 11am
This paper is about Arsenic in Groundwater and why it sucks.
I got a 45/55 on this, which is amazing considering I was really really dead and stopped caring. This put me at a B for the class.

3. GIS - Final project Due NEXT Tuesday, 8am
3a. Get details (Possibly involving eating at one of the restaurants I am researching)
3b. put together project WIP
3c. do powerpoint on what I did WIP
3d. Be there at 8am next Tuesday to present it, present it.

4. Japanese - Study for Exam Not due, but Exam Friday, 9am.
I got a B on the exam, which puts me at a B for the class.

So that is the 411, I am working on the GIS final now, and really need to get back to work.

Later!
~N

Still dead, but posting this anyway

So...

I officially have focus issues. But it is almost not my fault. You see, I am moving into an apartment with my fiance, editing a 60 page paper, writing an 18-20 page paper, studying for Japanese, doing a GIS project and powerpoint on "How I did it", and trying to find work for the summer.

Unfortunately, that means my brain is dealing with so many things that it actually refuses to deal with anything. At all. As in my papers have made decent progress in the hour I was able to work on them, but otherwise my brain doesn't work. Hence me writing a blog instead of doing my papers. (However, it is quite true that I have had to do work at work right now and 15 minutes isn't long enough to work on a paper when you have to map the network drive, get out the notes, and look up what still needs to be edited. Blogging I can do with minimal referencing and takes less focus.)

So. To blatantly copy someone else (really good idea, Alexis), I am going to make my list...

1. Environmental Geology - Final Paper (60ish pages) Due THIS Thursday by 5:15pm
1a. geology
1b. volcanic hazards
1c. seismic hazards (earthquakes)
1d. mass wasting hazards (commonly known as landslides)
1e. rivers and flooding hazards
1f. groundwater hazards (poison, toxins, what the hell are you drinking from your private well)
1g. Introduction, Conclusion
1h. Appendices, Bibliography, Table of Contents

2. Water Resources - Final Paper (15-20 pages) Due THIS Saturday at 11am
This paper is about Arsenic in Groundwater and why it sucks.

3. GIS - Final project Due NEXT Tuesday, 8am
3a. Get details (Possibly involving eating at one of the restaurants I am researching)
3b. put together project
3c. do powerpoint on what I did
3d. Be there at 8am next Tuesday to present it, present it.

4. Japanese - Study for Exam Not due, but Exam THIS Friday, 9am.


So there you have it, all laid out and pretty (only not).

And that doesn't count moving stuff into the apartment, rearranging said apartment, getting things to furnish said living space, getting a job for the summer, and/or figuring out bills.

Fun, fun.

Okay, now that I have wasted time, I gotta get lunch, then return to working on this stuff.

Love ya, bye.