jayme

to the two people i know who will actually read this, but in time...

i got into grad school at UW. so what to do now? quit my retail job. right start is going downhill. i've been told by my manager that it's not bankrupt downhill, but economy downhill. right start acquisition co has forced all their full-time employees to become part-time employees. meaning they aren't required to provide benefits therefore they don't have to pay for benefits for their employees. that company i've been working for for 2 years has gone to shits. to force all your employees to go part-time is ridiculous. maybe they should have realized earlier that opening two new stores isn't going to belittle the effect of the economy and rack in more money for the CEO. so i'm getting out and put my 2 weeks notice in. but with my last two weeks they still refuse to provide me with reasonable hours. so far i've worked and 8 hour week while the "new" girl still works at least 16 and i have 18 months on her. don't tell me you can't afford me now because even though i only have 2 weeks left doesn't mean i can be pushed over and paid less. right start and CEO of right start, you suck.

the next seven days will be hard. i'm taking the GRE on wednesday. with an exam in my one last class on tuesday and a group project presentation and report due the tuesday after that. 
it's hard to fit everything into my schedule lately. i have the same job + a nice raise 3 days a week and i tutor at a school off of Yesler 2 days a week. 
i've finally picked which schools i'm applying to: UW, SDSU/USD, U of Arizona, and AT 
i've decided on 2 people i want to ask to write my letters of recommendation. and i should stop telling other people in my department who i picked because i'm afraid they're going to ask the same profs...and they probably will.

since junior is the only one who reads my blog and he complained about no updates...

i have something other school to talk about

i've been summoned to jury duty.
after waking up at 5:45am to catch the bus at 7, i got lost trying to find the court. it was raining and i had tons of time to kill because the #316 bus gets you downtown in ~10 minutes (ride this morning was 15 due to an accident), so i called home to wake my parents up and tell me where to go. unknowingly, while i was calling my parents i was exactly in front of the court house. i'm dumb, but it was early. 
check in took about an hour. then we waited. someone started to talk to us about our duty to serve. then we watched an informational video, more like tutorial on how to behave during and after jury duty if you're picked as a jurist in a trial. then more waiting. studied for the gre. got a break, but didn't go outside because of the rain. then attempted to study, but fell asleep for an hour in my chair only to wake up every 15 minutes just in case i was drooling or talking in my sleep (and everyone around me was sleeping). 
after lunch ( i tried that pike place chowder place in pacific place. good! i had a long lunch hour because we got dismissed early so i was able to walk that far) we waited more and my name got called. 
hopefully i won't get picked and won't have to stay the rest of the week. i'm kinda actually excited to do it though. it would be an interesting experience.

don't ever take the #16 bus from downtown. it took me almost 50 minutes to get home. when if i only stayed to wait for the #316 it would have only taken 15.

my FAVORITE picture of jonny
jacob's new hair cut

and his old one