Jacquelyn's Space

Perhaps quote of the last decade or more, LOL.

“Every time I see you, you make me wish that birth control was retroactive.” ~ Redd Foxx as Fred G. Sanford.

Love it!!

I have often pondered the unfairness of life. All the injustices, big and small. I have always hated that saying “Nobody ever said life was fair.” Ugh! Life isn’t fair and I guess it is naive to think that it could/should be – it would be a mammoth task to achieve fairness for everyone, especially when nobody is interested. It is just sad that so many rotten people get away with all the rotten things they do (big and small) and so many people get away with being snakes in the grass so to speak (sorry snakes) and never get called out on it. It seems bad behaviour reigns supreme these days and people let most of it slide because that is just the way we are – let it be someone elses problem or it usually has to do with money. Lets all bow down and accept shit from people because of the almighty dollar. Just sick of it! When does it all end? When do we start standing up and fighting unfairness and injustice in our lives – the big and the small – to help make people better, to help make this world a better place? Not necessarily ‘fair’ but at least an overall better place.

I am pondering what I should do about the GRE – should I take it in three weeks or should I wait and take it in the fall or later? The test is changing and some say the new version is harder. This is frustrating!! I wish I had taken it already but I did not have the time to fit it in. I meant to study this summer and take it in July but I did not get off to a good start in May so now I feel I am up against the wall with only three weeks to study. Is three weeks really enough time to prepare for the GRE? For me, probably not. I worry about the math. But if I wait I may end up having to buy new study materials (all my study materials are for the old test) and have to deal with an even harder test (harder math), UGH. Plus it may push my goal of going to grad school back. Grad school! That is a whole other mess of questions that I haven’t answered yet.

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Yay! I have made my decision. I decided to wait and take the revised GRE. I have scheduled myself a September test date and I bought some new test prep materials, one that even focuses on my weak spot math. Now I must get to studying. Next decision is which 4 schools do I want my scores sent to?

Yay! It is the end of my work week and I made it. Most hours I have worked at McD’s in a while and they were tough too! It has been busy and I guess we don’t have enough people at the store to work (either that or the manager messed up the schedule as usual). I have been working overnights this week to cover someone’s vacation at it has been kicking my butt. That is some hard work – they really know how to get their moneys worth plus out of us poor minimum wage SOB’s. Now I am off for the long holiday week-end and for that I am so thankful. I didn’t even ask for this week-end off. I don’t know what to do with myself…haha no I do but I am somewhat torn. I should stay home and get this house in order and study for the GRE but I really want to go up north (and I can study for the GRE up there too). Stay home or go up north?

Worn out and old…

I have been so worn out lately. Too many activities and not enough rest. No time for this blog =( We have had something to do every week-end in June – grad parties, weddings, hockey game, charity bowling, plus home improvement projects and I have been working more. UGH!

Not only do I feel wore out, I feel pretty old. Hopefully this will pass. The Wii Fit said my Wii Fit age is 25 so that is awesome but these damn graduation parties and weddings are making me think of all the years that have flown by. My cousin got married – I used to baby sit him! Then to top it all off, my BFF’s daughter, Stephanie,  got married today (actually she has been married for a couple of months but had the celebration today). Seeing her in a wedding dress, doing all the traditional wedding stuff really shocked me and I got a little emotional. How can I be this old? How could all this time have passed so quickly? I remember when Steph was born…now she is married and who knows she may soon have a baby and my BFF will be a Grandma!!!

“The greatest choice we have is to think before we act and then take action toward our life goals every day. Our problems result not only from our lack of action, but from our action without thought.” ~Denis Waitley

“Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace, to be real, must be unaffected by outside circumstances.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi