*passes out*

I thought when you graduated from college you're supposed to be LESS tired. I somehow have done the opposite. I feel MORE tired now than I did in the final weeks of college! I'm less stressed (that's for sure), but I'm definitely more tired. I'm sleeping well at night (or so I think) and I'm going to sleep before midnight and I seem to be waking up at a consistent time the majority of the time in a week (I can't sleep past 8:30am most days and if I can, I wake up then anyway). So...it's a bit baffling. Hopefully I'll be able to catch up on sleep sometime. Between MBARI, Borders, and the aquarium I seem to be having a hard time in finding a day when I have time to just, well, relax. Oh well. I just need to get through June and I'll have time to lounge while I'm recuperating from getting my tonsils removed and I have the half-week in Pismo too.

In the Fall MPC is offering Macro- and Microeconomics. They're back-to-back in the morning and afternoon (or afternoon) so I'll be taking both classes next fall. Might as well get 'em over with! It's $20 a unit and they're 3 unit classes each. So...I'm going to have to PAY for the tuition at $120. How weird is that going to feel? I'm used to getting money BACK from tuition. LoL That means between books and fees...next semester ain't gonna be "cheap." I was hoping for 1 day a week classes, but they're twice a week at 1.5 hours for each class. So that's 6 hours of class in a week. That's going to seem weird. CSUMB, in ESSP, rarely has classes that are 1.5 hours long. So those always seem short since classes are usually 2 hours, but there are 3 hour classes and those are EXCRUCIATINGLY long. So...It'll be interesting to see how 2 back-to-back classes that are 1.5 hours each feels.

October is when the GSP positions open. So I can start applying for that then and looking at what positions are even open. Applications end in January, so I have to have all my grad school apps in before Jan so I can send them off with the GSP application proving I'm applying to grad schools. Should be interesting. I need to start studying again for the GRE. I'm tempted to not take it again since Columbia doesn't require it and Judy's letter of rec (I'm sure she'll write me one) would probably be good enough for UofW since she knows the entire faculty/staff in the Marine Affairs program! But...You never know. So...I'll probably chuck out the $150 and go to San Jose and take the test again. Grad school ain't cheap and trying to get INTO grad school isn't cheap either! For a society that looks at Bachelor's as almost nothing these days, you'd think Master's would be either a) cheaper, b) easier to finance, or c) easier to get into. Of course, things don't work that way.

I am thinking, at least now, of getting my PhD. I'd like to teach in a college, eventually, when I think the government is completely hopeless. LoL Teaching has its rewards and I can grab impressible minds and mold them to my ways and send them off into the world easier then. Of course, you never know down the line!

OH! I was so upset about my grades that I never mentioned Laurie, Kate, and Kate's family coming to see us on Sunday (a bit over a week ago!). Chris and I met up with them at the aquarium and toured the aquarium with them. Then they came to my house and they had dinner. It was a nice time and it was fantastic to see them! I was thinking about it and there's 11 Beanies (including myself) and by the end of this summer I'll have met all but 4 of them. Not bad for a year and having Beanies in Australia, all over the US (West coast, Central US (north and south), and East Coast), and Europe!

Well...with that. I think I'll head off, read, eat, and sleep.