Too Excited to Shut Up

It is incredibly premature for me to say anything -- not that it matters, really -- but I'm excited and the Hubs isn't home yet and the Sibs is out with her brood for a birthday dinner (hers), and this is so cool.

K called before, between classes, to say that she's been offered a graduate assistantship for the coming year. Do you know what that is?

IT'S A JOB.

Okay, it's not a high-paying job, but it would provide her spending money and even better, it would pay her tuition for the year. !!!!!!!! The only drawback, she said, and it was a quick conversation, is that it would delay her student teaching, and thus, her entry into the world of Real Job. And she has to decide tonight, and give her answer tomorrow. She won't be home from class until about 9.30. I have a feeling that I'll be watching the end of Heroes off the recording tonight.

Anyway, I guess I'll have the results tomorrow, but she sounded very excited, and I think it's an honor to be asked. Stay tuned.

I was pretty busy at work today, which was fine by me. I'm only going in for the morning tomorrow, as I have an appointment with Harry Katz the Sinus Man at 1.45, and may or may not be seeing the audiologist before that (for a change.)

Change of subject: I picked up Q's ashes at the vet's before. I have no idea what to do with them. For now, it's a little box on the back seat of my car. I only opted for what they called "private cremation" because I wanted to make sure ... well ... that the right thing was done, if you know what I mean. You hear stories about animal crematoria that just ... don't do what they're supposed to; I really don't want to put any nasty images in anybody's head, but I just didn't want that for little Q, so I figured if I did it this way, I'd know that everything was done properly. (I don't know why I think I know that now, but I guess I do.) *sigh* So now I've got a box. I don't think any of us are looking for ceremony here, but I don't want to just spread it on the ground where the Hubs is planting his tomatoes, either. I knew this would happen. Ah, maybe around the base of the Japanese maples out front. Yeah, that's it. Now I just have to decide whether I should just do it, or tell everyone or what. Eh, I'll see what the Hubs says. Outside the house is his domain anyway.

Speaking of the Hubs, he's going to Minneapolis for a few days on Sunday. He does hate to travel, but I think it's better for him now that there's someone else in his office, his protege of sorts, who goes along, too. He'll be gone for two nights, I think, leaving Sunday and coming home Tuesday. And now for these three weeks, K is in class four days a week from 1.00 to 9.00, so it looks like I'll be on my own a lot. As long as I don't eat; I eat when I'm bored. But I seem to be losing again a bit after gaining when I was sick, so that's self-motivating. I was thinking of walking to and from school today, but I had too much stuff to bring in; maybe Wednesday. I'll have to check the weather.

Back to Harry. I have about 150 pages to go in The Order of the Phoenix, and then The Half-Blood Prince.

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