quick update

i was going to upload pictures of brock and brax's birthday party, but my camera batteries are dead, so now i have to wait until another time when they are charged and i have an extra minute (don't hold your breath waiting).

anyway, i am sort of officially back working at emler's. until the end of the session i am subbing/d.a.-ing/working office in one location and retraining at another. silly, i know, but apparently different managers require different things. somewhat frustrating and confusing to not quite know what is expected/required. at the start of next session i will have my own classes and work the office.

as for school, i am officially done with classes november 14th, november 21st, and november 26th and have my two huge papers due november 28th. there is a lot to do between now and then. i still do not like my it/mis class but my professor still likes me. hopefully this will keep working to my benefit (meaning, hopefully he'll give me an A). next semester i am taking an online course (financial management-- apparently it is a difficult class), and then going to school on thursday (organizational behavior) and saturday (healthcare informatics). yes, saturday. crappity, crap, crap. and to make matters worse, it is an informatics class, which once again deals with computers. but, it is the only healthcare class they are offering next semester so i am stuck.

good news: waterview FINALLY came and smelled my apartment. since i moved in i have been complaining of how bad it smells and spent quite a bit of money on anti-smell stuff. they said that they put charcoal buckets in my vents and sprayed a fogger at the beginning of school, but i don't believe them. i finally had enough and sent a couple of not nice e-mails and got some real people (meaning, not maintenance men who really don't have any clout to be able to do something about it besides spray air freshener like i hadn't already thought of that) to smell my apartment. there response was: "wow, that smells awful! are you sure you don't smoke? you don't own a cat?" umm, duh, people, that is what i've been trying to tell you! they are supposed to come up with a plan of action by tomorrow. so, maybe by january my apartment will smell better.

is it creepy if the guy who lives above me (36 years old, pakistani) who has already asked to move in with me (i told him no) and asked me out (once again, i told him no) informed me that he looks over his balcony and searches for my car in the parking lot to see whether or not i'm home (he was complaining that i've been gone too much lately)?

my it/mis professor referred to quotation marks as "upside down commas" last night