Okay, so I suck at the journaling thing

I admit it. It's true. I mostly let them die a slow, unobserved, unattended death.
It's not necessarily for lack of content or thought-process, more of a disconnect between when the thinking and processing is going on and the ability to blog about it. That, and the fact that I'm notorious for forgetting which email and password goes with which account... Maybe with my newfound love of the blogging world (thanks DailyKos.com!) I can finally express myself more regularly through this outlet.

As for the previous post from ages and aaaaages ago... I did end of switching departments and working for the best friend of the chair from my previous department. A delightful opportunity. Big office, self-sufficient faculty, more responsibility, event planning, phones ringing, keeping my boss together (my other beloved boss needed more of a sounding board and a paper-pusher rather than someone to keep him organized). I actually really liked my job, and my blossoming friendships with coworkers from upstairs. In the end, though, because I liked my job so much, and the people saw potential in me to move up into greater things, the threat became that I would become too wound up in the job and make returning to grad school that much harder. The collection of events surrounding this last spring (I was a ten-week employee with summers off and wanted to be home in WI for those weeks; my roommate was weird and the decision to live there was always based on a six-month stay and the logistics of moving out or moving back loomed large; and a college roommate was looking for a new living situation in the midwest) culminated in my return to the midwest and a move to Iowa City in August.

Thus, here I am, working a very unglamorous job, but mostly content with life and how recent events seem to be unfolding. I need to be more focused on getting into graduate school and my GRE... soon, very soon! I seem to be home a lot, like every other weekend, but I love fall in Wisconsin. My high school football team is so far undefeated, and I've enjoyed seeing a couple of their games, including a barn-burner last-second-touchdown-pass-for-the-win more than a week ago. Apple-squeezing for cider is also enjoyable, and there's a wedding to attend mid-October...

Life continues to roll forward, with or without me, so I better get off my ass a little more. :) teehee. Cheers.