It is *way* too nice out to be inside. Stupid mean nasty work, making me have to be inside when I’d rather be outside playing. The whole weekend was absolutely gorgeous. I walked a lot and I actually rode my bike and I gymmed on Saturday and Emily came over and we watched some Angel, and I stayed up until 2am re-reading Rose Daughter, which was a somewhat odd choice, because it’s not like I didn’t know how it ended. I was thinking about just staying up all night, at that point, since there were only 2 hours and 20 minutes of night left, but I decided I should probably go to bed after all.
Friday my boss told us, unofficially, that he’s leaving CHI because there’s nowhere in the new merged company that he belongs and that he and the parent company came to a mutal decision. His last day is the end of July. This was *really* demoralizing. Then Veronica mentioned that another coworker was leaving, too, to go get his MBA (that, if you’re counting, makes 6 out of 40 or so people who have left/been laid off/whatever since May 17), and I remembered that if my job went away, my fallback plan was to go back to school.
So I’m going to go up to the university this week and talk to them about the MFA in Creative Writing and see if 1. I could get in, and 2. if I’d want to. I don’t know if I’d be a good fit with an MFA program, or if it’d just piss me off beyond words. :) In fact, I need to call them to set up an appointment.
If it turns out I’m not a good fit with an MFA program, I’ll go back and get my BA in Art. And possibly in Anth at the same time. I *know* I can get an Anth degree in one year, assuming the right classes are provided (let’s hear it for having a degree within the university system already!), which they ususally are. Art would probably take a little longer, just because of the nature of the projects involved. But anyway, so that’s my plan, if the job goes poof.
I am now *extremely* impatient to find out if the job goes poof. While it’s probably a bit impractical, given that the job *not* going poof means I’m still making a steady paycheck and paying off loans instead of getting more, I gotta say, going back to school sounds like a whole lot more fun than working. :)
…*snort* Just called UAA. The CWLA office is closed from today through July 19. *snort* What timing I have! Oh well. I’ll have to call in July, and maybe by then I’ll have more of an idea of what’s actually going *on* with the job. Maybe.
I really like Rice Krispies.
ytd miles biked: 92.8
miles to Lothlorien: 50
ytd words written: dunno, 1200 more than last time?