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The most STRESSFUL day of my life..... (long)

okay.. I'm exaggerating but MAN!!! Get this.... I have an old schedule from school apparently. I THOUGHT I was suppossed to start school on Tuesday, Oct 12 (that IS what the paper I have says). Well someone at school changed the date. And they just suppossed everyone knew... now most people wait till the last minute to schedule things. I DON'T!!!!!! I knew in MAY that Oct 12th was my start date... (right APRIL???). I double checked my dates before I went to TX. THANK GOD I shortened this vacation (I was going to stay in TX until yesterday but I had to sing at a friends wedding too). Well guess what happens?

They changed it so school started Oct 4th. I found out TODAY. Yup. Thats right. I missed 3 days of classes. THREE. I don't miss class. I'm an A student for a reason. Not to mention I get a phone call at

12:35 about it from one of my profs wondering why I didn't show... and my other class starts at 1pm!!! I was up late (reorganizing my scraproom because April, Dave, Kenda, and M-C enabled my FLASSYNESS).... Soooooo.... I had only been up a few minutes.. no shower... stuff for school not even packed (remember I wasn't suppossed to start for a few more days...). ARRRRRGGGGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (was that enough exclamation points?.... no.... ) !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (there, that oughta do it..)

So what do I do? I take a 3 minute shower... pack my bag, grab my camera bag (thank God that is always packed) and go to school overdressed (I hadn't been up long enough to check the weather) and with wet hair. Not to mention I got behind the idiot drivers on my massive 2 mile trek to school (thank god for that short trip on days like today). I go to class. WHEW, I'm there. I can't find them. They aren't in the classroom. Where are they? I ask... finally find them 5 minutes late... my prof is cool about it... we are in the lunchroom getting ready to leave on a field trip (shooting film)... I try to buy a pop with my last dollar... nope... it takes my quarters and leaves me dehydrated....UGH. I'm NOT in the mood for this. I swear today I was the opitome of the B word. NOTHING went right. I go on the shoot... cool, I'm relaxing a bit... then my IBS kicks in. I'm hitting every bathroom I can find. I manage to get a roll shot and some of the shots I can't wait to see (they rocked). I get back to school and spool my negatives to develop them (we shot black and white). I develop it. Guess what? Murphy hits AGAIN. The spool didn't lock down and my negatives were touching during developing... which effectively ERASES your negatives... in spots... I think I got 2 good shots on that roll... so tommorrow (today now). I have to reshoot everything. I gave up on that. So what do I do since I can't do a contact sheet? I try to get my books from the bookstore since I didn't get them yet. I stand in line for 20 minutes. I finally get up there and they inform me that their new rule is they must have an official schedule to give books (even though I know the classes and all by heart of what I have and the people in the bookstore know me). I never got a schedule... in fact, I called two days prior (and they didn't mention class was in session when I called either) to double check my class schedule (wouldn't someone calling for their schedule AFTER session starts make YOU wonder and say something? UGH). Soooooo I have to go to the registrar to get another copy. I go in... "oh she will be right with you".... I watch her wander around with coffee... chat with other employees and 30 minutes later I'm still not helped (granted all she had to do was enter my social in the computer and hit print). I get P'ed AGAIN. Murphys law is hitting my too much today. I stomp back to my profs office (and she shares with my OTHER prof). I tell her, well..... I can't get anything done so I can't catch up THIS week so I'll just not go this semester since I missed a week and come back in winter semester. I go to get my film (still drying) out of the dryer and the other prof hands me a copy of my schedule. It took her less than 2 minutes. Amazing..... I about wanted to kiss her. I go and get my books. I came home. I decided not to press my luck any further today and only ran ONE errand. I'm not putting the hard drive in my computer till tommorrow. I'm not risking it. I'm reorganizing my FLASS stash and I'm still too wired to sleep......

Sooooooooo, that was my day... how was yours? *smirk*

(oh and by the way... I did not once break anything today... I didn't call anyone any rude names... I slammed a few things around but that was it.... so I think I did very well... LOLOL ... considering.... 5 years ago someone would have gotten hurt... even the soda machine still stands!)

*pounds more eyelets.....*

wonder why...................

Reply to
Ronni
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Awwww that was a heck of a day {{{{{{{{{{big hugs}}}}}}}}}}}

I love the pound eyelets part! You were so good not to start demolishing the school. I guess you're just hanging around us sweet and quiet Flass types to much, LOLOLOL!!! Thank goodness that prof called. That shows that she not only cares but also knew that it wasn't really like you! Glad you're back on track, or almost, despite all the glitches. Hopefully you don't have class this morning as you sent this out at 3 AM!!!

Just think today just has to be a better day (ducking)

Reply to
M-C

Oh my goodness "being a fellow A student" I bet you were freaked knowing you missed 3 days. What I've found over the years is "being an A student" you have more than the smarts and the drive to get caught up. Most people would throw in the towel after a day like yours. Keep your chin up, keeping pounding those eyelets and have fun reshooting those photos when you're not so stressed.

Lynne

Reply to
King's Crown

Thank god tomorrow is Saturday!!! Sounds like you need the weekend. What a story. I just keep reading thinking that was the worst of your day then something else would happen to you. I would have been really po'ed in that office with the schedule thing. Yes I agree with MC your professors must really like you or she wouldn't have went and got the schedule for you. Hope the rest of your week gets better.

Reply to
scassady

I don't know if she really likes me or not... I only talked to her on the phone that one time and then I showed up in person and that was it... not my most wonderful moment. I don't have class today but I need to get out and reshoot this and I can't sleep. I didn't get to sleep until 7 and its noonish now... that should tell you. She didn't call me back today so I don't know what is up there... I need to know whats up before the weekend... UGH.

Reply to
Ronni

Okie, I talked to her just now... well I have that monthly crop tommorrow... so i'm going to go nap, load up the car... sleep, crop (try to destress) and get home and read and study (I'm probably going to leave and go somewhere for that). Sunday is go to church and ignore hubby again day because I have two weeks worth of reading and an exposure quiz (my nemesis). Woo...... Next week is gonna be a doozy. Two labs (she won't count as late) to complete in hers and the reshoot in the other.... I CAN do this...... *chugs gatorade* *assumes fighting position*

*passes out* (hey I DID just get 4 hours sleep........)

Reply to
Ronni

I think I figured her out. I just talked to her. She doesn't like my personality much but she admires the fact that I'm persistent and I'm catching up come Hell or Highwater. I think she admires that part of my personality..... I just told myself that I AM finishing this degree. I will NOT let ANYTHING stand in my way this time (not family, jobs, health.. nada). If I gotta get sick, then I'll study before surgery, but I'm finishing.

Now I need to go pass out....... LOLOLOL

Reply to
Ronni

So what kinda of photography degree are you going for. Or what I mean is what kinds of jobs are you hoping to get. Are you wanting to have your own photography shop. Sounds like it would be a fun job. Go get some sleep.

Reply to
scassady

I want to do commercial photography (advertising, models, etc). I'd love to have my own shop some day but I'd be happy to work for a commercial house or publishing company some day. I'll probably do weddings, portraits, senior pics on the side, but it will definitely NOT be my main business. I just don't want the stress of weddings. I'd rather be in a studio. I have alot of lab work next week to catch up on but it doesn't bother me because the lab work is what I love. Its the memorization I hate.. LOL

So what is the developer bath time of T100 film? (its 10 minutes at a

1:1 ratio).... LOLOL

Reply to
Ronni

Sounds very interesting. I don't blame you. Being in a studio sounds less stressful. They can come to you. And you can set your own hours that way. Good luck.

Reply to
scassady

Reply to
Kenda

OOOO..... foam!!! (dontcha love the smell of animal byproducts in the morning?).. LOLOLOLOL

*ducks from lynnes sandal being thrown my way*

hee hee.... yeah you guys are calming all right..... *snicker*

Reply to
Ronni

Foam, we don't use no stinkin' foam! Our wonderful Chief doesn't like foam so he started purchasing pumpers without. Which really sucks as we used our foam tank on the old pumper on every vehicle fire. Made putting out the semi's much easier and quicker! But in his eyes the foam is expensive and he doesn't want to "waste the budget on foam". Go figure....

Reply to
Kenda

He's full of hot air! Someone should bust his bubble and clue him in. Want the sandal to throw at him, Kenda?

Reply to
M-C

Yeah well wait till one of these days someone gets hurt because of the lack of foam... let some heat build up somewhere and wooosh! Yeah foam is expensive but it saves time, lives and recovery and repair (lets see, how much asphalt has to be replaced because it melted?) UGH.... he needs that sandal!!!! LOLOL

Reply to
Ronni

Pass it over and when I go to him on Wednesday to file a complaint I'll throw it at him as I leave! lol

Reply to
Kenda

considering....

Reply to
M-C

I was thinking I might need to send you the matching one to give him a double thunk in the head.

Reply to
King's Crown

There will be no retrieving it after I throw it. I'll be headed for your house for cover! LOL

Reply to
Kenda

Yeah the first one to distract him, the second to actually hit him. I'll need to knock him out in order to escape with my job! LOL

Reply to
Kenda

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