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I am such a lazy bum. I spent 1 hour and 45 minutes yesterday doing homework. I've been up for well over 2 hours and I have still done no work. I haven't even eatten or showered! I have done nothing useful. And Josh is coming next weekend for my birthday, so I want to get ahead on stuff this week. Don't you hate it when you get all burned out because you put off homework in the previous week too long, but then you can't make yourself start the next weeks homework any earlier because you are burned out from the previous week. Or maybe it's just that I am a lazy bum who isn't in enough units to properly scare herself. Sigh. My tea water is almost hot. At least that is something. I wonder if there is anywhere I can buy half and half with flex.
Been looking more at digital cameras. I've found some fairly mixed reviews of the Dimage Xt (which I still find a pretty attractive camera). However, some people say that you can't adjust the shutter speed, and other people say you can. This confuses me. It seems like a good thing to be able to do. Maybe it is just something that some of the people didn't read the manual long enough to learn how to do. I want to find a store that is close to Mudd which carries this camera so that I can see it in person.
Looked at Peace Corps stuff last night. Volunteer work does pay very well, not that this surprises me. However, something I hadn't considered until I got to the point where they ask about it on the application is loans. I believe that Josh and I are both worth negative amounts of money. Some amount of some kinds of student loans are forgiven (was it 15% for one year or for two), and some loans can be deferred. My loans wont qualify for either of those, but I think some of Josh's might, except by a year from now it is likely that none of his loans will qualify for deferment, even if they did before. Spending 2 years being paid living expenses while accumulating debt doesn't actually sound all that wise. I really think I'd like to teach abroad as part of the peace corps or something similar someday, and I'm afraid that it wouldn't happen if I waited. Additionally, if you want to come back and visit during your 2 years of service, you have to pay for your tickets out of your savings. Overall, it would look like a better deal if my savings wasn't negative due to student loans. There is also the issue that I don't think Josh is interested in it at all, and we would have to already be married to go over together. I guess the marriage requirement makes some sense since a lot of backward places don't allow people to live together or do a lot of the things we are used to doing without being married to each other first, but it is still a little annoying. They do, however, only require that you be married before you go overseas, not before you apply, which would probably have made the peace corps completely out of the question for next year. I'm going to call and talk to Josh about it. Maybe I can convince him that it would be a fun thing to do--at least someday, even if it isn't reasonable for next year.
Been looking more at digital cameras. I've found some fairly mixed reviews of the Dimage Xt (which I still find a pretty attractive camera). However, some people say that you can't adjust the shutter speed, and other people say you can. This confuses me. It seems like a good thing to be able to do. Maybe it is just something that some of the people didn't read the manual long enough to learn how to do. I want to find a store that is close to Mudd which carries this camera so that I can see it in person.
Looked at Peace Corps stuff last night. Volunteer work does pay very well, not that this surprises me. However, something I hadn't considered until I got to the point where they ask about it on the application is loans. I believe that Josh and I are both worth negative amounts of money. Some amount of some kinds of student loans are forgiven (was it 15% for one year or for two), and some loans can be deferred. My loans wont qualify for either of those, but I think some of Josh's might, except by a year from now it is likely that none of his loans will qualify for deferment, even if they did before. Spending 2 years being paid living expenses while accumulating debt doesn't actually sound all that wise. I really think I'd like to teach abroad as part of the peace corps or something similar someday, and I'm afraid that it wouldn't happen if I waited. Additionally, if you want to come back and visit during your 2 years of service, you have to pay for your tickets out of your savings. Overall, it would look like a better deal if my savings wasn't negative due to student loans. There is also the issue that I don't think Josh is interested in it at all, and we would have to already be married to go over together. I guess the marriage requirement makes some sense since a lot of backward places don't allow people to live together or do a lot of the things we are used to doing without being married to each other first, but it is still a little annoying. They do, however, only require that you be married before you go overseas, not before you apply, which would probably have made the peace corps completely out of the question for next year. I'm going to call and talk to Josh about it. Maybe I can convince him that it would be a fun thing to do--at least someday, even if it isn't reasonable for next year.
