I’ve been sick lately… Starting to feel better now. A random cold + fever snuck up on me out of nowhere and I’ve felt like crap for the last few days.
Life is good though. I wrote my MCAT in the beginning of August and I find out how I did in September. The test was hard, but I feel pretty confident. Now I need to focus on getting all my applications together, along with all the supplementary forms.
I was supposed to be in PA and NY for the next few days, buuuuuuut it was impossible for me to get the time off work, so I’m stuck at home. And I guess it’s for the better too, considering I’m always either (a) blowing my nose; or (b) hacking up something nasty.
Today I will treat myself to some much needed retail therapy. I’ve been needing some new make up for a while. Maybe I’ll get a new pair of shoes, just because. And Ikea. I will be be hunting for deals there today. And with that, I’m off to shower and get ready.
This summer, I’ve decided to transform my tiny, oddly-shaped closet into something useful. The shape of my closet is slightly different than your typical closet, however, and it’s extremely tiny which is why I don’t use it everyday. It’s somewhat of a rhomboid-trapezoidal shape. I keep my purses on the floor (my belts are in there too somewhere) and I hang some of my warmer, winter/fall clothes in there. Basically, my closet space is useless to me. Which is why I’m going to transform it, from: 
This was the first time (ever) that I have given a two-week notice at a part-time job and actually followed through with it until the end. I thought it would be awkward and I expected the managers to act weird towards me, but it was completely different. I did my work and everyone treated me.. well… normal. 
The truth is – I hope I never work retail again for as long as I live. In a clothing store anyway. I kind of felt like I was one of the oldest people there (well, I kind of was). There were so many new people that started over the last three weeks and everyone was 18 or 19 years old. Those who have been there longer than I have are about my age or older, and I think they’re all starting to realize that they should either find something else, or become management. One of the older girls gave her two-week notice in as well. If I wasn’t in school, I’d go into being a merchandiser or inventory manager, because I like that kind of stuff. But I’ve been in university for four years and by now I should find a job that’s somehow academically related to what I’ve been learning. 
Anyway, on a brighter note – my summer job gave me the go-ahead for next week’s conference – BUT I have to be back at work Friday morning because my co-worker that I work with starts vacation then. So this week is slightly stressful for me because I’m trying to learn how to run ICP-MS all by myself. Once the instrument is calibrated, I have no trouble loading samples and doing all the appropriate paperwork. But starting the thing is another story. So that’s what I’m learning this week.