I'm so sick of studying.
Not even kidding. If I don't do well on the GRE, and have to re-take it, I might just boycott grad school. I could live on the streets back in Segovia, Spain. I'll admit, doing practice problems hasn't been too bad. I mean, it's really exciting when I get them right--especially if I didn't know how to do the problem before studying. But it's also really disappointing whenever I get one wrong. Bah. I would just like to be done.
I took a practice test a few days ago--I downloaded free GRE prep software from ETS (ETS administers the test) and it came with two practice exams. I got a 1240. Which is a decent score, I'd say. Not that I REALLY know. Trying to figure out what the average score is has been terrible. Different websites say different things--most say that for the quantitative, I should aim for a 700. 700! Each section is out of 800. Anyway, the software did give me percentiles, so that gives me a pretty good idea of where I am at. For the verbal, I got 650, which is in the 92nd percentile. That's pretty good, probably because studying vocab is much more fun than studying math. For the quantitative (ie math) my score was 590, which is in the 51st percentile. So, really average. It works, I suppose, but I want to do really well (hence even more studying). There is NO way I will get a 700 on the quantitative section, haha. But maybe a really good verbal section will make up for my stupid quant score? I can only hope!
I take the test a week from today! I'm not excited to take it--though to be honest, I'm not nervous yet either. I just want to get it over with, and then never have to worry about it again.
Other than studying, I've just been working at Macy's this week. Lots of work, super early in the morning. It makes me really tired, and I can't wait to be able to sleep in again. I've been getting mail, which is usually pretty exciting. But lately, I've been getting letters from lawyers, etc. They read in the police report (stalkers!) that I was in a car accident, and they are interested in representing me. However, I wasn't at fault for the accident, and insurance is paying for the minor repairs. Funny thing...although the damage seems pretty minor, fixing it will cost the insurance company almost $1500. Ridiculous!
The most recent letter was pretty amusing--it wasn't from a lawyer. It was from the Wellness Foundation in La Crosse. They "heard" that I was recently involved in a car accident. Haha. At any rate, they wanted to inform me of the importance of taking care of your body. Injuries from an accident may not appear for months, but they could be there. So, the Wellness Foundation is offering me a FREE "stress reducing, tension-alleviating, doctor-supervised massage." Which, actually, sounds pretty good, although I'm not sure why it has to be supervised? I just have to redeem it within 10 days. The normal value of the massage is $127. But I feel like a faker--let's be real, I DON'T have whiplash. Even my car is barely injured. I hope they sent a certificate for a free massage to the lady of the pale pink Mary Kay cadillac--not only did she get hit harder, but she seemed a little stressed about all of it!
Alright--this has been a nice study break, but back to studying it is. Once it gets a little cooler out, I'll go for a run. And then it'll be to bed early again, because I need to be up at 4:15 tomorrow. But, after work, I am going to the eye doctor, meeting Dad to look at new cell phones (!) and then driving to Ripon to visit LISSA!! It'll be a wonderful weekend, again :)
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