Don't you hate it when little things make a day that could have been perfectly good go bad? That's how life is though. There are rarely any days that are perfect. Life keeps you on your toes, throws you challenges. You just need to become greater than these situations and deal with them.
Today wasn't a bad day. There are just little things that made my day not perfect.
This morning I was scheduled for registration at a community college. As I predicted, I didn't get my "perfect" schedule. The situation has brought me to a difficult decision. What class do I try to add because the times conflict? What happens if I try to add and the professor ends up not letting me? What if I lose my chance with the other class I wanted to add? Do I apply for readmission with Davis now? If I get into ochem then I won't go back until W09 but if I get into physics I have to go back during F08. If I apply now then I might be able to register for classes sooner but I don't know if I'm going to get into ochem! I realize this is confusing even when I've typed it down, so sorry if you read this and ended up with a "huh?!" To sum things up, I don't know what to do. It's not the end of the world if I get pushed back in academics a little more, but it would be nice to get things straightened out.
Another problem has arised involving school. Davis has billed me again. After reading the bill, rereading it, and comparing it to the online bill, things don't add up (or subtract down). I have to call them tomorrow to figure this out. It's stupid enough that they're making me pay for half of last quarter (stupid Davis and it's only one type of withdrawal form). Now, they're making me pay for who knows what.
Now to the good part of my day. My first day back at LLH felt so rewarding and brightened up my spirits throughout the majority of the day. I'm not sure if my supervisor knew why I was gone for a month but I think she does. When she saw me walk in she said "I'm so glad you're okay. I got the email that you would be coming back today." I told the volunteer coordinator where I was and why I could complete my first week, but I wasn't sure if I should have explained to my supervisors. Actually, I couldn't have told them because all the numbers I got for their units turned out to be wrong or disconnected. So, I'm not sure if I should have told the volunteer coordinator how to explain to my supervisors. Anyways, the patient that I've mentioned in my first LLH post has moved to another unit! My supervisor said it was because he was ok speaking English and it was hard for him being the only Vietnamese patient on the Asian-American unit. I was going to ask her if I could pay him a visit but I knew she was going to take me to the unit instead of just telling me where he moved. I didn't want her to go to the trouble. Maybe on a day when she has nothing for me to do. My first task was helping one of the men with his English lesson. I've helped him before but he didn't remember me. I wouldn't blame him; It's been a month. He's a sweet guy. My supervisor was really impressed when I told him I could understand him fine. Apparently, she's never talked to him in English so she never knew how his English was. I have to say that I'm impressed too. He has the willingness to learn and he tries his best to talk to me. When I came back from break, I asked him how lunch was, which lead to a brief convo about how he was waiting for coffee ("Coffee everyday at 1:30"). I helped out my supervisor handing out Sara Lee pound cake and diet cokes (lucky patients, they get Sara Lee!). After that, I wrote out the events for May on a poster and took a couple of patients out for a stroll to the library. I'm pretty sure that I'm not really needed around the unit. I think it just a bonus that I'm there though. I get to report how patients are progressing and how they are in general. Nurses might not pick up on certain things because they deal with so many patients at a time. Plus, I enjoy it. I like the Asian-American unit, but I look forward to volunteering with an English speaking unit tomorrow. Wait, I don't know what the theme is for the units I'm on Tuesday and Wednesday so I shouldn't say that just yet. Watch it's a Spanish unit and I get totally lost.
After volunteering, I was planning to walk home instead of taking the bus. I ended up going to Sharon's to pick up my mail instead. I seriously need to go to the post office to fill out the "change of address" form so they stop sending stuff to the apartment in Davis. When I got home, I immediately turned on my computer and changed my address with Davis. At least I won't get any bills late now. (Side note: Thanks Becky for bringing back my mail!) Sharon and I ended up talking about school, professors that digress, TV and animals. Oh! Animals! When I was writing out the May events at LLH, there was some weird segment about goats that climb trees on Animal Planet. Goats that climb trees! How do goats climb trees?! They have hooves! No imposable thumbs! HOW?! I'm going to google it after this post. Thanks Sharon for the the gummy bears and for keeping my mail safe!
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Edit...
Here's the best explanation I found after searching for 3 minutes.
Yeah...I hope your not buying goat poop, ladies.
Darn, I missed the Big Bang Theory and HIMYM. Actually, I caught the last 30 seconds of HIMYM. Haha..goat..what a cowinkeedink.
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