Tex is a happy girl today.

I'm so antsy today. And my attention span sucks. Not that its ever great to start with, but its worse than usual today. I want to write, but I need to clean, but I want to go get a pedicure too. And there's laundry to do (because isn't there ALWAYS?)  and other random things that I really ought to get caught up on.

But I felt the need to post first, because there's been a few days between posts, and things have gotten interesting. Sort of.

I took the plunge and told Candi I want to start my internship in the next couple of weeks. And that I'm interested in taking the empty manager slot since Kevin left. I start Tuesday the 15th for training. I'm excited and nervous and praying that I'm making the right decision here. But I'm tired of my income depending on the generosity of others. It pisses me off. So I'm going to give this a try. Mostly I'm excited about it, it's a change, a step in the right direction. Lately, I've been really depressed over my job. I'm over serving. Its been 4 years, and I'm just over it.

So I'll try to keep updates coming on that situation. I managed at my other restaurant job before though, and I enjoyed that. This is a step beyond that though. At TRH, it was "coordinating", which meant that I was on the floor, interacting with the customers and doing day-to-day stuff, comps and seating and helping out wherever was needed (behind the bar, expo, etc.) but not much more than that. This is like actual managing. Eventually probably closing by myself, taking care of paperwork, that kind of thing. Jumping on the line if needed (which makes me nervous, I've never cooked before, at least not in that setting), behind the bar, all kinds of stuff.

If nothing else, it's an opportunity not going to waste. If I hate it, by December I'll have a degree and can go do something else if I choose.

Well, at least I threw some laundry in. I feel marginally more productive. And, in about 15 minutes, I managed to submit my FAFSA form. FOR THE LAST TIME EVER. I am so effing excited about that. Although it was considerably easier than usual, given the new option to import your tax info from the IRS automatically. So that was actually pretty painless this time. Which is funny, because it is the last time I'll have to do it (unless I go for grad school *shudder*) and it was the easiest. And my stepmom and I were just discussing how much we hated filling those things out.

Whatever. I feel really productive now, haha. And in like a week, I'll be scheduling my LAST semester of undergrad. Epic. I feel like I've been waiting forever for this to come. Oh that's right, because I have. But it's finally happening. And you know why? Because I refused to let the circumstances of my life turn me into a college dropout. I refused to be stuck at some dead-end job because I couldn't finish my degree. I fought damn hard to get where I am right now, and hell yes I'm proud of it.

So suck on that, doubters. Pause for more coffee.

Anyway. I'm in a really awesome mood today. Snow, aside, of course. But I have good music and hot coffee to keep me company while I get some things done and hopefully start hammering out this plot that's been rolling around in my head for a couple of weeks now. I figure I have some solid time to work on it this week, given the fact that it is Spring Break. So go me and all of that. And there is a light at the end of the Penn State tunnel, and I get to take on a new opportunity at work (and work towards the light at the end of the school tunnel, haha) and I'm just feeling really good about life.

And of course, there's Andy. =] This "whatever it is that he and I have going on here" is going really well. He makes me smile and he makes me laugh. All the time. So I can't complain.

That's enough about that for now. Wouldn't want to get too sappy. Away we go to write and drink too much coffee. I think sleeping tonight could be a serious issue, but eh, life goes on.