I have been so out of character lately. Let's discuss all of my epic FAILs within the past 48 hours. Sunday I was supposed to do a FREE practice GRE that I signed up for throught The Washington Center. Well a long story short, Saturday night festivities led to my roommate and I "sleeping through" the test. No future grad school planning for me right now. So then, Monday we take off from work to go to a tour at the Pentagon that our program assistant has arranged for our group to go on. But, we leave too late (misjudging the metro time? how/WHY?) and arrive pretty much 20 minutes AFTER the meeting time. We just happened to get lucky and the security guards let us in to meet the group, but it was still kindof stressful anticipating missing the tour when we traveled all that way. ALSO, the night before I had stayed up til about 2 am working on an application for a teaching program for the summer. For some reason I thought yesterday was March 2nd and that is when the application is due. Why I thought this, I have no idea. But unfortunately, I rushed through the application and submitted it. Then I realized when it was due. I know I didn't make it the best it could be, but now I don't really get a choice of fixing it...
And what has led me to write this post of epic failures? We have a civic engagement component of this program, aka regular community service, and I slept through my first one this morning. My alarm mysteriously didn't go off... and I had to wake up and re-email the organization I wasn't coming (I hate doing that, I am so not that person who sleeps through things...) and also my boss to tell him I'll actually be in at the regular time. So, about that. I just hate letting people down. I'm already at the point of finding this all slightly amusing, in fact I've been impressed with myself for bringing humor to almost all of these situations already besides the application dilemma. I think I should be a little easier on myself and assume that it probably isn't a big deal that any of this happened, I'm just having an off weekend...ish. I know I tend to make a joke of most unfortunate little things that happen to me everyday, but this just all needed to be documented. Enough is enough... here's to getting my life back on track. I haven't even been using my planner (now that should be a shock for most), time to get my head out of the clouds!
I apparently work best with a certain degree of expectation/obligation to do well. But now to find a balance that works. It's all a learning experience, right?
Happy Tuesday everyone... I'm off to embrace America some more.
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You'll be okay!! Yea when shit happens it can suck, but we always bounce back.. even when we think tomorrow is March 2nd haha. Stop, take a deep breath, you're golden.
ReplyDeletePLUS, you're a lot more productive than I am. I'm very behind on researching internships for this summer/summer jobs/ grad school (Possibly?) prep and such... so way to go for being on top of things!
Haha no worries. I think you are just having an off week as you said and you just have to laugh about it because in the long run it doesnt matter too much. Plus you should totally not feel guilty for skipping a gre...overachiever cough cough.
ReplyDeleteewww omg shut up you KNOW you would be doing the same thing, especially if it were free, you cheapo! i mean, love you...
ReplyDeleteI dare you to hug all those political types...just like Angel does (and did) you at Girls on the Run. Come on...Share the GOTR love. Seriously, thanks for being your amazing self and sharing it with the girls in the GOTR program. We are lucky to have you.
ReplyDelete(Molly Barker, founder of Girls on the Run)