No turning back

I scheduled my GRE as you all know, and it ended up having to be scheduled for about 1.5weeks sooner than I had hoped. I have always had a bit of a problem with anxiety and have been a glutton for piling on more than I can handle- all of this application stuff has been getting to me more and more and Sunday evening brought the straw that broke the camel's back.

On the way back from visiting a friend in Bismarck with my best friend, he informs me on the ride home that he is putting in a request to transfer to Utah by the end of the week and will make the final decision as to whether he will transfer this Fall if they accept him. This was just one bit of information more than I could handle and I've ultimately spent the last several days as a useless lump wallowing in my anxiety buried in a pile of things to do... all but ready to cancel my GRE and scratch the whole vet application idea this year.

It hasn't helped that I also spent quite a few days not-so-patiently awaiting my GRE review books to arrive in the mail (3 day shipping my foot!). They finally arrived late Tuesday night, and to my dismay they are all reviews for the NEW revised GRE! I had forgotten I ordered ones specifically for the new one.

I have since gotten my act together, enough to be functioning at least, and began a little online review last night. I went through the sample problems for the Quantitative section on the official ETS site and that didn't end so promising...

A warning to those that are also planning to use the official site for review: They offer a Powerprep software for free download. Let me tell you, this thing looked ancient from what I saw and what I read about it. I downloaded it anyways, followed the FAQ on how to run it on my Windows 7 OS and guess what- didn't work! I wasted about an hour between the download and googling for help to get it to work. There was a site I found that said you could download a virtual PC and run windows XP in the VPC- and this could then be used to run the Powerprep software. According to the VPC site my system is not an "ultimate" or other top-notch system so I'm not allowed to download the VPC either... My advice, stay far... far.. far... away from the Powerprep!

I am back at work again today (and thankfully so for the opportunity to keep me occupied for 12hrs and have a little return to normalcy); I'm starting to feel the crunch for the GRE- only 3-4 more days to review! I have to remind myself that it is only necessary for just 1 of my picks (UMN) and that I will have the chance to retake the New GRE for my other choices, and can be better prepared for them.

Nobody ever said this would be easy, NO turning back now! >.<

GRE for me!

In a sudden turn of events- I spur-of-the-moment decided I am going to apply for both my CLS year-long program AND veterinary school for Fall 2012! May the best program win! By that I mean, may I please God get accepted to a vet school and not have to finish with the CLS major! haha But I remain firmly realistic that I will be promptly denied everywhere I apply at this point in time.

I have decided, a little late in the game, to try my hand at applying to veterinary school RIGHT NOW as I will be taking my final pre-reqs this year and will be eligible for Fall 2012. So I should have begun studying for the GRE and prepping applications months ago! I'm really just eager to get my first round of rejections out of the way when I still have other options to follow through on, and hopefully get a little feedback on my applications!

Further complicating my life is the fact that there will be a newly revised GRE that begins August 1st with results not available until November 8th. This is complicating because some of my Vet picks- such as UMN- need the results by October which means I MUST take the old version by July 31st. And yet again, further complicating this is that out of the 3 available test sites in ND-- only 1 had one day and one time available by the time I finished registering! (That site started with 2 days and 3 times--of which I tried to sign up for each of those prior to the one I got stuck with). I am officially registered to take my test in 10 days- July 19th at 9:00am in Bismarck! Assuming my boss will give me the day off haha Didn't really have a chance to ask...

In other news, I have managed to dip my toe back into the world of fitness: I have done Yoga once and Pilates once since my last post. Good start :) Can't jump straight in, still sore from the Yoga a few days ago!

I got mself a new phone as well: the Droid Charge. My first touch screen phone and smart phone! I am enjoying it so far. I managed my first evening to make a flub and email my calendar event of "Work :( " to my boss after she called me in to fill a few hours the next day since I am not actually in Colorado & am available to work. And on the subject of work, our Groomer has been let go due to showing up to work late (I'm talking hours late); they were given a final ultimatum and let go when they came in 4hours late yesterday. Luckily, we had just hired back a previous groomer about a week ago so that shouldn't cause any major scheduling headaches for us.

I also received the last bit of wardrobe for my Maid of Honor ensemble- a white sash to tie around my black dress. As if I didn't have enough to worry about in the next few months I am Maid of Honor for my best friend's wedding on November 19th! That entails rehearsals, throwing showers, bachelorette party, helping make invitations, decorate, etc... And the wedding is set for the 2nd day of my Thanksgiving break which means a week of midterms prior to it! YIKES! I am in for a rough ride this year...

Hopefully my GRE review books will get here by Monday so I can start cramming! It's a good thing only one school needs scores from the Old GRE, which will give me plenty of review time for a retake or 2 that I can send to all of my other picks and feel more comfortable with them.