Give a dog a bone...

My life is being consumed by... the G.R.E.

I admit, it was my idea. I told myself I had to prepare for everything life threw at me and, for some reason, it translated into taking the G.R.E. JUST in case I wanted to apply to grad school this fall... or something along those lines. So, I'm taking it now on February 12th and I'm oh-so-excited!!!

The only problem is that for the rest of January my life will seem consumed by preparation for this test. I just spent an hour or two studying math, something that I haven't really encountered since high school. I'm starting to remember why I detested it so. It wasn't because it was incredibly difficult just that it was incredibly annoying. Not knowing the answer to something bugs me and when I can't figure out a math problem... I get stressed.

So now, I'm feeling all bunchy... like I need to be released in some way... or maybe it just means I studied too long, which is highly possible too. What can I say? That's why I hate math... I become a kind of math addict and stress myself out with answers.

Yuck.

Well, the second problem with the G.R.E. and the way it consumes whatever I do is that I forget my pup pup. Not intentionally just... we haven't played tug-of-war or ball lately... not a lot of it anyway. It's been breakfast, training, dinner... breakfast, training, dinner. Poor guy. So the other day I did something SUPER special for him.

I got him a giant bone. It actually looks like the shoulder joint of a cow... I think IT IS the shoulder joint of a cow.

Anyway, doesn't he look happy now? Now, he can chew away my study hours... occasionally bringing me a ball to throw or something.

Yuck. It's NOT allowed near the bed.

I have to remember, though, that life is not the G.R.E. and the G.R.E. is not life. I have many things that I still want and have to do within the coming week that I have to offer parts of myself to prepare for other things as well. Kind of crazy the way life works like that.

I promise, though, that I will uphold my list and still go on that adventure and still read that book and still write this blog.

THAT is how I will keep sane! :)