Learning to be an Adult

Now that I'm all graduated I had to start doing grown up things like paying for my own car insurance. I spent many a night trying to decide what company to go with. I finally decided to go with Progressive since they seemed to be the cheapest. Fortunately, my car is old. Now I have to register it in New Mexico. It's a lot cheaper than Colorado, so that is a plus. At least they have a license plate option other than the yellow plate. I might not be able to handle that. I also have the health insurance stuff that I have to pay for. Being an adult is fun!

I wrote two posts in one day. I hope that satisfies some people.

Life in the LC

I've now been a Las Cruces resident for 5 whole days. So far it's pretty good. My only major complaint is the lack of a suitable grocery store. The only major ones are Albertsons (too expensive) and Wal-Mart (need I say more?). I do miss my low stress shopping trips to King Soopers at 8:00 on Friday or Saturday night. It's not as hot as one might think either. At least it doesn't seem too bad.

Work is dandy so far. I've mostly just been doing computer training, which is less than thrilling, but I've done other stuff as well. Next week I have to start doing 12 hour shifts. That should make for a long day, but on the upside means I have 4 days off.

LC seems to have just about everything you could want (grocery stores excepted). I think it is probably one of the few places in the US where the number of Kmarts (2) is more than the number of Targets (1) and equal to the number of Wal-Marts.

My First Day at the New Job

Today was my first day training for my new job. Since it was the Monday after a major holiday, it was pretty boring actually. Most doctors offices were closed, so there weren't a whole lot of prescriptions rolling in. The computer system is older, so that will take a lot of getting used to, but overall, it wasn't too bad. Hopefully it will be more exciting tomorrow.

Are Proofreaders Expensive?

In order to help study for the upcoming tests that I will be taking, I purchased a review book. I bought it last summer so I don't remember exactly how much it cost, but I think it was at least $50. Considering what it costs to actually take the test, it's not that much. While this book is helpful, I can't help but think that they formatted this book and then said "It's ready for print", and then cranked up the presses. You can tell that nobody actually bothered to proofread this book, and if they did, they just flipped through the pages and declared it good. The errors are mostly with formatting. Maybe they used one program to do it and then switched to another program that didn't support the formatting or something, because there are some weird symbols that show up. There are a few places where the information is actually wrong too, but hopefully anyone who has been to pharmacy school recognizes these errors. Some of the review questions also have answers that contradict information given in other places. Anyway, I think that if you're going to charge fifty bucks for a paperback book, you should probably at least make sure there are no grammatical errors. Maybe the cost of paying someone to proofread is so outrageous that it cuts into their bottom line.

Why I Never Write Anything

So, my blog is pretty boring, but I have a pretty boring life. I just finished pharmacy school, so maybe I'll have time to actually do something now. I hope this satisfies all those who say I never write on my blog.

Seriously?

I heard on the news the other day that CU-Boulder wants to ban on campus parking for their students in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Before implementing such a ban, they want to be sure that the $1.2 million dollars that they would lose would not have a negative impact on their budget.

This sounds like a bad idea to start with, but they say that 75% of the students already use an alternate form of transportation and that a car isn't really necessary on campus. According to their website, CU-Boulder has a student body of almost 29,000 students on campus. Sure 75% is alot, but that also leaves 7520 students who do commute in a car. Where are they going to park? On the street? The administration says that bus passes are included in student fees, but sometimes RTD isn't too convenient, at least in Denver.

So that's my rant about that. I don't go to CU-Boulder, so I'm not sure why I care. Maybe they should take a cue from the Health Sciences Center and ban parking lots first.

Just as I Suspected

Anybody who watches TV in Denver, and maybe those who live elsewhere, have probably seen the commercial with the mom venting her frustrations at the government for wanting to tax juice drinks and sodas. She rants about how the pennies can add up when you're trying to feed a family. This commercial annoys me on so many levels. First, if you're so concerned about not having money to feed your family, why are you tanking up on stuff that had no nutritional value in the first place? The answer to that is, of course, that the commercial is paid for by the group Americans Against Food Taxes. Who are these Americans? If you guessed Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Dr Pepper Royal Crown Bottling, Canada Dry Bottling, The Can Manufacturers Institute, 7-Eleven, and Yum! Brands, you'd be correct (its nice the internet allows you to find out such things). I don't really have any beef about people drinking soda, I just think that the commercial is funny since this mom is so concerned about the price of nutrionally deficient junk food going up when she's trying to feed her family.