...not so hideous

Thanks to some powerful topical steroids (prescription!) the splotches are fading. I can still see them, but hopefully in another day or two I should be back to my usual pasty self.

I finally did something I've been meaning to do for months - send a letter to close my old M&T checking account. When I called them, they said I have to send them a notarized request to close the account, but I just couldn't deal with the pain of getting something notarized, so I haven't done anything about it. Until now.

It's a new year, a fresh start, time to tie all loose ends from 2005, so I did it. Turns out the obscure credit union in my apartment building has a few people qualified as notaries, so I stopped by this morning, and 5 minutes and $3 later, my letter is off to Ithaca (the original branch where I opened the account). Yay! No more M&T! M&T was a step up from Tompkins County Trust Co (TCTC) since it had a few branches in NYC, but I've outgrown it as well. Now I suppose I'll have to call them to make sure they got my request, and actually close my account... but one thing at a time.

I've also sent out my GRE score request to ETS, requested transcripts from Cornell and Columbia, and decided to not bother with my CSI transcript.

Ok.. so that leaves my To Do list at:

• finish writing paper for Angela (due last month)
  
• get books for Psych (by next Monday)
• get Pitt transcript (I have to physically pick it up)
• apply to genetic counseling program (due Feb 1)
• send out reminders to my recommendation-writers
  
• move in, clean up, all that good stuff!
  
• finish making up classes for Womansplace (due 2 months ago)
  
• finish volunteer training at Womansplace (due 2 months ago)

This is also going to be a very busy month at work.

Where does the time go? Vacationing in Loveland was great, but I wish I could take a week off just to run errands.