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[textualdeviance]

Talk about your narrow escapes.

So, I'm working my ass off getting this UW application done so I can hopefully get in this fall, and it occurs to me that I'd best check out their general ed requirements before I do this, so I don't get nailed with having to take some gawdawful calculus class or sommat.

So, I see this requirement for five credits of Quantitative Reasoning. Oh, shit.

(It should be noted, here, that I only managed to graduate high school with a c in basic Algebra. I've had no further math classes since 1987.)

Then I look at the list of classes that will satisfy it... and right there at the top! The Astronomy courses I took ages ago to satisfy the science requirement for my first degree. Huzzah!

Of course now the issue is whether my taking three quarters of Astronomy at a college that does 3 credit classes will get me to the 20 credit requirement that UW has for science.. eesh. No matter, though. If I need to, I'll just take a Botany course or two or some other no-brainer science for art nerds class and be done with it.

I've been in such a bitchy, irritable, paranoid mood (for which I deeply apologize to y'all) because of worrying about getting in (among the other shit that's happened the last few weeks) and this certainly helps ease some of that. Of course, I'll be chewing my nails down to stubby little chits until acceptance letters get mailed out in June...

May be time to ask the doc for a small Xanax rx to pop now and again. Would certainly keep me from chewing people's heads off. Or my own, for that matter, which has been looking mighty tasty of late...

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[waterfaery.livejournal.com]

No, it's flower essences... royal rose, clematis, star of bethlehem, and a couple others I can't remember. No kava, no uppers. It's for dealing with anything your body or mind perceives as a crisis, so it actually just makes you centered and calm and clear-headed. The nice thing about it is that it's impossible to overdose, so I take half a dropperful under my tongue, and if I don't feel better in 5 or 10 minutes, I do it again. Rinse and repeat till I'm calm. Works a treat for my anxiety flare-ups. And they give it to toddlers and pets.... if that makes you feel safer. It'll work on your crazy kitties too.

[textualdeviance.livejournal.com]

How truly awesome. Thanks!

[waterfaery.livejournal.com]

the standard version is in a solution of 27% brandy (not enough to get you drunk, it's four drops)... but if you want no alcohol whatsoever you can get special alcohol-free stuff but it's harder to find.

I absolutely love it. The trick is figuring out that it would help to have some just *before* you start getting anxious, so it doesn't happen.