I'm so behind on LJ. The "previos 20 entries" were still unread by me. I hate when this happens.

A day's worth of Twitter....

09:50:46	—	@TENroaches I do. i need to pay attention to if the iphone autocorrects things wrong.
09:55:24	—	I think I have 5 loads of laundry to do today. that's a lot.
09:55:46	—	I still have to go buy Halloween candy for tonight.
11:24:04	—	my calendar site is so outdated. 1.5 months behind. tomorrow i need to at least put one for nov 1. http://colleen.akwire.net/_clothes/
11:40:29	—	i need to quit trying to wait for PB to eat breakfast. it gets to be lunch time. I'm getting lightheaded.
12:50:18	—	They didn't even fill my soup. http://twitpic.com/noxsf
19:40:05	—	I got my jeans muddy eairluer so I put on yoga pants. So it was like I passed out candy in my pjs. Muddy from moving the dirt in the yard.

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A day's worth of Twitter....

18:08:03	—	today was one of those days where i wanted to bang my head against my desk... repeatedly.
19:26:18	—	I'm ticketed. I just spent 22 minutes cleaning.
20:26:45	—	Watching the wvu game.

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A day's worth of Twitter....

20:37:46	—	I have gone crazy. I watches espn while working out.
20:48:55	—	Yummy dinner. http://twitpic.com/ngfgs

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A day's worth of Twitter....

12:34:56	—	Just at a sandwich and an apple. So full.
17:23:59	—	@TENroaches I figured they aren't lucky anymore.
22:54:50	—	@mikecherepko I love that show.
22:56:08	—	Baseball
23:31:04	—	Good job phillies. Too bad for that error.
23:38:20	—	Baseball kept me up too late.

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A day's worth of Twitter....

11:31:03

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Last night I decided I couldn't hurt my alarm clock anymore so I hit it. I banged it off the desk. I hit it again. Today it worked.

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A day's worth of Twitter....

20:53:51	—	@mikecherepko I told someone this weekend how you write letters to heinz. I told a girl who works there.
22:17:00	—	me: a shower without exercising first is a wasted shower. PB then said something about me being nuts. this was a few weeks ago.
23:26:34	—	@TENroaches I probably should be put in a home. just not one where a lady chasing people yelling names. bird dog or something.
23:37:51	—	My alarm clock is broken. I'm not blaming @polahbea even though it worked when I left and it didn't work when I returned.

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school info

(this is the email i sent my mom and dave but i'm a big slacker so i'm not revising it)

Initially I was going to apply to CMU and Pitt. I thought Westinghouse would pay Pitt prices.

Well initially I was applying to CMU with basically no intention of going there. I thought it was too expensive and not worth it

based on this weekend a degree from CMU is well worth it over other schools especially if you want to leave the Pittsburgh area or leave your current company. and if you if i plan to stay at westinghouse I probably won't be promoted at all so it wouldn't be worth it.



CMU stuff

the small class size was good to hear

actually hearing about how everyone isn't out for themselves but that people actually help everyone out

that they do things (lots of clubs and social events) and not just school

The professors that we met seem really intelligent.

The course load is really intense (which is really good for learning)

since they have minis you get a lot of courses in (course is half the length of a semester so 4 Minis instead of 2 semesters)

wide variety of choices

lots of different concentrations (can actually have multiple concentrations)



the bad part is that there are no merit scholarships for part time.

I was told by someone in the admissions office that the GMAT and GPA average scores are very similar for part time and full (which scares me because my GMAT is low. but the one lady from the admissions department said to call her this week and she will go over my specifics compared to averages and provide suggestions (like if I should retake the GMAT or if I should do the optional essay or what I should mention in the optional essay)



the average starting salary in 2009 of CMU MBA graduations was about 100,000 (a little higher). (the range was like 50,000-143,000… I have these numbers written down but I'm going by memory) the median was 100,000 exactly. and that's lower than previous years due to the economy. plus 85% of people got signing bonuses that averaged over 20,000 bucks



Students who work part time, don't take full advantage of the on campus recruiting. if I plan to stay at Westinghouse after a degree, I bet I wouldn't even get any promotion at all so it's like I would have to leave.

so basically right now I think work won't pay at all or I won't stay long enough for it to matter after I'm done. so I don't even know if I can go or not or when. I may have to wait until Dave is done with his masters and we are screwed with that and he will have to pay 13,000 at least but maybe more. And we have probably about 95,000 in students loans as it is and this mortgage. there's no way we could do schooling for both of us and still live here. I still want to apply since the application fees aren't that much and see where it goes. Dave said I should apply to CMU for full time and then see from there what we should do. there are lost more decision things but I doubt you want to hear them. you can apply for full time and easily change to part time but you cannot apply for part time and easily change to full time.


I just looked up some numbers and Pitt starting salaries after MBA are about 40,000 less but who knows if that data is right .. and that was from a couple years ago according to the site.

i found part-time statistics
http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/part_time_mba_profiles/carnegiemellon.html
http://www.businessweek.com/bschools/rankings/part_time_mba_profiles/pittsburgh.html

A day's worth of Twitter....

01:53:49	—	I've watched a ton of episodes of gossip girl tonight. Great show.
10:57:59	—	i just woke up. i slept my day away
12:59:15	—	Just ate at the Chinese buffet. Now at panera. They are next door http://twitpic.com/mwfzl
21:50:48	—	@mikecherepko We taped the Steelers and watched them later We were at lunch then grocery shopping when the game started.
22:48:34	—	i've been meaning to snack for the past 2 hours.

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Sunday

i just woke up. i slept my day away.
but really i stayed up past 3:30 watching TV. I'm all caught up for the year on Gossip Girl now. Before last night I hadn't watched any this season. I might have watched 8 or 9.

i have a lot to say about the Women in the MBA weekend at CMU but i think i'll write it later. i also have a lot to say about Westinghouse changing their Tuition Reimbursement policy but I'll say that later too.

A day's worth of Twitter....

11:18:36

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I Hate changing the rules in the middle. Westinghouse sucks.

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A day's worth of Twitter....

00:15:48	—	I think I stated up too late to handle 13 straight hours of stuff tomorrow.
01:04:01	—	And I thought I stayed up too late 40 min.
06:49:36	—	I Just heard that they are trying to make it so 12 area giant eagles can sell 6-packs of beer. Mentioned one is in cranberry
21:32:35	—	I'm tired
22:16:02	—	So many grad school decisions.

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A day's worth of Twitter....

00:13:44	—	I take too long to pack. I never figure our wha to wear. I also always forget something. And other stuff I pack and don't need.
21:03:25	—	talking to CMU people made me so much more confident about getting in. too bad they don't do part time scholarships
21:04:42	—	53 new work emails since 4:00PM
21:44:07	—	can't believe i have to pay 17 bucks a day to park in the parking garage.
21:59:19	—	the only way i know how many chips i eat is to eat the entire bag. 11.5 oz.
22:33:27	—	instead of going to the hotel gym i ate chips
23:02:17	—	Hotel Internet is awful

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A day's worth of Twitter....

23:32:52

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PB is trying to tell me the lady bugs will eat me in the night if i don't kill them

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A day's worth of Twitter....

19:55:04	—	Still setting up the TV http://twitpic.com/maqmw
20:44:45	—	Just saw the biggest spider I ever saw. Gave me the heebeegeebees. PB would have hid.
23:17:35	—	Our TV is hooked up along with all the electronics. But only the couch and one end table are back in the room. I sat on the floor to watch
23:25:10	—	2 bugs are freaking me out. they keep flying around my top light & diving at each other. i'm not sure what they are. seem bigger than flies

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A day's worth of Twitter....

00:01:52	—	@TENroaches ack the why was to something else I read... oops clicked on teh wrong tweet to retweet
00:02:31	—	Why? what about them? RT: @mikecherepko: I'm embarassed by the parking lots next to Heinz Field. #Steelers
17:20:11	—	Remind me not to try to carry two tires up stairs in 4 inch heels again. Wouldn't have been bad if the garbaf Ge bags weren't so big.
17:24:20	—	@polahbea's coat hacked the seat and it attacked my arm.
22:26:24	—	8 more min in exercise bike. So bored.
23:03:45	—	the lady at express recognized me. she remembered that i already bought a lot of pants & asked about them. i said it's a sign i buy too much

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A day's worth of Twitter....

08:41:50	—	@TENroaches PB looked it up online how to do it right. but we don't do things right even if we know how so we think we won't do that.
11:30:53	—	Remind ne to double check pb's painting the next time. Just spent forever trying to sand his mistakes
20:55:15	—	Timmy just left. i forgot to do laundry this weekend. the downstairs is still a mess. so much to do
20:56:26	—	Why? RT: @TENroaches: 5 turnovers in 10 real minutes, not game minutes. #Steelers

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A day's worth of Twitter....

01:17:42	—	istayed up too late.
10:35:53	—	On the exercise bike right now
11:35:01	—	mad
13:20:45	—	Barn door red and Au lait ole. (like toasted- color we picked but a brand lowes had). Kind of scares me.
21:23:38	—	@mikecherepko I don't like it. Mommy did in a pic. Pb likes it. http://twitpic.com/lymli
21:27:01	—	1 coat is awful so far on the red http://twitpic.com/lyn7b
21:28:13	—	Not sure if we should paint the speakers. We couldn't get them off the walls. http://twitpic.com/lynfd
21:47:41	—	gowear fit tells me i had 5:17 of physical activity today. all that painting. not vigorous activity so i have burned more calories before.

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A day's worth of Twitter....

12:41:17	—	i'm too skinny.
14:26:29	—	i weighed the same thing 3 days in a row. I hate when that happens.
14:29:13	—	I agree with your oh my RT: @TENroaches: http://bit.ly/NbT7a Oh my. How about that part at 1:42. Oh my.
19:51:21	—	@polahbea baked me a cake. Too bad it takes an hour or so to cool
21:38:33	—	So full. Too much cake.
22:32:01	—	I got distracted watching Keith's special comment.

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A day's worth of Twitter....

12:37:08	—	@mikecherepko I am pleased about all the tweets.
16:09:22	—	@mikecherepko What happened with the kid?
19:09:16	—	Hahaha RT @TENroaches: Hahahahahahahahahahahaha #pun RT @kingsthings: Report: Boy found at home hiding in the attic, he's grounded

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