Greatest failure

Anyone who knows me well will know that I have one gigantic flaw. I never charge my cell phone. Ever.

like 70% of the time you will not be able to reach me because I don't have the phone with me or it isn't charged.

As a psych student I can't help but wonder the underlying causes for this very annoying behavior.

Frued would probably say it is an unconscious defense mechanism. My id ( aka primitive instinct) wants to flee the stressors of grad school. My superego ( aka super conscious) knows that I have to conform to society and stay always acessible by keeping a cell phone with me. Therefore resulting in my ego's compromise of keeping the cell phone but convienantly forgetting to charge it.

Or behaviorists would say I'm negatively reinforced to not have my cell phone with me. When my cell phone is on, people can contact me, reminding me of how I've been horribly out of touch with dear friends, running late, or forgetting to do or be somewhere. By removing the phone, i remove the "punishment" of feeling more stressed.

My theory is that I'm tired, forgetful, and its really really hard to get my charger plugged into my phone so i avoid it at all costs.

But this is a habit that I am determined to break. As silly as it is I realize it is terribly inconvienant for myself and others that I am rarely in possession of a fully charged phone.

Luckily, as I wean myself back onto the cell phone, google has an excellent back up plan. I'm pretty sure they designed it just for me as I have gchatted my good friend Nefret many a time to call Nate to pick me up at various locations when I realize my phone has no charge.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/call-phones-from-gmail.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/MKuf+

Living on a prayer, school loans and beans

Nate and I are married - I'm in grad school and he's in law school. When we tell people this we get one of two reactions :

1) Power couple! Wow - your kids are going to be messed up. Let me tell you about this crazy cousin of mine......

2) Wow - good luck! I knew this couple that did that and they got divorced in like 2 seconds....

Encouraging I know. Nate actually received a pamphlet on surviving law school and it included the following advice " Do not start a significant relationship. Do not get engaged. Do not get married or you will get divorced" I think since we had gotten married 4 months before the first day of class we're safe.

Luckily we have incredible family, friends and fellow students standing behind us and cheering us on. We enjoy what we're studying ( most of the time). And most importantly we really, truly love rice and beans.

Both being in school has its perks ( someone to procrastinate with, and to commiserate with when the procrastination leads to 2am cram sessions) and its difficulties ( living on a grad student stipend and school loans). If you are looking for a blog on how to get through law school without accumulating any debt and saving enough for a down payment on a house all through clipping coupons - this is not the blog for you. We do not have clever ways of turning newspapers into decorative wall hangings or empty wine bottles into lamps. Nate and I aren't the model of ingenuity and frugality - although a lot of times I feel the pressure to be both with our limited budget. We are just doing the best we can to stay sane and enjoy the adventure and we'd like for you to join us on the journey.