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 I'm close to reaching the point of burnout at my work. This is due to the fact that we have lots of projects to complete before the end of the month and not a lot of people to complete them all. In fact, it's me and another person in charge of completing everything. I worked almost 60 hours last week, and this week I think I might just hit 60 hours. Although I'm not complaining, I usually reach a wall where I can't think or perform my duties assigned to me. I decided to only work nine hours today so I can get a good night's sleep and catch fire in the lab tomorrow.
When there's a lot of work to be done, I am happier. I just hope I can continue to perform my duties to the fullest of my abilities.
 I purchased the Windows PC game Call of Duty World at War a couple of weeks ago on pre-order. It finally came out yesterday, and I went to Best Buy on my lunch break to pick it up. I installed it after work, and it's simply INSANE. I played the game on the highest resolution possible, and my computer handled it nicely. Everything looks so real. Before I sold my previous game, Medal of Honor Airborne, I plowed right through the game with ease. Call of Duty World at War, though, will be no cake walk. Bodies and appendages stack up so high it's hard to move when under fire, language is very foul, and injuries, burns, and bullet holes are very realistic. I'm going to have a great time with it.
 On Saturday, Ben moved all of his stuff out of the house, bound for Austin, TX to start a new life. He got transferred to a new office. A huge North American big rig showed up, along with about 7 guys, to help him move. I took a long drive around East County to stay out of their way. I went through El Cajon, Julian, Cuyamaca, and returned through Ramona and Poway. I noticed a lot of folks still have not rebuilt their homes, and are still living in motor homes placed on the burned-out properties. Joey was out of town, and Ivan was, well, God knows where. It was a pretty uneventful day.
Sunday, I ran in a 10K, the Mission Inn Run, in Riverside, CA. I ran 10K (6.2 miles) in 49 minutes, 49 seconds. The coworker I went with ran it in about 52 minutes. I couldn't help but notice that a man in the 75-80 age group ran it in 55 minutes, and a man in the 80-85 age group ran it in 1 hour, 5 minutes. Holy crap! However rare these times are for individuals that age, it's great motivation for me to continue running my whole life. I think jogging at that age is a combination of luck and extremely hard work combined with a healthy lifestyle. Keep going!
This week at work so far has been hectic. We are trying to stay as busy as possible, and that seems to keep our spirits up. We have plenty of work for now.
 I'm really starting to lag behind on the whole grad school application process. The essay (personal statement) portion of the application is no longer appealing to me, and I have no enthusiasm left. I don't care, either. I will get it done this week, or maybe two weeks from now. Oh well. I can't send the apps until I have talked to my letters of rec, but I don't really care about that, either. I'm in a motivational rut, so far down into the abyss that I don't care about being in a rut. The whole GRE exam disaster really killed the whole thing for me. I can't put much effort into something that's going to prove futile regardless of what I do.
Something good is going on with me as of late, which I will not talk about here, but It's safe to say I can't think about anything else. It's easy to guess what that is. Oh well.
 Early Saturday morning, I took the Scion tC to Discount Tire to have the tires rotated. I then went to Midas (on the other side of the parking lot) to have my brakes inspected, since they have 30,000 miles on them. They did a full 30,000-mile checkup on my car for free! They checked the car inside and out, including everything under the hood and the suspension. Not only did they not find a single issue with the vehicle, the brakes still look brand new! One comment they did make was that the external condition of the car was pitifully dirty and needed attention. But I got that taken care of yesterday afternoon. I also put new windshield wipers on the car.
The employees at Midas were courteous and honest with me. I wish all automotive maintenance facilities were like that. For anywone who does not perform car maintenance themselves, I would definitely recommend Midas for checkups, brakes, and oil changes instead of the notoriously shady lube shops. It's widely known which ones I'm talking about. Midas prides itself on honesty and customer service and it shows.
Now the tC is very happy with me and will go over 300,000 miles! Maybe that's wishful thinking :(
 For this upcoming week, my goals are set. I am going to kindly chat with my potential letters of recommendation and make sure they feel comfortable writing them. I am going to start writing my personal statements and looking into potential graduate advisers at Oregon State and Washington State to guide me through my PhD research (and whom I will hopefully work for). I will attempt to match the interests of about three professors from each potential university with the experience I already have and tie in that experience with what I hope to achieve in graduate school. Last, I will look into other money-making possibilities, such as a teacher's assistant or an unrelated lab.
Next weekend I will wrap up the essay and fill out information to give to each of my five letters or recommendation. Hopefully, all my depressing unofficial transcripts and pitiful GRE scores will have arrived so I can send them with the final applications.
OK, let me be honest with myself. Full admission to either of these schools for a PhD will be a LONG shot. Fortunately, I already know that and am not afraid of failure. I plan to write sparkling personal statements and get excellent letters of recommendation. Everyone believes in me, especially those I work with.
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