Alexandra

I m looking for any advice. I handed my unit my packet to switch over 5 months ago. My commander and the COL have signed off on it, and they sent it up to my first general officer for the last signature needed. From what I ve been told, it s been sitting, waiting for his signature for at least 5 months now. His signature is all I need. There is nothing negative on my record and there is really no reason for him not to sign. My commander says that I should get approved, but he doesn t know when. I ve been calling and emailing in to my unit for updates, and my unit administrator has basically stopped answering/replying. As a SPC, there is no way that I can speak to the general directly by myself. My recruiter isn t really doing anything to help.

I m really feeling stuck at the moment. My civilian job does not pay enough and I m struggling. I want to go back to school to get a masters degree, but there is no point in starting if I may get approved for active duty then have to drop out. I can t afford to loose that kind of money and not have the degree at the end.

Any advice on how to speed it up? Who to go to for help?

I have been talking to an army recruiter about joining the army reserves to pay for grad school and I am getting to the point where I sign up. I already have a college degree, but want to join to pay for my masters degree. At first, I was told that I would get about $45 K to pay for school, this would pay for about a year and a half. Now that I'm actually looking at MOSs, none of the education benefits exceed $23 K, less than a years worth of school. My masters will take 3 years. If I sign I have to serve for 6 years. I am a 23 year old engaged female, so I will probably want to start having kids in the next 6 years. So, this somewhat conflict with serving. But, I do think that I would really enjoy being in the army. I seems really exciting. My question is, is 6 years of service worth less than a year of my masters degree?

Extra info: I got a 94 on my ASVAB. There aren't many super exciting MOSs for me to choose from, not sure why maybe it's just what is available now.

I currently work an office job. Typical 9-5, Monday-Friday. It isn't horrible. I never have to bring work home and the pay is ok. But, due to high productivity demands, I constantly feel like I am going to be fired. And, I often dread work.

So, I started looking for a new job. Unfortunately, there isn't much out there for someone w/ little work experience and a BA in psychology. I saw an opening for a preschool teacher and figured that I would be more passionate about that type of work. I do love kids!

Anyways, I applied and was offered the job during my interview. I wasn't sure what to say, so they gave me a day to decide. The preschool pay is a lot lower ($11 an hour... ouch) and I have been reading a lot of things online about people hating their jobs as preschool teachers. But, I am so tired of sitting behind a desk all day, and think that I may enjoy it.

I appreciate any opinions!! Would love the opinions of teachers :)

It must be in Portuguese or a mixture of Portuguese and English (but still mainly Portuguese). I would rather have TV show recommendations, but movies work too. I used to take portuguese language classes (years ago) but I am not sure how good my portuguese is now. Anyways, I am graduating from college at the end of next semester and figured out that I still have to take 1 more Portuguese class. Watching shows in a language has helped me remember the language in the past, and I am hoping to watch portuguese shows over winter break to refresh my memory of the language. Of course I will have to study too, but TV is so much more fun. I like any kind of show/ movie, but I prefer comedy. Obrigado!

I am about to graduate from college and I realized that I know no one in my graduating class. Literally 0 people. I transferred to the university that I am in now after my freshman year and I made a few friends. But, the friends I made weren't really great -- they all either failed out of college or I just stopped hanging out with them because I realized that I wanted to do better. Anyways, now I am about to graduate and I'm feeling kind of down and alone because I realize that I know no one in my graduating class. I am assuming that I am going to have to walk with someone in graduation, but I have no idea who that would be. Any tips or advice for me to feel better. Not sure exactly what help I am looking for, but any good input is welcomed.

The other day in Bio, I had a quiz. I completed and turned in the quiz to my TA. Today, the class got back their quizzes but I did not receive my quiz. When I checked online, my grade was a 0 and it said that I missed the quiz. I am 100% sure that I was there and I remember handing it to my TA! So, I talked to my TA and she said she will see if another TA has it (but I know that I handed it to her) and that she can't do anything. I'm really annoyed because with the quiz I would have an A and without the quiz I will probably get a B+ in the course. Is there anything at all that I can do? Has anyone else been in this situation?? I feel helpless because I have no way to prove anything.

I need to into data into SPSS for a stats class. And I need to send my professor a picture, so I cant really calculate on my own. Anyways, every time I try to enter data a "?" appears in the data entry box. I can't figure out what I am doing wrong or how to enter anything. PLEASEEEEEE HELP :)

I somehow got General Genetics (MolGen 4500) added to my course schedule for fall. But, I noticed that I have not taken all the prerequisites. I do need to take a genetics course and I do well in sciences classes. So, I don't really want to tell anyone that the class shouldn't be on my schedule if I can do well in it with out having taken all the prereqs. If you have taken a similar college course, tell me if you found the course easy and if you could do the work with out the prereqs. If it helps, the courses I am missing are biology based.

I've been feeling a little down for the last few days and realized that I also feel very relaxed/calm. Tried googling this but nothing really came up. Just wondering if anyone else is like this. Explanations? Anything insightful could get 10 points (:

Basically my boyfriend gets erections all the time. Like usually (almost always) before bed and when he is warm (like under a blanket). Anyways today, while we were in bed, he had a ***** that wouldn't go down for a long period of time and was hurting him. It's not like he needs to "relieve" himself, we have sex pretty often and we have had sex today. He also says that he is not aroused when he gets these erections, they just happen. We are both wondering if this is normal.

Thanks (haha)

So, I'm flying from Columbus, Ohio to Houston, Texas on US Airways to visit family tomorrow. I usually check in about an hour and a half early for domestic flights but my boyfriend has to go to work early tomorrow and he is the only ride I can get to the airport. The latest he can drop me off at the airport is a little over 3 hours early for my flight.

Can I check in for a domestic flight 3 hours early?

Thanks for the help :)

Our 1 year anniversary is coming up in a few days and I'm not exactly sure what I am meant to do. I know that he will be taking me out to a nice restaurant but I am not sure if he will be getting me a present. If it helps: we are both in our early 20s, this is our first anniversary, and our relationship is pretty serious. Any advice or help would be awesome!

I'm 20 years old and really have no reason to be depressed, but I think I may be. I do not cut (or self harm) and have not really tried to kill my self, but sometimes I really want to hurt my self and the idea of dying just makes me feel better. I do not want to die because I don't know what will happen if I do and I do not want to hurt the people I love. But I think about killing my self all the time and I have come really close to doing it. But I just feel stupid. I have no reason to be depressed, my family is pretty well off, I have a boyfriend that loves me, I'm doing well in college, and I know I look ok even though sometimes I feel so ugly. But I spend probably 80% of the day (every day) laying in bed, I really have no close friends and don't try to, sometimes I get so upset by how I look that I will just cry and not leave home that day, I feel like I am dumb, and I regularly have panic attacks (where I can't breath). My boyfriend is the only person who knows how I feel and really wants me to get help, but I always make up excuses for why I can't go to an appointment. I don't even know why I don't want to go but I really don't. I feel miserable for no reason most of the time and all I really want is to be happy or to not be alive anymore. I'm not sure if I'm even depressed. If anyone can help me out in any kind of a way or anything I would really appreciate it. Thank you for reading.