Gathering the Nerve to Quit and Applications

Summer's a slow time. Time to break down what's been going on lately and update on my life.

I've totally given up on my research at this moment. I haven't looked at it in weeks and can vaguely remember what I'm supposed to do. My PI's going to be pissed.
But I hate this. I honest to god want to quit. I'm over the frustration and not being able to actually DO anything. None of my work is hands on in the lab, it's all on the computer, and I hate computers. Linux is not my friend. And I'm tired of having to do long-distance communication with my PI and my project partner whenever I have a problem. I can't solve these things remotely, I have NO computer science skills.
I really want to quit, to the point where I actually had a discussion with my advisor about it on Monday. She heard through the VT Microbiology grapevine (the program is small and everyone's a gossip) that I was miserable and wanted to talk to me about it. She thinks maybe I'd be happier with a different project and even, in a roundabout way, offered me a spot in her lab, but first I have to talk to my PI.
I hate talking to adults. Which is pathetic given that I'm graduating next May and will be an adult myself. But I'm always so freaking terrified of disappointing authority figures in my life...hence why it took me over a month to tell my advisor that I wasn't applying to grad schools anymore. I hate being a disappointment or letting people down. And I hate having to tell people who have authority over me that I'm going to do so.
But I need to tell him. I've been putting it off since Monday and will probably put it off at least another week (hurray Hokie Camp actually allowing me to procrastinate). But this needs to be taken care of before school, and time is ticking down. Otherwise, I may be facing a completely miserable semester.

In other news, I've decided to not apply to graduate school for the time being. This is partly because of my general frustration with research as a whole and partly because I am SO OVER school. I love learning and classes, but graduate school is more working than learning. You're sort of between an employee and a student.
Oh, and I've spent nearly 17 years being a student...I think I need to do something else for a while. I need to grow up and be an adult. Maybe learn to talk to them (see above).
So I've been applying to medical technology certification programs. They're one year programs, doing hands-on lab work and I should be able to get a job once I finish. The field has a severe shortage. I want to work in a lab and run tests and things...another drawback, really, to going to graduate school. All the PhDs I've met (post-docs and professors) spend more time in their offices than in their labs. I want to do actual work. OK, the post-docs do a lot of lab work, but for the goal of living in their offices...I don't want that.
As of Monday afternoon, I've sent off two applications and requested three letters of recommendation for each. I'm waiting on a third program to release their application...and hoping beyond hope that all my letters get in ASAP.

Well, that's all that's going on in my life right now.