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| On and on, the story continues...Tomorrow marks the first day of the school year and I can be perfectly honest and say that I am not looking forward to trudging to and from classes. However, I am looking forward to having structure to my life. A pattern if you may. I also am glad that tomorrow is almost here because that means I am closer to Thursday. Classes will hopefully make the week fly by and before I know it Thursday will have arrived and I will be headed to California. I just hope everything works out from here on out, for the most part. I know it won't be perfect but good would be nice. Goodnight and a pleasant tomorrow!
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| Oh the American pride swimming men can bring.I just watched the greatest moment in Olympic history (for me at least). The US men's 4x100m free relay team beat the smack-talking French team by eight tenths of a second. My mother and I were watching this chanting, "GO GO GO" and as they came up on the last 25m Mom said, "I don't think he can do it, he has too much space to make up" and magically Jason Lezak started moving. I swear it was so close I wasn't sure who won until the sign came up with the "1 United States" and "2 France". I was on my feet jumping up and down screaming at the top of my lungs. To my right there was an older version of myself doing the exact same. Oh and that magical finish does not get tiresome after fifteen replays. SWEET VICTORY!!! I can tell you I have never been so proud to be an American. It may be silly, it may be cheesy but there it is plain and simple fact.
I mean this was so great it totally beat my happy dance when Kerri Shrug won the gold with an injured ankle. Or when either Tara Lipinski or Sara Hughes won for figure skating.
Okay, I'm done now.
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| Not so happily ever after but then there is the Kia...Got in touch with financial aid and according to them everything should be sorted out in a "couple of weeks". We'll just keep our fingers crossed for that little miracle.
Best friend got back into the country from being gone for about two months. Had a brief conversation with her but wasn't exactly feeling the love. I'm beginning to wonder if we are growing apart permanently. In reference to my wanting to make a plan to come hang out, her exact words were "Well, I don't know exactly what my plans are yet". I'm sorry?!? I hope she can fit me in. (Can you taste my bitterness?) Just a week ago she was telling me how much she missed me and wanted to see me. Now, she doesn't exactly know when she can spend time with her "best friend". I'm sure the second she calls me and sounds happy to speak with me I will forget this whole thing happened but for right now I'm a little hurt. I'm also very aware of the distance our friendship seems to have when we are at our separate schools. She has some very close friends, one in particular, that she talks to more than me and if she was just an everyday friend or simply a close friend it wouldn't bother me that she told other people more about her life and seemed to care more about their opinion but when someone is your "best friend" you kind of want to be that person's go-to-gal (second only to the mother of course). Maybe I am being ridiculous. Maybe I have an exaggerated notion of how best friends act. I don't know, it just doesn't feel right (most of the time) anymore. I'm not ready to lose another best friend-it's been so long since I had a true one.
Now that the melodrama is out of the way, my feet hurt. But I have a snail bank (a piggy bank in the shape of a snail) that has accumulated $18 in dollar bills from tips (it had more but I gave some away as gas money) and a pickle jar filled half way with quarters for laundry. I feel rich-I'm not but it's nice to feel that way. I am also in love with my mother's new car. So much so, I am thinking of running away with it. Oh I can see that trip now, very Thelma and Louise but instead of two women it's one girl and her Kia Sportage. Time to talk with the mother. Good night!
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| Heart exhaustion!I am officially amazed to be alive after tonight. My heart has been palpitating rapidly since almost the instant I walked through my front door. I got home from visiting Fosco, which was lovely btw, and was surprised one right after the other. Here is how it played out:
A. Mom bought new car. This revelation led to great jubilation on my part. Also I ran around in circles because my brain was so excited it couldn't figure out which way was best to get outside to see the car. I get to drive our "old" car to school. Yay for hot sexy red car (Lola) and new environmentally green(-er) Kia Sportage.
B. Killed 3 cockroaches. We are moving VERY soon.
C. Got cryptic email from financial aid saying I have until July 29th to pay dues. They have not called me back, they have not given me my OVERDUE financial aid benefits but now THEY WANT ME TO PAY THEM CLOSE TO $4000 FOR CLASSES BY JULY 29TH. This led to me sending a very distressed email in response and will mean I spend the majority of my day off tomorrow trying to get in touch with anyone who can fix my predicament. Not quite sure how this little situation is going to play itself out but really hope it doesn't end in me dropping out of school for a semester.
Prayer, crossed fingers, good vibes, etc. all welcomed in association with c.
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| Freaking out a littleSo, I haven't received my financial aid options to accept yet. I am starting to worry. They wanted me to change my Dependent Verification Form and I did. So then, where is my money?? Or if I did it wrong again, why haven't they contacted me? The information I had to figure out cannot be that important. I guess I will wait a week or two more and then I will need to contact them. This is starting to suck. At least I still have a dorm room and a class schedule.
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