What's going on...
I am probably going to come off as super depressed and down on myself which I really hate but I'm extremely frustrated with a lot of things going on in my life right now. So in a nutshell.
No matter what I do flights to Peru are $2,000. I'm trying to come out of this whole exchange as financially in tact as possible but things like this are just making that seem less and less likely. It's also making it incredibly hard to not resent having to leave Egypt. But I think it will be better and easier once I'm there.
I'm trying to apply for fafsa and state grants and thinking about how I'm going to pay for grad school is really discouraging. Especially since the school I want to go to is over $30,000 a year and that's just the tuition. I'm gonna have to make some calls tomorrow and hopefully get everything sorted out before I leave. I'm particularly annoyed that they changed the application this year so I can't apply for the Teach grant, as far as I can tell, until I'm accepted. I can't find very much information at all.
Lastly my mom has serious concerns about the state of her job. I know she's an amazing worker and does her job perfectly but it's just office bullshit and politics and the fact that she doesn't kiss ass and it pisses me off so much. There's not much to say other than she deserves so much better because she is a saint for all she does for us and all the crap she puts up with. I'm very worried about her.
On a less negative note I got to spent this weekend with Justine and it was wonderful. I think every time I get to spend with her just gets better and better and I think I really needed it this time. I'm so grateful to have someone like her there for me and I'm only sorry that I give her a reason to worry when I'm having trouble like this because I know she's going through her own troubles too. But we're there for each other and after six months I don't see that changing any time soon. I really love her.
No matter what I do flights to Peru are $2,000. I'm trying to come out of this whole exchange as financially in tact as possible but things like this are just making that seem less and less likely. It's also making it incredibly hard to not resent having to leave Egypt. But I think it will be better and easier once I'm there.
I'm trying to apply for fafsa and state grants and thinking about how I'm going to pay for grad school is really discouraging. Especially since the school I want to go to is over $30,000 a year and that's just the tuition. I'm gonna have to make some calls tomorrow and hopefully get everything sorted out before I leave. I'm particularly annoyed that they changed the application this year so I can't apply for the Teach grant, as far as I can tell, until I'm accepted. I can't find very much information at all.
Lastly my mom has serious concerns about the state of her job. I know she's an amazing worker and does her job perfectly but it's just office bullshit and politics and the fact that she doesn't kiss ass and it pisses me off so much. There's not much to say other than she deserves so much better because she is a saint for all she does for us and all the crap she puts up with. I'm very worried about her.
On a less negative note I got to spent this weekend with Justine and it was wonderful. I think every time I get to spend with her just gets better and better and I think I really needed it this time. I'm so grateful to have someone like her there for me and I'm only sorry that I give her a reason to worry when I'm having trouble like this because I know she's going through her own troubles too. But we're there for each other and after six months I don't see that changing any time soon. I really love her.