"Sometimes before you smile you gotta cry"
Don't worry, I'm not depressed, the subject of this blog is just the lyrics that were playing when I opened up this page. It's a good song... some other lyrics:
I'll tell ya one lesson I've learned
If you wanna be something in life
You ain't gonna get it unless
You give a little bit of sacrifice
That's pretty much how my life's gonna be from now on I think. I checked my credit card balance yesterday and man oh man... put it this way - I paid for my classes with it. So I am almost maxed out, and that is not a familiar feeling for me. I pay it off every month, and I intend to this month too. I'll have to take some of my savings out, I think. We'll see how good my next paycheck is... should be good though. The last one was missing 3 days because I was out sick. Yeah, remind me to never do that again.
So going back to school, paired with quitting my second job and essentially losing approximately $850 to $900 per month in income, that's going to be tough. Real tough. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about it. But I think I'll be okay.
I think UMUC is going to offer me a loan, but I'm not sure if I should take it or not. It's a pretty significant amount, so I think I'd have to see if I could possibly take out less. Or maybe take out the whole amount, make payments on it, but keep it in savings for emergencies? I don't know. It'd definitely make up for my lost income at Job 2. I might need to speak to a financial advisor about this. Any volunteers?
In other news, tonight is the first Terps football game of the season, which is cool. I don't really plan on watching, but my parents are at the game. It's been nasty out lately, lots of rain and kinda cold. We just got hit by a "tropical storm" that had been a hurricane, so that's why. But yeah, I don't think I'll be watching the game. What kind of alum am I? Oh well. At least I'm aware that they are playing.
I think for the rest of today and until game time, I'm going to clean up my bedroom and maybe the bathroom. It's not too much since I just cleaned recently, so I should stay on it I think.
Yep, gonna get on that now. I guess maybe I'll write more later, but maybe not.
Adios!
I'll tell ya one lesson I've learned
If you wanna be something in life
You ain't gonna get it unless
You give a little bit of sacrifice
That's pretty much how my life's gonna be from now on I think. I checked my credit card balance yesterday and man oh man... put it this way - I paid for my classes with it. So I am almost maxed out, and that is not a familiar feeling for me. I pay it off every month, and I intend to this month too. I'll have to take some of my savings out, I think. We'll see how good my next paycheck is... should be good though. The last one was missing 3 days because I was out sick. Yeah, remind me to never do that again.
So going back to school, paired with quitting my second job and essentially losing approximately $850 to $900 per month in income, that's going to be tough. Real tough. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't worried about it. But I think I'll be okay.
I think UMUC is going to offer me a loan, but I'm not sure if I should take it or not. It's a pretty significant amount, so I think I'd have to see if I could possibly take out less. Or maybe take out the whole amount, make payments on it, but keep it in savings for emergencies? I don't know. It'd definitely make up for my lost income at Job 2. I might need to speak to a financial advisor about this. Any volunteers?
In other news, tonight is the first Terps football game of the season, which is cool. I don't really plan on watching, but my parents are at the game. It's been nasty out lately, lots of rain and kinda cold. We just got hit by a "tropical storm" that had been a hurricane, so that's why. But yeah, I don't think I'll be watching the game. What kind of alum am I? Oh well. At least I'm aware that they are playing.
I think for the rest of today and until game time, I'm going to clean up my bedroom and maybe the bathroom. It's not too much since I just cleaned recently, so I should stay on it I think.
Yep, gonna get on that now. I guess maybe I'll write more later, but maybe not.
Adios!