Holy shitballs...
So, where do I start? My birthday was last week. Monday to be exact, but we celebrated on the Friday before last. Anyways, we went bowling and had a good time. I had like 4 pints of beer and was feeling pretty goods and stuffs. I'm getting to be such a light weight. :P On our way home I rode with Misty and we had a little heart to heart. Of course, being in my drunken state of emotionality or some such shit, I ended up crying. :P We talked about what we have to offer in life. I don't know what got us started, but we have this conversation a lot. Only this time, I was totally honest with myself.
For the past five years, I've been working at piddly minimum wage jobs. I've been trying to convince myself that that's fine. I can make do. But in all honesty I can't. All I have to give somebody is a computer that half works, a TV, a VCR that works when it wants to, a stereo and a desk chair. I don't own my own car, I don't even sleep in my own bed. The desk that my computer sits on is Misty's. That's about pittiful eh? I don't have any money in savings, so if something bad happens. I'm pretty much SOL.
So, anyways, I got kinda pissed at this. My life pretty much blows. But I realized that I've been making excuses about it and not doing anything to change it. So this week I set out to change. Monday morning (my birthday) I went and checked out ITT tech. Ok, so that's not the place to go to school unless you're rich. They wanted 33,000$ to go to school for 2 years. Not gonna happen. So on Tuesday I went to Lake Washingtin Technical College. They're more realistic about what people can afford. They want about 6500$ to go to school for two years. That's right up my alley. So I'm going to take my Compass test on Monday morning to see what level math and english I can start at. I've got all my financial aide paper work filled out. So I should get all the funding I need. But I won't be able to start until April due to it taking 12 weeks to find out how much money I"ll have. So, April 1st will be my first day of college. I'm taking Engineering Graphics and Design. I'm pretty psyched about this. I know it's gonna be rough going to school and work full time. But I'm so friggen determined right now nothing's going to stop me. In just about two and a half years I'll be CADing for some engineering firm here in Seattle. I can't wait.
Anyways, I'm getting a typing cramp. :P So I'm gonna log off and go play playstation for awhile. Hope everyone had a great holiday. :)
For the past five years, I've been working at piddly minimum wage jobs. I've been trying to convince myself that that's fine. I can make do. But in all honesty I can't. All I have to give somebody is a computer that half works, a TV, a VCR that works when it wants to, a stereo and a desk chair. I don't own my own car, I don't even sleep in my own bed. The desk that my computer sits on is Misty's. That's about pittiful eh? I don't have any money in savings, so if something bad happens. I'm pretty much SOL.
So, anyways, I got kinda pissed at this. My life pretty much blows. But I realized that I've been making excuses about it and not doing anything to change it. So this week I set out to change. Monday morning (my birthday) I went and checked out ITT tech. Ok, so that's not the place to go to school unless you're rich. They wanted 33,000$ to go to school for 2 years. Not gonna happen. So on Tuesday I went to Lake Washingtin Technical College. They're more realistic about what people can afford. They want about 6500$ to go to school for two years. That's right up my alley. So I'm going to take my Compass test on Monday morning to see what level math and english I can start at. I've got all my financial aide paper work filled out. So I should get all the funding I need. But I won't be able to start until April due to it taking 12 weeks to find out how much money I"ll have. So, April 1st will be my first day of college. I'm taking Engineering Graphics and Design. I'm pretty psyched about this. I know it's gonna be rough going to school and work full time. But I'm so friggen determined right now nothing's going to stop me. In just about two and a half years I'll be CADing for some engineering firm here in Seattle. I can't wait.
Anyways, I'm getting a typing cramp. :P So I'm gonna log off and go play playstation for awhile. Hope everyone had a great holiday. :)