えっ！？ 何でまだ５月終わっていないのyo？！
Alright, job is finally all squared away. Not that there was ever any doubt, just a moment of panic when I couldn't reach my boss for weeks and they were moving offices over spring break ^^; But everything is hunky-dory, and orientation starts at the end of next week.
I've put down that I'm leaving work a week early to prepare for Japan. Which is kind of sad, because August is the best month at camp. In June, everyone's getting to know each other, no one's really friends yet. July brings the worst of the heat, squabbles, and a lot of stress. But August is so near the end, and everyone's been together five days a week for a couple months, and been through so much together. So we all get along a lot better, and the kids cry when you leave XD It's so cute.
Some other good things have happened to me too!!
I thought I had a truckload of debt from my old school, so I was planning on trying to graduate by '11, but when I got to the NEW school, I made a four-year-plan, and was like "Whoa, this is not going to be a picnic even if I graduate by '12!" Now, college is never a picnic, dur. (Intermittent picnics on the soccer field with friends and Arashi-in-a-boombox are acceptable though :)) And I'm sure plenty of people way smarter than me, like that girl who's never missed a day of school since kindergarten, could make it in three years. But since I'm 20 and *still* not sure what I want to major in, or what I want to do after undergrad, I figure it's best to bank on graduating in '12. I am not a great multi-tasker, nor do I work well under stress. I don't mind taking my time, even if it gets me out a little later, as long as the end result is something I can be proud of.
ANYWAY lol SO. I was very "Need to graduate!!!" and "No need to live in cardboard box on Times Square where at least I can't get run over (except by rickshaw?) until I pay back huuuge freaking load of debt!" And then my mom was like, "Why, whatever do you mean? Debt? What debt? You've got like $3000 left to pay to the old school!"
D: D: D: :D
How did I not know that??
Well, a.) I mixed up the amount of money the old school gave me with the amount of money I got from that one scholarship I always apply for, which is a substantially smaller amount. So I actually received a lot more money from the old school than I thought. And b.) my parents didn't tell me they'd done some equity-thing? which took care of a chunk of what was leftover. Plus there was money that my stepgramma left me, about $6000, which I hadn't calculated in anyway.
SO. YAY.
And then, and then! I went online to find out what amount of moolah O! holy FAFSA had decided to bestow upon me for the upcoming year. It's TWICE what I was getting last year!! So basically, at least half of next year's fees are goooooone. Paid for. Never to be repaid. WOOOHOOOO. I am certain that this is because I'm studying abroad, and my school is like, "You're gonna cough up so much money for plane tickets and mailing luggage, not to mention Japan is not exactly the cheapest place around (although Morioka =/= Tokyo, as I have to keep reminding people for some inexplicable reason), so it's not like you won't actually be paying more or less the same amount even with our help" XD
Whatev, dude. I'm not complaining. Cash is cash.
Part of me doesn't want summer to end and the other part wants to BE IN JAPAN ALREADY.
Speaking of Japan, my host sister from 12th grade introducted me to Otsuka Ai. The only song I ever heard of hers was "CHU-LIP." Which is adorable. But I didn't think she did my type of music. Then, I heard "Cherish". And it was gorgeous. Maybe more gorgeous than my favorite Hamasaki Ayumi song ("Daybreak") and at least on par with Utada Hikaru's "Blue," which is amaaazing. So then I went clicking around, and found Ai's song "Frienger." I have no idea what language that's supposed to be, but the song is so cute. ^_^ I guess I like her quite a bit.
What else have I listened to lately that is awesome and made of win? "Alone" by Heart. I like.
Also, this Sunday is Wicked!!! Yaaay. I haven't been to Broadway in... *gasp* four years, seriously!? Gah. I am soooo excited. As long as we don't catch swine flu in the audience >.> MAYBE I'LL PAINT MY FACE GREEEEEEN.
I've put down that I'm leaving work a week early to prepare for Japan. Which is kind of sad, because August is the best month at camp. In June, everyone's getting to know each other, no one's really friends yet. July brings the worst of the heat, squabbles, and a lot of stress. But August is so near the end, and everyone's been together five days a week for a couple months, and been through so much together. So we all get along a lot better, and the kids cry when you leave XD It's so cute.
Some other good things have happened to me too!!
I thought I had a truckload of debt from my old school, so I was planning on trying to graduate by '11, but when I got to the NEW school, I made a four-year-plan, and was like "Whoa, this is not going to be a picnic even if I graduate by '12!" Now, college is never a picnic, dur. (Intermittent picnics on the soccer field with friends and Arashi-in-a-boombox are acceptable though :)) And I'm sure plenty of people way smarter than me, like that girl who's never missed a day of school since kindergarten, could make it in three years. But since I'm 20 and *still* not sure what I want to major in, or what I want to do after undergrad, I figure it's best to bank on graduating in '12. I am not a great multi-tasker, nor do I work well under stress. I don't mind taking my time, even if it gets me out a little later, as long as the end result is something I can be proud of.
ANYWAY lol SO. I was very "Need to graduate!!!" and "No need to live in cardboard box on Times Square where at least I can't get run over (except by rickshaw?) until I pay back huuuge freaking load of debt!" And then my mom was like, "Why, whatever do you mean? Debt? What debt? You've got like $3000 left to pay to the old school!"
D: D: D: :D
How did I not know that??
Well, a.) I mixed up the amount of money the old school gave me with the amount of money I got from that one scholarship I always apply for, which is a substantially smaller amount. So I actually received a lot more money from the old school than I thought. And b.) my parents didn't tell me they'd done some equity-thing? which took care of a chunk of what was leftover. Plus there was money that my stepgramma left me, about $6000, which I hadn't calculated in anyway.
SO. YAY.
And then, and then! I went online to find out what amount of moolah O! holy FAFSA had decided to bestow upon me for the upcoming year. It's TWICE what I was getting last year!! So basically, at least half of next year's fees are goooooone. Paid for. Never to be repaid. WOOOHOOOO. I am certain that this is because I'm studying abroad, and my school is like, "You're gonna cough up so much money for plane tickets and mailing luggage, not to mention Japan is not exactly the cheapest place around (although Morioka =/= Tokyo, as I have to keep reminding people for some inexplicable reason), so it's not like you won't actually be paying more or less the same amount even with our help" XD
Whatev, dude. I'm not complaining. Cash is cash.
Part of me doesn't want summer to end and the other part wants to BE IN JAPAN ALREADY.
Speaking of Japan, my host sister from 12th grade introducted me to Otsuka Ai. The only song I ever heard of hers was "CHU-LIP." Which is adorable. But I didn't think she did my type of music. Then, I heard "Cherish". And it was gorgeous. Maybe more gorgeous than my favorite Hamasaki Ayumi song ("Daybreak") and at least on par with Utada Hikaru's "Blue," which is amaaazing. So then I went clicking around, and found Ai's song "Frienger." I have no idea what language that's supposed to be, but the song is so cute. ^_^ I guess I like her quite a bit.
What else have I listened to lately that is awesome and made of win? "Alone" by Heart. I like.
Also, this Sunday is Wicked!!! Yaaay. I haven't been to Broadway in... *gasp* four years, seriously!? Gah. I am soooo excited. As long as we don't catch swine flu in the audience >.> MAYBE I'LL PAINT MY FACE GREEEEEEN.