Seriously... what is wrong with relaxing?
Thanks to people calling off and the parent's projects I can't get any of my own stuff done. I had one day off this week and on that day I ended up building my parents railing for their new deck and right after I finished that dad told me that he volunteered me to fix the neighbors computer. I don't mind being helpful but I do have scholarship essays to write, books to read before my classes start and I'd really like to get my laundry done.
I haven't had a chance to sit down and watch TV in weeks and I still haven't seen the season finales of Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, NICS, NCIS LA, Criminal Minds and CSI... and I know there are other things I wanted to watch that I'm hoping I can catch up as soon as my parents leave on vacation next week. I will get control of the TV and the "good" direct TV box. I have a nice flat screen HD TV in my room but it's hooked to an old Direct TV box that can't do HD, they keep since it's the one that works with the portable satellite dish on the trailer.
I have today off... it's the only day off I have until next Saturday. I was planning on catching up on personal email, getting a few of the essays started and maybe do some sewing for an upcoming SCA event since I won't make it to Pennsic this year, I thought I go to a local event and probably take my niece to the New York Renaissance Faire, I made myself some coffee dad comes back after visiting the neighbors and says that he told the girls down the street I'd go with them to help them pick out their new laptop. I have become tech support and manual labor for the entire street and I've also found out that since I'm going to be here all summer I get to dog sit a few neighbors fury companions while they are on vacation... I miss the days of having time to be bored.
Then we have mom... I go running most mornings more so now since I get to listen to my music and I am signed up for a few 5K's thanks to my niece, on two occasions the weather has been cool and just perfect for a nice long run so I took and extra half hour to just enjoy the lack of humidity and enjoy my run... it seems that she knows to the minute how long it takes for me to do five miles and if I'm a touch late she worries and gets ready to hop in the car and come looking for me.... really, I'm 44, I have my phone with me, I'm running around the neighborhood where I know almost everyone, she needs to relax and not panic if I take a detour, I'm an adult and sometimes I end up chatting with people as I go around the lake and that take time too. I think that she forgets that I can take care of myself and have do so for years.
In school news I gave up on financial aid, after doing all the paperwork and getting everything they asked for I hit one snag I can't get passed. They want a doctor's not from my dad's doctor saying that he needs help... He screwed up has back and can barely walk some days which is why I'm doing a lot of the projects the wanted done... He is almost 70 and can easily get a note since he's been there to get his meds but his pride won't let him admit he needs help and he won't ask for a note so according to the lady at the financial aide office I had no real legitimate reason to give up a well paying career in PA to move back to N to help my parents out, so they won't take the "significant reduction of income" as an extenuating circumstance to consider me for aid. So I put this semester on my debit card which left me with about $238 left until my next paycheck and now I have to earn enough for spring and looking at the time I have and the amount I earn I may not make it... I did e-mail the woman who takes car of my retirement and asked her if I needed to borrow $1500 out of it what the tax issues would be but she hasn't gotten back to me yet... I don't want to take out student loans unless/until I absolutely have too as I just got out of debt and I'd rather not go back into it.
I sometimes think maybe I should have made a different choice when I decided to move...
I haven't had a chance to sit down and watch TV in weeks and I still haven't seen the season finales of Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, NICS, NCIS LA, Criminal Minds and CSI... and I know there are other things I wanted to watch that I'm hoping I can catch up as soon as my parents leave on vacation next week. I will get control of the TV and the "good" direct TV box. I have a nice flat screen HD TV in my room but it's hooked to an old Direct TV box that can't do HD, they keep since it's the one that works with the portable satellite dish on the trailer.
I have today off... it's the only day off I have until next Saturday. I was planning on catching up on personal email, getting a few of the essays started and maybe do some sewing for an upcoming SCA event since I won't make it to Pennsic this year, I thought I go to a local event and probably take my niece to the New York Renaissance Faire, I made myself some coffee dad comes back after visiting the neighbors and says that he told the girls down the street I'd go with them to help them pick out their new laptop. I have become tech support and manual labor for the entire street and I've also found out that since I'm going to be here all summer I get to dog sit a few neighbors fury companions while they are on vacation... I miss the days of having time to be bored.
Then we have mom... I go running most mornings more so now since I get to listen to my music and I am signed up for a few 5K's thanks to my niece, on two occasions the weather has been cool and just perfect for a nice long run so I took and extra half hour to just enjoy the lack of humidity and enjoy my run... it seems that she knows to the minute how long it takes for me to do five miles and if I'm a touch late she worries and gets ready to hop in the car and come looking for me.... really, I'm 44, I have my phone with me, I'm running around the neighborhood where I know almost everyone, she needs to relax and not panic if I take a detour, I'm an adult and sometimes I end up chatting with people as I go around the lake and that take time too. I think that she forgets that I can take care of myself and have do so for years.
In school news I gave up on financial aid, after doing all the paperwork and getting everything they asked for I hit one snag I can't get passed. They want a doctor's not from my dad's doctor saying that he needs help... He screwed up has back and can barely walk some days which is why I'm doing a lot of the projects the wanted done... He is almost 70 and can easily get a note since he's been there to get his meds but his pride won't let him admit he needs help and he won't ask for a note so according to the lady at the financial aide office I had no real legitimate reason to give up a well paying career in PA to move back to N to help my parents out, so they won't take the "significant reduction of income" as an extenuating circumstance to consider me for aid. So I put this semester on my debit card which left me with about $238 left until my next paycheck and now I have to earn enough for spring and looking at the time I have and the amount I earn I may not make it... I did e-mail the woman who takes car of my retirement and asked her if I needed to borrow $1500 out of it what the tax issues would be but she hasn't gotten back to me yet... I don't want to take out student loans unless/until I absolutely have too as I just got out of debt and I'd rather not go back into it.
I sometimes think maybe I should have made a different choice when I decided to move...