i finally caught a break!
my stress level recently was way high due to the fact that my life and future was in limbo. I had no idea what school I was going to and what I was going to do about money and stuff...well that has all changed within the last few days. My mother and I came to a grueling decision that I will be returning to UMass Amherst this year instead of transferring to UMass Lowell. I am very excited about it seeing as how that's what I wanted in the first place. We toiled over this decision for weeks. I did a lot of research and emailed/met with advisors who all helped me make my decision. In a nutshell, this is how it all broke down. If were to go to UMass Lowell, I would have to be there for 2 years...and that's 2 semesters each year plus winter and summer. I would have to live at home and commute and it would cost $14000 minimum. UMass Amherst would only take me a year...that's fall, winter, spring, and summer and then I'm a college graduate...that's pretty sweet. I would obviously have to live out there. I am in the process of finding an apartment. The two front runners are a place in Sugarloaf with this graduate named Ron...he seems pretty cool...and a shitty house on Main St. in Amherst with some other people I don't know. The one guy who occupies a room now is 40..um..weird. I don't know how I feel about living with a 40 year old man. The rent is cheaper but I think it would be better for me to live in Sugarloaf with someone a little closer to my age. It is also quieter there too.
So needless to say my stress level has just been reduced to just finding a place before band camp starts. I'm leaning toward Sugarloaf but I have to talk to my mom about it first because she is helping me pay the rent.
Anywho...my grandmother is doing better. She got a skin graft the other day. She has started walking again but I still don't think she is ready to come home. The hospital is trying to discharge her because there is nothing more they can do for her. She needs to go to a rehab hospital but she has it in her head that it is like a nursing home and that we are going to leave her there forever. That is not the case...we all want her to come home. We are renovating her whole living room for when she comes home. She thinks we don't want her to come home so when we go today to visit her today after work, we are going to reassure her that we do want her to come home...but when she's ready. The stipulation is that she has to be able to go to the bathroom by herself, bathe herself, and be able to walk up the stairs by herself in order for her to come home...she can't do that yet so she has to go to a rehab clinic whether she wants to or not...she is just not ready to come home.
They will keep her a maximum of 2 weeks...that's it...then she will be well enough to come home...and hopefully her room will be ready by then so she will be more comfortable.
anyway...i have to get back to work. it was a little slow here so i decided to update since i haven't done that in a while.
I will try to update more...but my life is going to be so hectic with packing and finding a place and shit. we'll see though.
peace.
So needless to say my stress level has just been reduced to just finding a place before band camp starts. I'm leaning toward Sugarloaf but I have to talk to my mom about it first because she is helping me pay the rent.
Anywho...my grandmother is doing better. She got a skin graft the other day. She has started walking again but I still don't think she is ready to come home. The hospital is trying to discharge her because there is nothing more they can do for her. She needs to go to a rehab hospital but she has it in her head that it is like a nursing home and that we are going to leave her there forever. That is not the case...we all want her to come home. We are renovating her whole living room for when she comes home. She thinks we don't want her to come home so when we go today to visit her today after work, we are going to reassure her that we do want her to come home...but when she's ready. The stipulation is that she has to be able to go to the bathroom by herself, bathe herself, and be able to walk up the stairs by herself in order for her to come home...she can't do that yet so she has to go to a rehab clinic whether she wants to or not...she is just not ready to come home.
They will keep her a maximum of 2 weeks...that's it...then she will be well enough to come home...and hopefully her room will be ready by then so she will be more comfortable.
anyway...i have to get back to work. it was a little slow here so i decided to update since i haven't done that in a while.
I will try to update more...but my life is going to be so hectic with packing and finding a place and shit. we'll see though.
peace.