"Like a balloon, and...something bad happens!"
So apparently, astrologically speaking, there is a 29-year cycle that indicates that every 29 years one will completely reevaluate one's ideals and behavioral patterns and consequently discard any outmoded ways of thinking and/or acting that are no longer suitable.
Being that my 29th birthday is fast approaching, I'm kind of finding out this is true, although I'm not sure if I would have felt that way if I hadn't been influenced by reading it on Astro.com. Nonetheless, the last couple of weeks I have made a couple of decisions:
1) I'm really, really going to apply to PhD. programs in psychology. I really, really mean it this time. I have decided that I just won't be satisfied with an MSW, and so I'm going to take the necessary steps to apply and GET IN to schools before my GRE scores expire (2010), because frankly I think at this age if I had to do that whole rigmarole again my head would explode. So there you have it. This will probably require me to alter my work schedule so that I can gain the necessary research experience (anybody remember that whole thing at UW that fell through like a year and a half ago?), but I made up my mind that I'm willing to make that sacrifice.
2) I'm filing for bankruptcy. We went in for credit counseling last November and they recommended that I file for bankruptcy, because even on a repayment plan my monthly payments would be about the same as they are normally. I talked to a woman who used to be a bankruptcy attorney, and she told me that I do qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and gave me the number for a non-profit bankruptcy lawyer, whom I didn't call because I didn't have the requisite $500 for the filing fee, and whose number I then promptly lost. Then I lost the number of the lady who gave me the number. So now I have to call the credit counselor again, which I am putting off because I feel stupid calling and saying, "Hi, remember me? I came in and talked to you in November of 2007, and after mulling it over for almost a year I finally decided to take your advice." But I'm going to do it. I looked into it, and I can keep my car and it won't affect my ability to get federal financial aid when I decide to go back to school, and although I know it will affect other things, I think I can handle it. It's just reached the point where I can't pay the electric bill or the phone bill because I have to pay my credit card bills, and I really can't do it anymore.
So I guess I'll keep all y'all posted.
I miss you guys. And Drew, I suck and totally still have your computer programming book. Give me your address again and I promise I'll really, really send it to you this time.
Being that my 29th birthday is fast approaching, I'm kind of finding out this is true, although I'm not sure if I would have felt that way if I hadn't been influenced by reading it on Astro.com. Nonetheless, the last couple of weeks I have made a couple of decisions:
1) I'm really, really going to apply to PhD. programs in psychology. I really, really mean it this time. I have decided that I just won't be satisfied with an MSW, and so I'm going to take the necessary steps to apply and GET IN to schools before my GRE scores expire (2010), because frankly I think at this age if I had to do that whole rigmarole again my head would explode. So there you have it. This will probably require me to alter my work schedule so that I can gain the necessary research experience (anybody remember that whole thing at UW that fell through like a year and a half ago?), but I made up my mind that I'm willing to make that sacrifice.
2) I'm filing for bankruptcy. We went in for credit counseling last November and they recommended that I file for bankruptcy, because even on a repayment plan my monthly payments would be about the same as they are normally. I talked to a woman who used to be a bankruptcy attorney, and she told me that I do qualify for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and gave me the number for a non-profit bankruptcy lawyer, whom I didn't call because I didn't have the requisite $500 for the filing fee, and whose number I then promptly lost. Then I lost the number of the lady who gave me the number. So now I have to call the credit counselor again, which I am putting off because I feel stupid calling and saying, "Hi, remember me? I came in and talked to you in November of 2007, and after mulling it over for almost a year I finally decided to take your advice." But I'm going to do it. I looked into it, and I can keep my car and it won't affect my ability to get federal financial aid when I decide to go back to school, and although I know it will affect other things, I think I can handle it. It's just reached the point where I can't pay the electric bill or the phone bill because I have to pay my credit card bills, and I really can't do it anymore.
So I guess I'll keep all y'all posted.
I miss you guys. And Drew, I suck and totally still have your computer programming book. Give me your address again and I promise I'll really, really send it to you this time.