I know what I want to do in life. I'm going to college for it. I love my classes. But in order to live I have to work a really physically demanding job with inflexible, awful hours which combined with my extremely time-consuming studio classes and projects makes my life really, really hard. I'm tired all the time, I have no money (whenever I manage ( Read more... )

lensesThis morning I broke one of my contact lenses. It stuck to the bottom of a little dish I had it in (left my contact case at the parents' house on Sunday.) Now all I have is my terrible, terrible glasses that I've had for 10 years and which I can barely see through, give me headaches, and make my eyes water, not to mention the fact that I look ( Read more... )

Just two more days I have to get through till things officially start moving. I was profoundly stupid with my money earlier this month, by which I mean that I somehow managed to blow the extra money I should have had to cover my car insurance payment on...I don't know what, but I think it probably went for gas, food and the new underwear and jeans ( Read more... )

   So, back at my parents' house tonight. I drove up with my friends E. and J. (E.'s parents live two streets away from mine.) We came up to go to Art Prize in downtown Grand Rapids, which was pretty good although apparently not as good as last year, which I missed. I haven't got access to upload any pics right now, but if I remember I'll do it ( Read more... )

Well, this morning was a veritable cornucopia of unpleasant occurances. First, I had to work later than I expected, then my car ran out of gas in the middle of an intersection (which happened because I had had no money to put gas in it for five days.) Fortunately some helpful guys at a gas station nearby pushed my car into the station, but then I ( Read more... )

    So, I've only had ONE DAY of work at my job this week.That's FOUR hours, for the whole week. They've been shafting me right and left lately. But my seniority's due to jump back up to where it's supposed to be next week, so that should put an end to the problem. I'm going to talk to the union steward later today when I go pick up my check. ( Read more... )