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I finally sat down and talked to my parents about my Stats course.They're kinda pissed that I'm not doing well...but there's reallynothing I can do about it. They're blaming it on work, but it's notthat at all (well, maybe partly). I've tried going in to get help, andthe people in the tutoring center are useless. They only have people inthe there on certain days to help, days that I'm not on campus. I triedto get help with my TA but our professor wants us to figure all thisout for ourselves; again, useless. So, it looks like I'm probablyrepeating the course next semester. My parents are talking about mechanging my major, but I don't think that's going to happen. I reallywanna go into Psychology....the only other thing I'd do is go back tobusiness and well, that's not happening. I wasn't happy with mybusiness classes last year.
So,in other news, this summer is going to be crazy busy for me! I got thepart-time internship with UWM's department of recruitment and outreach(DRO). I'm really excited! I honestly didn't think I'd get it. And thefull-time intern is Amanda, one of the girls I was a Campus Ambassadorwith last year. My parents are concerned about me having 5 jobs overthe summer, but really, my intern position and campus ambassador thingis only part-time, and only over the summer. I'll go back to my 2/3jobs when school starts up again. Hopefully I'll be able to make myschedule work around me being at school only 2 days a week.
Isat down and talked to my stepmom about my jobs this summer, and aboutmy car issue. As nice as my uncle is about giving me the Laser, I don'tthink I can deal with going into this deal not knowing whether thecar's gonna last out the summer or not. Now that I have thisinternship, I know I'm going to be in Milwaukee on an almost dailybasis, so I need a reliable car. Once I figure out how many hours I'mgetting, and how much I'm getting paid for my UWM jobs, I can probablysit down and estimate how much I'll be making this summer between all 5jobs. We already figured out that I'm almost making $1,000 betweenbabysitting for Alex and housesitting for my aunt and uncle and myparents (I find it kinda funny that I'm getting paid to stay in my ownhouse and take care of my dog...but hey if they want to, I'll takeit!). She said they'd loan me money to buy a better car. I don't knowtho. I don't think I'm gonna get very much for a couple thousand....butlike I told them I'm not really looking for something that's gonna lastmuch longer than this summer. If it does, cool, if not, it's really nobig deal. We'll see what they say, when they realize that mybabysitting Alex this summer will mean that I'll be driving him aroundin my car...lol.
So after watching my brother today, my dad gota phone call from someone (not really sure who, but I think it was aguy who used to work for him in Lake Zurich). Anyway, he was talkingabout the family and all that good stuff, and I overheard him talkingabout me (I was playing with Alex in the livingroom, and he was in thekitchen on the phone). He didn't really say much, but told him aboutall that I was doing, how I was a full-time student at a really goodUniversity, and that I'm working a lot. He told Paul he was proud ofme...something he's never actually said to me. Not anytime recentlyanyway. All I really get from him now is criticism. I dunno, I'm surethis doesn't really matter much to anyone who reads this, but it mademe feel good to hear my dad tell someone he was proud of me. It kind ofshocked me to hear him say that. I mean, I know he's my dad and he'llalways love me and all that good stuff....but if you guys knew mydad....he's not like that. He's not one to tell me he loves me, andthat he's proud of me and all that. Him and Megan both. I think I canliterally count on 1 hand how many times my dad has actually said heloves me, and in the past 10 years it's only been once that I can evenremember, maybe twice.
Ok. Enough of all the babbling for me. It's almost 2 am and I need to be up at 6 again. Night everyone!
So,in other news, this summer is going to be crazy busy for me! I got thepart-time internship with UWM's department of recruitment and outreach(DRO). I'm really excited! I honestly didn't think I'd get it. And thefull-time intern is Amanda, one of the girls I was a Campus Ambassadorwith last year. My parents are concerned about me having 5 jobs overthe summer, but really, my intern position and campus ambassador thingis only part-time, and only over the summer. I'll go back to my 2/3jobs when school starts up again. Hopefully I'll be able to make myschedule work around me being at school only 2 days a week.
Isat down and talked to my stepmom about my jobs this summer, and aboutmy car issue. As nice as my uncle is about giving me the Laser, I don'tthink I can deal with going into this deal not knowing whether thecar's gonna last out the summer or not. Now that I have thisinternship, I know I'm going to be in Milwaukee on an almost dailybasis, so I need a reliable car. Once I figure out how many hours I'mgetting, and how much I'm getting paid for my UWM jobs, I can probablysit down and estimate how much I'll be making this summer between all 5jobs. We already figured out that I'm almost making $1,000 betweenbabysitting for Alex and housesitting for my aunt and uncle and myparents (I find it kinda funny that I'm getting paid to stay in my ownhouse and take care of my dog...but hey if they want to, I'll takeit!). She said they'd loan me money to buy a better car. I don't knowtho. I don't think I'm gonna get very much for a couple thousand....butlike I told them I'm not really looking for something that's gonna lastmuch longer than this summer. If it does, cool, if not, it's really nobig deal. We'll see what they say, when they realize that mybabysitting Alex this summer will mean that I'll be driving him aroundin my car...lol.
So after watching my brother today, my dad gota phone call from someone (not really sure who, but I think it was aguy who used to work for him in Lake Zurich). Anyway, he was talkingabout the family and all that good stuff, and I overheard him talkingabout me (I was playing with Alex in the livingroom, and he was in thekitchen on the phone). He didn't really say much, but told him aboutall that I was doing, how I was a full-time student at a really goodUniversity, and that I'm working a lot. He told Paul he was proud ofme...something he's never actually said to me. Not anytime recentlyanyway. All I really get from him now is criticism. I dunno, I'm surethis doesn't really matter much to anyone who reads this, but it mademe feel good to hear my dad tell someone he was proud of me. It kind ofshocked me to hear him say that. I mean, I know he's my dad and he'llalways love me and all that good stuff....but if you guys knew mydad....he's not like that. He's not one to tell me he loves me, andthat he's proud of me and all that. Him and Megan both. I think I canliterally count on 1 hand how many times my dad has actually said heloves me, and in the past 10 years it's only been once that I can evenremember, maybe twice.
Ok. Enough of all the babbling for me. It's almost 2 am and I need to be up at 6 again. Night everyone!