okay, here's the straight poop
Since I hate to bring up the subject of money to my parents...and since I haven't even had much time during last semester or even during break to see my advisor about classes, I'm reluctantly taking this semester off. My mom just got done paying the credit cards off, and I hate to ask her to charge another semester since my financial aid never came through for last semester. This year, I'm making a resolution to be independent free of my parents by the end of the year, and I don't want them to have to be burdened by my educational finances. It was hard enough for me to get by last semester working my stupid hours at Strack's, and they really aren't making things easy on me at all. I want a new job before I start back up in the summer with summer classes. I want to just work and save this semester. (I'm still slowly recovering from that Ford Credit overdraft problem last year.)
Besides, Dad's paychecks have been looking pretty crummy as of late, too. The whole family needs to be saving right now. It's been admitted that the USA is currently going through a recession (I say we've been going through a recession for the last two or so years and have been in denial about it until recently). I do plan on going back to Purdue Cal in the summer, but I need to save up some money first and fill out my FAFSA forms as soon as I get my tax stuff from Strack's (and Blockbuster). If I have to take out a loan (which I've been trying to avoid because I don't want to be paying it off for the next ten years), I might as well.
Aside from the money/college thing that's been on my mind...Joe Balling died a couple of days ago. He's been a family friend of ours for a long time. We went to the wake last night. And I don't know what the hell it was, but Mom was in a foul-ass mood all of yesterday. If she didn't want to go to the damn wake, she should have just let me and Hunter go. Someone at the wake asked how our Christmas was, and Mom was like, "It was shitty." Later on in the car, she was all, "Did you hear me say we had a shitty Christmas? It totally threw her off! I'm not going to lie about shit like that anymore, I'm just going to tell it like it is." I'm tired of her using her MS as her card to just be a bitch. ("I can't help it! I have brain problems!" Last I checked, spouting off inappropriate shit was not multiple sclerosis, it was Tourette's syndrome. Or just being a bitch. Whichever.)
Besides, Dad's paychecks have been looking pretty crummy as of late, too. The whole family needs to be saving right now. It's been admitted that the USA is currently going through a recession (I say we've been going through a recession for the last two or so years and have been in denial about it until recently). I do plan on going back to Purdue Cal in the summer, but I need to save up some money first and fill out my FAFSA forms as soon as I get my tax stuff from Strack's (and Blockbuster). If I have to take out a loan (which I've been trying to avoid because I don't want to be paying it off for the next ten years), I might as well.
Aside from the money/college thing that's been on my mind...Joe Balling died a couple of days ago. He's been a family friend of ours for a long time. We went to the wake last night. And I don't know what the hell it was, but Mom was in a foul-ass mood all of yesterday. If she didn't want to go to the damn wake, she should have just let me and Hunter go. Someone at the wake asked how our Christmas was, and Mom was like, "It was shitty." Later on in the car, she was all, "Did you hear me say we had a shitty Christmas? It totally threw her off! I'm not going to lie about shit like that anymore, I'm just going to tell it like it is." I'm tired of her using her MS as her card to just be a bitch. ("I can't help it! I have brain problems!" Last I checked, spouting off inappropriate shit was not multiple sclerosis, it was Tourette's syndrome. Or just being a bitch. Whichever.)