My god...
I found out today that two people at my job are retiring. Both of them leave at the end of the week. It's sad to see them go, but at least they're happy with retiring, especially with how times are now. Some people are worried about them and I can see why but if they get the money they're promised upon retiring, might as well make use of it now.
It got me thinking about my own personal leaving. Even though I'm going to a school closer to home rather than farther down south in the state, I still signed up to live in a residence hall/dorm to avoid commuting to school like I've been doing the past 4 years and to get away from the stigma that exists in my family. Even my dad supports me with this decision on moving out to the dorms, especially with the stigma/worry about the work load. I knew it'd be expensive but I figured I'd try to keep my job to help pay for just random things-- I mean, making an extra $100 ain't too bad for a college student right?
Well, as time went on, especially after orientation, I've been kinda convinced that coming home every weekend to work two 8-hour days in a row isn't going to be healthy for my sanity, especially with the huge change in environment. I talked with my boss about it and she told me all her nieces/nephews quit their part-time jobs when they moved to their dormitories. My other managers have given me mixed advice too. One says I should leave and focus on school because it's something people strive for these days: a good education. My other manager said I shouldn't leave until I get myself situated with a job at Berkeley before the school year starts in August 26th... which is a lot easier said than done. My dad says to quit because my current job is just one of those grinding jobs you do to get yourself with some money to help situate yourself in life until something big happens, like going to school. I think after talking with the two people who are retiring and hearing from both of them "This place is getting nasty" and "it wasn't as good as it was before" and the ever so useful "I'll beat you up if you don't leave and continue your education!" (of course said in a sarcastic motherly tune) I think after today I will take the advice and quit my job by August 21st. And hopefully I won't ever have to come back....
then I randomly went online to my student profile page and took a peek at a few things.
Well, my housing budget came in and it comes to the low cost of $15,300 for the entire year broken up into $1,500 payments in 10 months -_-;
Then I got this really weird budget thing on my e-bill account. It says on my e-bill account quick summary I have a current due amount at $12,446.75. I really don't know where this figure came from but they said it'll show where in my next statement at the end of July. Oddly enough it also says I don't have anything to owe on my other e-bill account site (yes, there are two-- I dunno why) so I'm kinda hoping this is just a weird tiny error... of $12,000 _-_;
And lastly for school registration fees... yeah, I knew it'd be around $3800 because that's what it says I'll be given for free to pay off my tuition via my financial aid that got me through DVC. Well... it was close.... sorta. In school registration fees I owe $4,774.25. Yeah, just $1000 off...
That's a lot of debt I'm looking at... especially with my student loans still in limbo due to the financial aid office being backed up on paper work and me announcing I'll be leaving my job ._.
Very scared, but I hope it all works out in the end. Maybe if I close my eyes it'll be all over... x_X
It got me thinking about my own personal leaving. Even though I'm going to a school closer to home rather than farther down south in the state, I still signed up to live in a residence hall/dorm to avoid commuting to school like I've been doing the past 4 years and to get away from the stigma that exists in my family. Even my dad supports me with this decision on moving out to the dorms, especially with the stigma/worry about the work load. I knew it'd be expensive but I figured I'd try to keep my job to help pay for just random things-- I mean, making an extra $100 ain't too bad for a college student right?
Well, as time went on, especially after orientation, I've been kinda convinced that coming home every weekend to work two 8-hour days in a row isn't going to be healthy for my sanity, especially with the huge change in environment. I talked with my boss about it and she told me all her nieces/nephews quit their part-time jobs when they moved to their dormitories. My other managers have given me mixed advice too. One says I should leave and focus on school because it's something people strive for these days: a good education. My other manager said I shouldn't leave until I get myself situated with a job at Berkeley before the school year starts in August 26th... which is a lot easier said than done. My dad says to quit because my current job is just one of those grinding jobs you do to get yourself with some money to help situate yourself in life until something big happens, like going to school. I think after talking with the two people who are retiring and hearing from both of them "This place is getting nasty" and "it wasn't as good as it was before" and the ever so useful "I'll beat you up if you don't leave and continue your education!" (of course said in a sarcastic motherly tune) I think after today I will take the advice and quit my job by August 21st. And hopefully I won't ever have to come back....
then I randomly went online to my student profile page and took a peek at a few things.
Well, my housing budget came in and it comes to the low cost of $15,300 for the entire year broken up into $1,500 payments in 10 months -_-;
Then I got this really weird budget thing on my e-bill account. It says on my e-bill account quick summary I have a current due amount at $12,446.75. I really don't know where this figure came from but they said it'll show where in my next statement at the end of July. Oddly enough it also says I don't have anything to owe on my other e-bill account site (yes, there are two-- I dunno why) so I'm kinda hoping this is just a weird tiny error... of $12,000 _-_;
And lastly for school registration fees... yeah, I knew it'd be around $3800 because that's what it says I'll be given for free to pay off my tuition via my financial aid that got me through DVC. Well... it was close.... sorta. In school registration fees I owe $4,774.25. Yeah, just $1000 off...
That's a lot of debt I'm looking at... especially with my student loans still in limbo due to the financial aid office being backed up on paper work and me announcing I'll be leaving my job ._.
Very scared, but I hope it all works out in the end. Maybe if I close my eyes it'll be all over... x_X