It's been a while
So I got really lazy and I haven't posted in a long time.
I'm at work right now and I have a lot on my mind and I really didn't feel like trying to keep it all in my head. Lucky for you. You get an update :)
So I'm working at this place in Hahira, GA which is about 20 minutes north of V-town. Goldleaf Technologies, Mike Woods speaking... Yah, thats me. I don't necessarily answer phones for a living but I wanted to give you a glimpse into my work life and I can't really find a bug in some code for you, now can I? That's right. I find bugs in electronic banking software - Boredom v2.0.3. It's actually not terribly. In all honesty, it's probably the best job I've ever had and it's in my field of study so it's good for me, too. Right now I'm heading up a pretty major project in the QA department of an amazing 5 people, soon to be 4 once Malcolm leaves on Friday. It's kinda cool feeling like you are actually a contributing part of a company. The only downside of the job, and the one that brings me here, is the downtime. When new versions aren't coming out, very frequently I have to spend a whole day or two or even three just sitting in front of my computer looking like I'm doing something work related. Now, some of you make think that this is just my cup of tea. But, I assure you, even I can get bored in front of a computer that has an internet connection.
On to something else. . .
My mom is flying in to Jacksonville tomorrow all the way from Seattle. It will be really good to see her. It's been almost a year since last time. What's going to be interesting about her visit is deciding what to tell her when she asks where im staying at. All summer, I've been staying at my friend Bill's apartment. Well he moved back into his apartment last Saturday so I've basically been staying at my girlfriend's in Centennial since she hasn't had any room mates all summer. Well I sure as hell can't tell my mom that...but if I stay at Bill's it's going to be crowded since it's only a one bedroom apartment. And when school starts, the situation gets even more uncertain, but I'll leave that for the next paragraph.
So I guess I'll jump right into and say that there's about a 90% chance that I wont be attending school this fall semester. My GPA dropped to a 2.97 after spring semester and they checked it. It really sucks because I didn't really agree with the 'C' that I got in my algorithms class but there wasn't anything I could do to fix it because the VSU email system went down for about a week at the end of last semester and my teacher moved to tecah up at Mercer, leaving me with no way to inquire about or contest my grade. So anyways, I took two summer classes with student loans and my GPA is back up now but I only have 80 hours and they check GPA again at 90.
So even though that sounded like the really crappy part, it's actually not what has been bothering me for the past 2 weeks. With what I've made over the summer and the student loans that I would be able to receive I could have payed for 10 hours of classes during the fall and I could have still stayed in the dorms and all would be dandy. Unfortunately, for some reason the line of communication between me and my dad(and thus my mailbox) has been deteriorating lately. So on August 1st I finally got a call from my dad seeing how I was doing. Well right before he hung up I asked him if I had anything important in the mail. He told me that I had basically a list of all my classes from the bursary, and oh yah, my fees. I asked him how much they were so he told me...then he said, "..and it says here that they must be paid in full by 5:00pm August, 4th or all of your classes will be dropped... Wow, isn't that awesome? To complicate matters, he didn't tell me when my FAFSA form or reminder came in the mail either. So anyways, long story short it's looking pretty grim that I'll be able to take classes or stay on campus. Sorry Joel and Jay, it would have been awesome.
So on to the explanation of my current mood.
Well... I lost HOPE. I can't take classes this fall. I can't stay with Joel and Jay in Centennial this fall. I have who knows how little time to accept that I can't make classes this fall work and look for an apartment. My dad hasn't spoken a word to me since August 1st, despite emails to him on my part. Neither of my parents offered to help me pay for classes or even help me think of a way to do it myself. And the good thing that I have going for me, my job, is through the co-op office at VSU. So I'm not even sure if I'll be able to keep that without being a student.
All that being said, I'm really not a depressed guy. In all honesty I'm actually quite happy with my life in general right now. So as an edited version of my current mood, I'd have to label myself as uncertain. That's pretty much a synapsis of the last 4 or 5 months of my life. Anyone know someone that is looking for a roommate? Joel? Jay? I don't suppose you guys would wanna go threesies on an apartment with me, would ya?
Mike Woods
QA Analyst
Goldleaf Technologies
I'm at work right now and I have a lot on my mind and I really didn't feel like trying to keep it all in my head. Lucky for you. You get an update :)
So I'm working at this place in Hahira, GA which is about 20 minutes north of V-town. Goldleaf Technologies, Mike Woods speaking... Yah, thats me. I don't necessarily answer phones for a living but I wanted to give you a glimpse into my work life and I can't really find a bug in some code for you, now can I? That's right. I find bugs in electronic banking software - Boredom v2.0.3. It's actually not terribly. In all honesty, it's probably the best job I've ever had and it's in my field of study so it's good for me, too. Right now I'm heading up a pretty major project in the QA department of an amazing 5 people, soon to be 4 once Malcolm leaves on Friday. It's kinda cool feeling like you are actually a contributing part of a company. The only downside of the job, and the one that brings me here, is the downtime. When new versions aren't coming out, very frequently I have to spend a whole day or two or even three just sitting in front of my computer looking like I'm doing something work related. Now, some of you make think that this is just my cup of tea. But, I assure you, even I can get bored in front of a computer that has an internet connection.
On to something else. . .
My mom is flying in to Jacksonville tomorrow all the way from Seattle. It will be really good to see her. It's been almost a year since last time. What's going to be interesting about her visit is deciding what to tell her when she asks where im staying at. All summer, I've been staying at my friend Bill's apartment. Well he moved back into his apartment last Saturday so I've basically been staying at my girlfriend's in Centennial since she hasn't had any room mates all summer. Well I sure as hell can't tell my mom that...but if I stay at Bill's it's going to be crowded since it's only a one bedroom apartment. And when school starts, the situation gets even more uncertain, but I'll leave that for the next paragraph.
So I guess I'll jump right into and say that there's about a 90% chance that I wont be attending school this fall semester. My GPA dropped to a 2.97 after spring semester and they checked it. It really sucks because I didn't really agree with the 'C' that I got in my algorithms class but there wasn't anything I could do to fix it because the VSU email system went down for about a week at the end of last semester and my teacher moved to tecah up at Mercer, leaving me with no way to inquire about or contest my grade. So anyways, I took two summer classes with student loans and my GPA is back up now but I only have 80 hours and they check GPA again at 90.
So even though that sounded like the really crappy part, it's actually not what has been bothering me for the past 2 weeks. With what I've made over the summer and the student loans that I would be able to receive I could have payed for 10 hours of classes during the fall and I could have still stayed in the dorms and all would be dandy. Unfortunately, for some reason the line of communication between me and my dad(and thus my mailbox) has been deteriorating lately. So on August 1st I finally got a call from my dad seeing how I was doing. Well right before he hung up I asked him if I had anything important in the mail. He told me that I had basically a list of all my classes from the bursary, and oh yah, my fees. I asked him how much they were so he told me...then he said, "..and it says here that they must be paid in full by 5:00pm August, 4th or all of your classes will be dropped... Wow, isn't that awesome? To complicate matters, he didn't tell me when my FAFSA form or reminder came in the mail either. So anyways, long story short it's looking pretty grim that I'll be able to take classes or stay on campus. Sorry Joel and Jay, it would have been awesome.
So on to the explanation of my current mood.
Well... I lost HOPE. I can't take classes this fall. I can't stay with Joel and Jay in Centennial this fall. I have who knows how little time to accept that I can't make classes this fall work and look for an apartment. My dad hasn't spoken a word to me since August 1st, despite emails to him on my part. Neither of my parents offered to help me pay for classes or even help me think of a way to do it myself. And the good thing that I have going for me, my job, is through the co-op office at VSU. So I'm not even sure if I'll be able to keep that without being a student.
All that being said, I'm really not a depressed guy. In all honesty I'm actually quite happy with my life in general right now. So as an edited version of my current mood, I'd have to label myself as uncertain. That's pretty much a synapsis of the last 4 or 5 months of my life. Anyone know someone that is looking for a roommate? Joel? Jay? I don't suppose you guys would wanna go threesies on an apartment with me, would ya?
Mike Woods
QA Analyst
Goldleaf Technologies