Can I Feel Happy Yet?
Every time I have some happy or exciting topic I can write about on LJ... something else happens almost immediately afterwards that brings me down; even if it's the most idiotic thing to get upset about.
Anyway, after going through my mail at home that I haven't seen in a month, I was anticipating a response about the Circle K Scholarships. In case no one remembers, there was a "fiasco" of sorts last year because of an address change that was announced in only one place that I didn't look.., and therefore, mine was not received and I earned nothing.
This year, I found a piece of mail from Kiwanis International that was already opened (!) and the first few words were "we regret to inform you" and I just stopped. Sadface! But luckily... or well, maybe not so luckily, I remembered that was a letter they sent me a couple months ago that their system got hacked and a credit card I once used on their website might have also been leaked. It was my parents' credit card, and they always look at their bills so if anything fishy showed up, they could cancel the payment or whatever. So I kept looking through my mail.
Then I found another piece of mail from Kiwanis International. Not opened yet. My heart skipped a beat.
And here were the contents:
Perhaps in the grand scheme of things, it's not that much, but at least I know that will fund my summer trip abroad in Japan. And I was slightly proud of myself.
But as I said, sometimes the stupidest things take me down, and I find it hard to mask it with smile.
Anyway, after going through my mail at home that I haven't seen in a month, I was anticipating a response about the Circle K Scholarships. In case no one remembers, there was a "fiasco" of sorts last year because of an address change that was announced in only one place that I didn't look.., and therefore, mine was not received and I earned nothing.
This year, I found a piece of mail from Kiwanis International that was already opened (!) and the first few words were "we regret to inform you" and I just stopped. Sadface! But luckily... or well, maybe not so luckily, I remembered that was a letter they sent me a couple months ago that their system got hacked and a credit card I once used on their website might have also been leaked. It was my parents' credit card, and they always look at their bills so if anything fishy showed up, they could cancel the payment or whatever. So I kept looking through my mail.
Then I found another piece of mail from Kiwanis International. Not opened yet. My heart skipped a beat.
And here were the contents:
Perhaps in the grand scheme of things, it's not that much, but at least I know that will fund my summer trip abroad in Japan. And I was slightly proud of myself.
But as I said, sometimes the stupidest things take me down, and I find it hard to mask it with smile.