08.15.07
Where Has All The Money Gone?
I was mixed with emotions today as I spent most of my money on hand to buy $520 worth of textbooks (I’m still missing two). I’m excited, and I’ve already been flipping through the pages of several as work winds down. However, I can’t help but feel cheated by the system.
I figured since I get $450 from ROTC to buy books and supplies I’d buy all new books. This is all well and good, but ROTC doesn’t give me any money for a while. Whats more, the refund check I was planning to use to buy the books was not mailed until today, meaning I must wait for the snail mail check to arrive to alleviate some financial stresses.
Even so, I’m very pleased. And excited. Almost giddy in fact. I haven’t been able to do too much this summer in the ways of personal interest or hobbies (my computer has died twice now, along with most of the data, and I can’t replace it for a little while yet), but I’m very happy to finally be starting school again. But not just school…
College.
Finally! At last! My home away from home, full time. I can again resume the daily rituals of homework, tests, and absorbing knowledge. If family difficulties can stay out of the way perhaps I can regain my academic status and keep it how it should be. I have a good classes, a great job, and a wonderful college that provides both.
Monday can’t come soon enough.