August 24, 2011

  • Mo' Money, Mo' Problems pt. 2

    Before I get into anything about my life, I just want to say that I'm on a college-issued laptop in my campus library. That's right...school has finally started back and I'm back onto pursuing...A dream of becoming a paralegal...or something in that field. Who knows! For school, I've got a pretty decent setup:

    On Monday & Wednesday, I take Yoga and Beginner level Spanish (I already know some Spanish so it shouldn't be a huge problem). On Tuesday and Thursday, I'm taking a First Aid & CPR class, along with Environmental Science.

    The only class that I really have to worry about is Environmental Science; even the teacher says that it's going to be a complicated class, but I have two PE classes and another class that won't be so difficult, so I really shouldn't have a problem this semester. Compared to last semester, this semester should be a piece of cake.

    I've set my classes up just the way I wanted to, so I wouldn't be spending a whole lot of time at school for an unnecessary amount of time. On Monday and Wednesday, I spend about an hour in the library and go to class; on Tuesday and Thursday I spend about an hour and 30 minutes. An extra 30 minutes may be a crucial amount of time because it'll allow me to have extra time to study Environmental Science at the last minute or catch up on some homework. Last semester, I enjoyed sleeping in my car for 3 hours and stuff like that, but you really don't want to sleep in your car unless you have to.

    I've mentioned the fact that I have a job, so if I really needed to take a nap, I could take one between classes for an hour. My schedule at work has changed, however, because I've actually transferred departments. I'm no longer a grocery bagger, but I work in the meat department now. To be quite honest, I feel more comfortable as a bagger than I do in the meat department; however, I need the money and don't really have much of a choice. Before I started school, I gave my supervisor (at the time) the hours I could work, and she explained to me that I wouldn't be given enough hours. Basically, I was on the verge of getting laid off because I wouldn't really be working much. 

    My car has been experiencing more problems ever since the car has been out of the shop. I have about 200 dollars left in my bank account, and I'm pretty sure I'll be needing to borrow money to pay for the car shop. Basically, I'll be in debt within this weekend...probably. Financial aid for my college is supposed to come in within 4-5 weeks of school, but I'll need money in the meantime and can't afford to sit around and not make anything. They gave me the option to work the meat department with my requested hours, so I'm now working the meat department on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday morning. I'm off Tuesdays, Saturdays, and Sunday. Even though I...honestly, hate working in the meat department, it'll give me a chance to make some money to recover from the body shop costs.

    I'll get more into detail about yoga, the car, and my girlfriend and I in my next entry...but I've got class in about 30 minutes and need to take me a nap.

    Take care.