Grrrrrr... >:o

Let's all sing the "I Hate Financial Aid" song together now, shall we?

For those of you who don't know, the campus Financial Aid office is once again out on their quest to personally screw me over. They've been at it for a couple years now, and I'm ready to pull my hair out, glue it back to my head, pull it out again, and then figure out a way to harm them with it. Jury's still out on that last one.

The issue is that I got my "financial aid" letter...except there was no financial aid on it, which leaves my account with a balance of over twelve thousand dollars. Now, Mom and I sat down and figured out how much I would need based on the letter they sent me in April or May--which said I would need approximately $3500. ANYONE ELSE NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE??

So I thought okay, fine, I'll go in and talk to them on Monday and see if we can get this straightened out. How lovely of them to send me this news on a Saturday when there's no one to call, but fine, we can deal with this, I hope.

Then I get on campus and find that I have emails. I have one from the computer center, saying that I'm supposed to come in for the laptop exchange tomorrow at eight-thirty AM. Okay, that's cool...except that then there's another email saying that there's a hold on my account from the Business Office, and I can't get my new laptop until that's taken care of. And a third email saying that if the laptop situation isn't squared away by Tuesday, I lose my network access. And if the last two years are any indication, I'm booked pretty solid in RA training for the next two weeks.

Congratulations, BV! Your four-year quest to screw me over might have actual succeeded this time around. I'm going to talk to my RD and hope that she'll be able to help me out somehow, but...I really don't know what the hell I'm supposed to do. Let's say I get to Financial Aid at eight AM--I have no confidence that this'll get ironed out by the eight-thirty trade-in time. So I miss that, then on Tuesday I lose my internet. And to top it all off, I have this horrible vision of walking into Financial Aid and asking them about it and being told that I don't have the money for college and I'm screwed...

I'm bawling right now because I'm so scared about this and I just don't know what to do. And in twenty minutes, I'm supposed to go down and meet my new RD. Well, I'm sure going to make a great first impression, aren't I?

Goddammit...I can't wait to get the hell out of this place.

Grrrrrr... >:o

Let's all sing the "I Hate Financial Aid" song together now, shall we?

For those of you who don't know, the campus Financial Aid office is once again out on their quest to personally screw me over. They've been at it for a couple years now, and I'm ready to pull my hair out, glue it back to my head, pull it out again, and then figure out a way to harm them with it. Jury's still out on that last one.

The issue is that I got my "financial aid" letter...except there was no financial aid on it, which leaves my account with a balance of over twelve thousand dollars. Now, Mom and I sat down and figured out how much I would need based on the letter they sent me in April or May--which said I would need approximately $3500. ANYONE ELSE NOTICE A LITTLE BIT OF A CHANGE??

So I thought okay, fine, I'll go in and talk to them on Monday and see if we can get this straightened out. How lovely of them to send me this news on a Saturday when there's no one to call, but fine, we can deal with this, I hope.

Then I get on campus and find that I have emails. I have one from the computer center, saying that I'm supposed to come in for the laptop exchange tomorrow at eight-thirty AM. Okay, that's cool...except that then there's another email saying that there's a hold on my account from the Business Office, and I can't get my new laptop until that's taken care of. And a third email saying that if the laptop situation isn't squared away by Tuesday, I lose my network access. And if the last two years are any indication, I'm booked pretty solid in RA training for the next two weeks.

Congratulations, BV! Your four-year quest to screw me over might have actual succeeded this time around. I'm going to talk to my RD and hope that she'll be able to help me out somehow, but...I really don't know what the hell I'm supposed to do. Let's say I get to Financial Aid at eight AM--I have no confidence that this'll get ironed out by the eight-thirty trade-in time. So I miss that, then on Tuesday I lose my internet. And to top it all off, I have this horrible vision of walking into Financial Aid and asking them about it and being told that I don't have the money for college and I'm screwed...

I'm bawling right now because I'm so scared about this and I just don't know what to do. And in twenty minutes, I'm supposed to go down and meet my new RD. Well, I'm sure going to make a great first impression, aren't I?

Goddammit...I can't wait to get the hell out of this place.

Slightly happier post!

To quote articulation, happy posts are happy. That made me smile. I swear to God, I'm bipolar or something... But yeah, I've calmed down a bit after hanging out with the rest of the crazies.

Back from my insanely looooooong get-together with this year's RA staff. It's looking AWESOME. We immediately started joking around and making fun of each other...it was beautiful, let me tell ya. And Miriam shall henceforth be known as Gertrude or Dorcas! Mandy is our new RD. She is, in a word, awesome. She is, in several words, EXTREMELY awesome.

AND SHE GAVE US EACH A BETA FISH!!!

I have my own fishie now! He's a bright red beta, and he will live on my desk. Well, in a fishbowl on my desk, but you know what I mean. And maybe we're morbid, but we're actually having a challenge to see who can keep their fish alive the longest. Guess I'll see what happens...

Oh yeah--and I named him Kaito =D

As opposed to Heather, who was holding the fish-bowl up to her face and staring at the fish while saying, "What should I name you, fishie? What do you want to be named?" *hugs Heather*

( Slightly Calmer Discussion of Tomorrow's Festivities )

Slightly happier post!

To quote articulation, happy posts are happy. That made me smile. I swear to God, I'm bipolar or something... But yeah, I've calmed down a bit after hanging out with the rest of the crazies.

Back from my insanely looooooong get-together with this year's RA staff. It's looking AWESOME. We immediately started joking around and making fun of each other...it was beautiful, let me tell ya. And Miriam shall henceforth be known as Gertrude or Dorcas! Mandy is our new RD. She is, in a word, awesome. She is, in several words, EXTREMELY awesome.

AND SHE GAVE US EACH A BETA FISH!!!

I have my own fishie now! He's a bright red beta, and he will live on my desk. Well, in a fishbowl on my desk, but you know what I mean. And maybe we're morbid, but we're actually having a challenge to see who can keep their fish alive the longest. Guess I'll see what happens...

Oh yeah--and I named him Kaito =D

As opposed to Heather, who was holding the fish-bowl up to her face and staring at the fish while saying, "What should I name you, fishie? What do you want to be named?" *hugs Heather*

( Slightly Calmer Discussion of Tomorrow's Festivities )