23-25

I haven't posted in a while, only because everything that happens with school is a "Wait!!" oh, then "Hurry UP!!!" Then a, "Wait!" and then "Okay, gointopanicmodebecauseeverythingishappening. NOW!" It is a grueling, terrible and very stressful way of doing things. So I am going to break down what has happened. 

Visa application is in and being processed. YAY!

Student loan has been accepted.
 (I am not sure how I feel about this. I mean, yes I am going to school and living my dreams, and it is the only way I would be able to afford to go... But I am going to have MASSIVE debt when I am finished. So it's a win, kind of semi loose situation. Not too sure about that.)

Anyway, I am a little panicked right now. The tuition for school is a very, very nice, new, shiny pretty penny. This will probably be my most expensive purchase of my life but, in the long run, it is worth it. The maximum dollar was given to me in a Student Loan. Only, it doesn't quite cover the entire amount of my tuition. A bit of it has already been paid, thanks to my grandparents on my dad's side. Love them! Then I have to pay a little portion of it myself. I was hoping that some MIRACLE would happen and I would wake up one morning and my bank account would have a billion zero's behind the number that's already in there. Sadly I was daydreaming and no, I did not win the lottery. Dammit!

Well, I know you're like, "Just get to the point you were trying to make about being panicked." I'm almost there, be patient. You have to know all the facts first. Plus I hate questions afterwords.

Okay well here is the Panicked point!

My living costs are going to be a little tight, and a quarter of my student loan is coming later in the year. I hate living on a super tight budget.
I like having money. So I can still be frugal, but if something dire comes up, I have money, it will mean I am okay. But that is not going to be the case. It's going to be the best couple years of my life, I know. But I wanted some safety net to catch me if I fell.
I do kick myself occasionally that I didn't keep my previous second job, but at the same time working myself to the point of exhaustion? Working 14 hour days, multiple days in a row, was not going to get me anywhere. If I was fired because I wasn't doing my job properly, I would have given up on school. So better to stick with one and then find a different second job. Which I have and it's working out pretty well. Except my boss doesn't want me to leave. Sorry!

I am pretty excited about things though. It's all starting to seem real and not some "wouldn't it be nice if.." fantasy.

Although I am going to miss the friends that I have here terribly! This weekend I am going to the Nicki Minaj concert with my best friend, we are going to have a FABULOUS time. I am so excited.
Treat myself to a little break, have a stress free weekend. Which I deserve! I have been working really hard for an entire year. It is about time I take a little weekend away, it's been a year.

But, what will be really nice is to have a week and a half to not, really, worry about anything, AND be in LONDON.



23 days to save as many shiny pennies as possible
25 days until I can say "Adios" to the pennies and "Hello" to the best days of my life.