So, it's Wednesday, which means that I had physics today. However, this also means that I only have ONE WEEK of physics left in my entire existence. Between today and the minute of keeling over, I have two sessions of physics. Then physics-ness is non existent. The good news we got today is that our final exam is going to be take home too, so that definitely takes some of the pressure off of me for the next week or so. I only have two more assignments left to complete, and then I'll be in like flint.

Despite having, in all probability, no time next semester to do what I need to do, I feel like haciendo mas que lo hago ahora. No con la escuela, sino con otras cosas fuera de ella. I'l doing enough school as it is already. I don't know, I either want to get a second job for weekends, by which I can save some money for the Spring tuition, which won't be as high as this semester's tuition, but still or I want to do some more volunteer work. I have been looking into S-CAP (Souther Colorado AIDS Project), but it looks like they primarily want people in the middle of the week, and I'll only be available on weekends.

The dollar signs are not looking favorably on me. I should be getting my credit card bill for this month pretty soon, and the charges look nasty. I had about $20 left over from my last bill that I didn't pay off, I have my $60 CLEP test on there, a $30 trunk for my sister, for which I got a cash refund because it was like $10 cheaper in store, and about $300 for books so far. So my credit card will be about.....$400 this time around. I get paid this Friday (about $80) and I can save up my next paycheck, which promises to be around $120 to get rid of about half of that bill. I might dig a little into savings (which is looking woeful as it is now) to get that bill down, because I really don't feel like adding 24 dollars onto my bill in September (on top of whatever charges I make for the rest of my books) for interest. I might just pay the whole damn thing off and then spend the next 5 months using all of my paychecks to get my savings back up to $1000.

In good news, a friend of mine might have the Immunology book I need for this semester to borrow. That would defintiely save me a LOT of money, as I would then only have to worry about books for my history class (for which I have nothing), and the various things that my chemistry professors want me to buy, like lecture notes, lab notebooks, etc.

In additional good news, next semester's books should cost A LOT less than this semester's books, mainly because I'll be using the same book again, especially for Biochemistry, French, and a Spanish one I bought last year. That's 10 hours that will be covered, and I intend on taking more. After reading about the whole Colombian drug cartel thing in News of a Kidnapping, I think I would definitely like to write my history senior thesis on something in Latin America, which means that I would have to buy two pretty cheap and readily accessible books. That would also get me to 13 hours for the semester. I don't know what else I'll take. Definitely Physical Chem II, and probably a bio elective. You're supposed to take fewer semester hours when writing a thesis, so I might listen to sage advice and rachet things down to like 20 hours.

School is definitely complex. Made more complex by money. If I didn't have my parents helping out with all the money they saved for me to go to college, I have no idea what the hell I would be doing. Definitely going into massive amounts of debt. THAT'S for sure.

Yeah, I just looked at my bill for this fall. $6043. Ouch. I'm going to try to pay for some of it on my own though. I'd like to put in at least...$150? I know it's not a lot, but it's something that I can contribute.

I realized looking at jobs, that I really have no idea how to write a resume or a cover letter or any of that. Who's supposed to teach me these things? Is it a parent thing, or something else? I've seen people who get it in their classes and I'm not sure where to find mine.

Yeah, so the whole money thing sucks. I've looked on the UCCS job site, the springsjobs site, and craigslist and no luck. I suppose I should check the classifieds. If all else fails, I'll beg to work every day after Aug 1 in the Lang Tech Center to set up for the fall.