Bartender's Log, Bardate 1.17.06 (The Real Thing):
So, now that I have 2.5 hours til my next class begins, a real post:
So, here's the news that anyone who hasn't spoken with me on AIM recently is missing:
- I failed Anatomy last semester. Yes, again. Bloody hell.
- Under the terms of my scholarship agreement, I'm not allowed to fail any class, because any grade below a D is considered to be incomplete--that is, the "credits earned" are 0.
- They gave me a chance to appeal.
- I wrote a one-page letter that I considered shoddy work, detailing my direct manager's threats of (effectively) firing me if I didn't work the 45+ hours a week he wanted me to, in addition to still paying my parents' bills. This, I told them, was my reason for not even having time to study. Indeed, I explained, my grades are a risk...but only if that nasty F is taken into account. Without it, my grades are quite good. In essence, begging for a second chance. Blech.
- Might I add that this is a full-ride scholarship?
- I got a letter this morning. One sentence. "Your appeal has been approved."
- So, tomorrow morning, I will have a hefty book stipend available to me, as well as this semester's half of my loan. This is a good thing, since I was afraid I was going to have to penny-pinch to make the fees for this semester on my own (less the loan, which only covers about half of my tuition).
- The best part? I got them to drop the summer school thing and change my projected graduation date to December '07. So, I can take a vacation this year. ^_^
- Other related news: I have 95 hours of paid time off stowed from last year (that's /with/ taking nearly a month's worth last year). I worked 1960 hours last year--yeesh! I'll be taking the last two weeks of March off from work. Already got Mike's OK. See, we have to use down under 40 hours by the 31st of March, or it goes away...I'm only spending down to about 35, so I have those for later. ;)
- And then, because I am still working 30ish hours a week, I'll have another two weeks worth about the end of July. I'm aiming for another proper vacation the last week of July and first of August. My excuse? We have to use the /rest/ of last year's PTO by the end of August, and school starting means I need to stay here. ;)
- So, between that loan, stipend (which will be at least $800 more than I /need/ for books), and my tax return...I should be able to afford a halfway decent little car, with six months of insurance left over. And maybe a little spending money for Opus. ^_^
In other /other/ news? I am starving. And I have a bad caffeine-deprivation headache. I might just skip Gen Bio II (bloody retakes), get some food, and go home.
EDIT:
I'm taking five classes--a total of 17 credits.
Beginning German II (5 credits) from 9a-11:15a,
Human Development II: Adolescence-Adulthood (3 credits) from 11:30a-12:45p,
Hormones and Behavior (3 credits) from 1:00p-2:15p,
General Biology II (3 Credits) is a retake from 5:30p-6:45p, (and I don't have to retake the lab 'cause I passed /that/).
And Business Writing (3 credits) is an online course. Thus far, I like all of my professors...of course, I have had 2 of my 3 morning profs before...that's why I chose them.
And I have like 5 papers to write this semester already, and I'm not even TO the writing class yet! 0.o