My Husband Will Be Happy and That Helps

I'm feeling kind of down fellow blog readers.  I can't afford to go to school.  Bottom line I have to reevaluate my life's goals and what I want to accomplish.  Should I do a program like my husband and study Medical Assisting instead of Veterinary Technology?  Should I compromise my dream?  I clearly need to weigh all options.  Because Mount Ida doesn't look like it's going to be one this year.  I don't have time to appeal my Financial Aid.  Tuition is due Thursday.  Jason's birthday.

Speaking of Jason's birthday I got him a really nice shaving kit consisting of shaving oil pre-treatment, shaving cream, and aftershave, and a really nice brush.  I got him these in Sandalwood scent (yummy) from the Art of Shaving New York.  Kind of an expensive place but he gets like a year's supply and the brushes last for years.  Anyway, I got him this before he lost his Full-Time job.

Jason's first week of school went well.  This week he should be getting his tools and uniforms.  He took his first test on Thursday and he thinks he did well.  I hope he got an A.  I want him to feel confident in his course.

So I have a lot of thinking to do.  I go back to work on Tuesday.  Hopefully my digestive tract allows me to do this.  And on Friday, after I work, I'm going to Boston Beerworks with my friend Adam, his partner John, and of course Jason.  I'm going to drink Blueberry Beer and then we're going to the Red Sox Game.  They're playing the Arizona Diamondbacks.  I don't know much about this season, but I hope the Red Sox win just to make it an interesting night.

I know I have plenty to look forward to in life and I'm not giving up.  I just wish life weren't so darn hard sometimes.  Oh, and here's a picture of Smores.

Shattered

I'm so disappointed.  I'll admit it I still cry about it.  I wanted it for my future so badly.  That's right I've deferred my entrance to Mount Ida for a year.  My mother won't cosign a loan and my credit sucks.  I'm just shattered.  I'd even signed up for classes and been sized for my scrubs.

On top of everything I'm sick.  I've not been right since I had diverticulitis in January.  I'm trying fiber supplements and probiotics as suggested by the GI doc I saw yesterday.  It's doing nothing for the vomiting but it should help you know.  The other end.

Jason loves school.  He is so excited to study.  He leaves at 3 everyday for a 6 o'clock class so he misses the traffic and so he can study before class.  I'm so happy he gets to live out his dream.  I just miss him.  He doesn't get home til almost 11 o'clock at night.

So Close and Yet So Far

Mount Ida may be beyond my financial grasp.  My mother needs to agree to cosign a loan for the remaining amount left on my bill.  Which for Semester 1 is a lot of money.  I am going to try an Appeal to the Financial Aid committee and I am working on pulling together the necessary paperwork.  But anyway, my mom is unlikely to cosign for several reasons.  The biggest is that my husband was laid off from his primary job on Wednesday.  I'm not going into that but suffice it to say he is once again looking for a job.  His second job will help us squeak by.

Now you may be wondering, "Wait a minute, didn't you just get hired at CVS?"  Why yes I did.  But I am out on health leave because I can't stop getting sick out of both ends.  That's as graphic as I'm going to get.  I'm seeing a GI doctor on Tuesday so hopefully we can put together a plan to get me back to work.  We need the extra $150 or so a week.

So what would a smart person do when she goes to PetSmart to buy frozen mice, hay, and guinea pig food?  She would AVOID the guinea pig enclosure because she has a big heart and can't stand the cuteness.  Well I wasn't so smart.  On Friday I went shopping there and fell in love with a baby Abyssinian Guinea Pig.  So Saturday I drag my husband in to show him and he VERY reluctantly agrees to letting me get Smores.  That's her name because her coloring is Graham Cracker, Marshmellow, and chocolate.  She's beautiful and only about 5 weeks old.  She fits in the palm of my hand.  We put her in the cage with Snickers and put Bernadette back in the big cage with Penny, Amy, and Oreo.  So far no problems.

Okay, yes I know the timing was pretty poor.  But my heart is big enough to love all my babies and it makes me happy.

Orientation, BABY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Today was Orientation for the Transfer students at Mount Ida College.  I got there late because I fell asleep after I turned the alarm clock off.  Jason was late for work and I was 25 minutes late for my Math placement test.  Yikes.  I couldn't remember how to do almost anything consciously but my subconscious seemed to remember some algebra and I scored a 72.  High enough to get me into the required math course for my program.  Then I went back to the building where the presentations occurred.  I did learn some interesting things.  For instance, there's a free tutoring program.  Did not know that.  I will be using that a lot first semester.  

Then after financial aid made their presentation we broke for lunch.  Sandwiches and such were provided as was a nice breakfast spread.  I had a roast beef sandwich and some potato salad.  I didn't take much in case the food didn't agree with me.  Then us Vet Techs were taken to a room with computers and we sat down with a staff member and picked our classes.  Dr. Sarah Lefebvre, the Anatomy and Physiology Professor helped me.  It was so cool meeting one of my profs.  

Then once I had registered for classes I went to order my scrubs, stethoscope, and bandage scissors.  Next I had my photo taken for my student ID.  Thank goodness I dyed my hair a few days before.  I talked to security about where we could park and then I frolicked off to pick up Jason at work.  Then we went to the Autobody shop where our baby is being fixed up and I signed some paperwork.  Then I got back in our rental 2013 Prius and came home to cook a chicken and to get a good night's sleep.  Tomorrow I find out if our medical expenses will help us out with the financial aid because in Jason's case it will.  

I Miss My Husband Already...

Life is hard that's for sure.  Jason's now working two jobs and I already barely get to see him.  When he starts school I'm really never going to see him.  We have his financial aid meeting tomorrow so we find out then if we can afford to send Jason to school.  Yikes.  He'll be working two jobs and in school 4.5 hours M-Th.  I know it doesn't last forever but I will miss him terribly.  Absence makes the heart grow fonder right?

I worked my training shifts on Friday and Saturday in Downtown Crossing.  While training at the registers we got a lot of British and Irish folks.  I loved hearing their accents.  But I couldn't believe how exhausting it was working two hours at a cash register after not working basically at all for 5 years.  I have a 7 hour shift on the 4th.  Time and a half baby!  But 7 hours.  I'm going to buy insoles for my sneakers, which yes I am allowed to wear.  I have to walk to work in 90 degree heat because Jason's shift at Advanced Auto Parts starts an hour before my shift does.  And really it's only a 15 minute walk.  Not so bad.  I'll get used to the standing I'm sure.  It may just take a little while.

School Orientation is next week!  Yay!  I get to sign up for classes and talk to my student adviser.  I need to have the money for scrubs somehow.  It's like $100 + shipping.  Yikes.  So many costs.  I guess that's what school is all about.  Learning and fees.  But I'm excited for Mount Ida.  Vet Tech here I come!  Now if only we can make all this scheduling work with only one car, we're golden.  :)