The Good Stuff

So far, school's going well. My history classes have all been proving rather interesting, though lack of a book for one class has proven to be a bit of a hindrance. Pre-production's also mostly on-track, though my team is getting to learn about clients who are particular (it is, of course, at least partly our own faults for how we've handled them). Midterms show my lowest grade is currently a B (which I need to ask about, I thought I was doing better in that class). And, some time next week, I should find out if I got one of the school's scholarships.

Next term is looking interesting, too. I did have to drop one of the classes I wanted - Entrepreneurship - for a class that I have to specifically take next term, but I do have "Art of Freelance" lined up. I'll also be taking a class about Node.js (and possibly often slamming my head against various hard objects, from what I've heard).

~WhiteKnightMagnus got himself a job as a banquet server, much the same work he's been doing for several years now. All things considered, it's very likely to hold out until he gets his nursing licence and kicks off his medical career for reals. That's going to be a tremendous help with, y'know, surviving, since this is the last month of my internship and I don't yet have anything lined up to follow. The downside is that my time with him is a bit more limited now.

The Bad Stuff - Warning, rant follows

That extra money has been getting increasingly necessary. Recently, I've had a number of surprise fees come up. One was a large overdraft fee, after I'd been told that the setup made overdrafts virtually impossible. It appeared, along with a previously missing charge, the night before I finally had the chance to go ask the bank about the missing charge. Another is from the phone company I was using until this month - a full months fee for a couple days of use, which was spent going back and forth between the old and new company trying to get my number switched over, after my contract with the old company had ended and I had actually taken the time to let them know that I was not continuing it and should no longer even have service through them. Since I'd mentioned I wanted to move the number over though, they insisted the account had to remain open or I couldn't switch it. Also, my school can't seem to make up its mind on whether I owed them for this term or not, so I finally just paid the bloody $360 rather than waiting for financial aid and accounting to try to work it out again.

Another lovely note: I closed out my bank account after deciding I was finally sick enough to stop being lazy, and after more adventure than necessary, I was finally ready to open a new account at a credit union, as was going though the process. And then, BAM! A report of suspected fraud! Apparently, some guy up in Seattle tried using my social security number for an account last summer (yeah, only JUST found out about this), and though he's clearly not me, no one can give me an account until that report is gone. The only folks who can do anything about it is the company that created it, and to get them to do anything, I have to fax them a letter that very specifically details what actions I want them to take. Of course, this also means faxing my SSN off and hoping I got the number right, since they'll no doubt need it for reference.

Also, if I don't find a new job fairly quickly, we might just run out of money this year. Chances are I will find a job, though - web folks are in demand, and I don't consider minimum wage sorts of things to be beneath me. I definitely need to work on my interview skills, though... and learn to brag a little.

I want some damn cookies.