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went cruising around the new college interwebz to see what i could see. (and find something I couldn't find haha)

stumbled upon a whole bunch of different academic-related stats for moi.

99th percentile in reading in the ACT. (34)

my worst one was science: 24.

bahahahahahahahahaha. and here I've been recently toying with the idea of doing something science-related, like making perfume (which, btw, i bought another bottle of yesterday... fricken awesome~ it's sweet and warm at the same time, with musky undertones.) or something awesome to save the world.

........... what the heck does one do with a reading skill??

read books for a living?

((actually, i've toyed with the idea of being an editor... always get the image of reading and editing a potential best-selling novel in a comfy chair in the middle of a giant living room in a log cabin/mansion, looking out over a serene lake with lots of trees. it feels northeast-y, like Maine or thereabouts. bahaha I've read too many books, particularly of Stephen King's))


so anywho, that's something to muse upon.

also discovered my book today as I started packing. biggrin

'twas in a backpack i had taken with me on my latest biking excursion, in hopes of stopping someplace to read (but I didn't, sadly...)

packing is going well. all but one nice-ish outfit + all sweatshirts are carefully rolled up and shoved in a (awkwardly-sized/shaped) suitcase I had to sit on to close (and it's literally bursting at the seams), miscellaneous stuff is starting to find itself in tubs. thinking 2.5 is my limit of tubs, & i'll allow two suitcases for clothes (the rest should fit in a big one) and misc. bags for stuff that doesn't belong anywhere else (winter stuff, TV, bedding, etc)

last year it felt like i had too much stuff, lots of it I never used. so this year I'm trying to cut back/organize better :] my theory is that if it doesn't all fit in my car, I have too much stuff.

... did i mention i also have to fit mother in the car, too? -.-;;.................... she wants me to bring her down to g-ma's on my way to school to pick up her car and drive it to her new weekend gig in Appleton of all places. O.o;;

BUT the extra income is most needed. crunched the numbers today concerning tuition, and I felt dizzy. even with my part-time off-campus job, I can't even pitch in HALF of each payment. T.T


and i have a very nervous feeling i'm not gonna get too much help next fall, either...... :/


so in hindsight, not getting a job was a bad idea financially, but concerning everything else, this has been one of the best summers of my life. The first and last true summer I'll ever have, I guess.

so, money isn't everything. that's kind of become my motto in recent months haha.....





i want a career where it feels like summer- like this- all the time, and I'm lucky enough to get paid to do what I love.

I don't know what that particular thing is right now, but I hope i'll come across it soon.





watched the 3rd HP movie today. quite frankly, it was depressingly inaccurate, yet comic because it was so. & harry's oh-so-fake grimace made me laugh out loud every time. xDDD



OH! also got fingerprinted this morning at the jail in town. Kind of unnerving, but all went well & i got it sent off already. then i went to mow lawn, and the mower wouldn't start. o.e;;...

meh.

i'll formulate some plan or other to get it done.

fair tomorrow night, then probably saturday the massive Walmart trip.

i need to make the big purchases before my money runs out. T.T realized after I made a spreadsheet of all my intended purchases/income that I'd made something of a pseudo-budget.

or in this case, a more accurate measure of just how screwed I am.


*sob*

tried making a regular budget, but that fell through when I realized that i'd be devoting every penny i earned towards paying tuition anyways.

IT COULD BE FLIPPING 3000 CHEAPER IF I STAYED IN AN APARTMENT AND DIDN'T HAVE TO TAKE FLIPPING MUSIC LESSONS.

-.-;;

alas, i only take heart in someone telling me once that there are a few people on campus who have to pay very close to sticker price to go there.

then i don't feel like complaining quite so loudly haha.

have a feeling if I actually knew what I was going to do after college, paying tuition wouldn't seem so ridiculous.

because what if i end up going into something completely different, and need specialized schooling that renders all this bunk?

(^one of my greatest fears)







bah. so now you know what's on my mind tonight, hopefully I can sleep now that i've divulged those thoughts.