


and so it begins, 2009. I'm pretty indifferent about 2008. It was better than the dreadful mess that was 2007, but still nothing special. I don't have too high of hopes for 2009, I know I will for sure earn my Bachelors of Science, which the more I think about the more proud I become. I have been able to complete four years of college completely debt free. I worked my ass off, more so than any of my peers, not to toot my own horn, but seriously I feel incredible that I was able to maintain a 3.5 gpa, never drop a class, get only ONE C AND pay off my schooling as I went (with just a serving job). I paid for all my own books, paid for my parking passes, my gas, my food, ect. That is why I don't believe it when people say that they "can't" afford college.
When I was a senior my parents basically bribed me/gave me an ultimatum: go to school, get a new car, no school, welcome to 40 hr work week and bills. So basically I chose to go to school to make my parents happy, but after my second year of college my parents cut me off (as far as paying for school went) and I realized that I was doing all of this work for ME and no one else. So I picked up hours at work, babysat and generally worked and saved money and studied when I could. And now on May 9th 2009, I will be handed a diploma and I'll probably cry and I know that I cannot explain to anyone how amazing it will feel. I nearly cried just paying off my bill for this semester. I've worked to hard and even though it doesn't end with my bachelors, it already feels pretty damn good.
oh yeah and the holidays were okay, i don't really care about them anymore, but whatever.