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I got lost and sick

03.30.08 (12:31 am)   [edit]
Yep, i got lost in work and then got sick. I think being so exhausted has run my body down and i caught the flu. I felt horrible for 2 weeks straight. It started out as the flu and then went into a cough. It was pretty bad and i hope that none of you catch it. It was all i could do to get through work days at my full-time job because i ached so bad. I would come home and go right to sleep and sleep until morning. As far as my part-time job, i called in one full weekend because i felt so bad. I finally broke down and went to the doctor and i hate going to the doctor. They put me on antibiotics and cough medicine.
 
The good news is that i'm feeling so much better. I'm back to working about 70 hours a week but it's ok because i need the money. I've been trying to get at least 7 hours of sleep a night and most nights have succeeded in doing so. Yeah go me! lol
 
I'm just now getting back to eating normally and following weight watchers. I pretty much survived on sprite and crackers the whole 2 weeks i was sick.  
 
I did do something fun last week. I WENT AND SAW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IN CONCERT!!!
 
IT WAS SO AWESOME! I LOVE BRUCE! I would definitely go see him again and might try to go see him if he comes back again this summer. He just puts on an awesome concert and i love all of his songs. It was so amazing when the band would get quiet and he would stop singing for a moment and the crowd just kept on going.  It was also amazing to see the fan base he has. I think all of the age ranges were accounted for and everybody knew the words to his songs. It was great! I will definitely go see him again.
 
Anyway that's all for now, I thought i would finally make a post again since it's been forever since i had posted.
Hope everyone is doing well! *hugs* 

update time

03.06.08 (8:31 pm)   [edit]

Wow, it's been awhile since i've signed on. Let's see, where do i begin...

I've been working non-stop, which is like 70-80 hours a week between both jobs. Today is my first day off since Feb. 24th. I ran a few errands and then i took a 3 hour nap. I'm exhausted. Hopefully, I can start getting one day off a week now. We have 1 part-time employee hired and the one that is on medical leave might be coming back in the next few weeks. To compensate for working so much, I've been trying to go to sleep a little earlier every night to try to get some rest. Some nights it works and other nights it doesn't. Even though I know i'm exhausted, I know it is all worth it. I know i will be able to at least take a class or two this fall so it is going to be worth it.

That leads me to my next topic. I filled out my FASFA a few weekends ago and got word back that I've met my maximum loan amount in undergraduate student loans. That was depressing. In fact I cried about that for a few hours. I can't qualify for "Professional degree loans" until i'm in the pharmacy school. So i was going to use regular student loans to help pay for my pre-pharmacy classes. That plan has come and gone. I don't want to sit out another year. So I'm trying to figure out what to do. There are always private loans but they usually check your credit and since I just had my bankruptcy finalized, that doesn't sound to promising. I will try to apply for those anyway just to see if i can get one. Maybe since i'm going back to school they will go for it but I'm not going to hold my breath on that one.

Another alternative is on the Today show the other day they listed scholarships on 3 different websites. There are thousands of scholarships that go unused every year and they have scholarships for the non-traditional students. So I'm starting to research that aspect. Maybe I might find something that might help. Any amount would help at this point.

The other alternative is that I might only take 1 class in the fall and 1 in the spring and continue working both jobs for another year. Now that will only work if I can cut my hours back down to 60 like i was doing before. I do have to have time to study.  By that point I should have enough money to pay for all of my pre-pharmacy classes. I'm not too thrilled by this option but I want to take at least 1 class to start getting back into it. I want to get the whole process started. I'm sure it won't be a pleasant experience to do it this way but it's plan C.

I'm going to continue to save every cent I can and research these aspects and see what I can come up with. I guess if it's meant to happen, it will. I want it to happen so bad that's why I don't want to sit out another year. I also applied to the school and am waiting to hear back from them. Since I graduated from there with my Business degree, I'm hoping it will be a quick you're approved since i did graduate with a GPA of 3.2.

So that is where I am right now. Any suggestions?

*hugs* to everyone.