Today I spent and exciting few hours at the dentists. My mom insists on scheduling doctors appointments, optometrist's visits and dental stuff on school holidays (every year my check up is on my birthday). I enjoy the dentist. I've had the same teeth cleaning person for the past I don't know how many years. We had a conversation about college and university size while she was cleaning my teeth (I also like that she made it a point to only ask yes or no questions while sharp things were in my mouth). I got a grape flavored fluoride treatment, it was delicious, I think next time I'll be adventurous and try for banana.
As I was saying I went to the dentist, then came home and finally got the piece of mail I've been waiting for for like a month; an admittance notice from DePaul! I got in!!! I also learned that I got a decent amount of financial aid despite my FAFSA being turned in like a month late, (although I probably would have gotten more had it been submitted on time). However because I'm out of state the cost of me attending is doubled. This sucks and means in addition to passing Advanced Algebra and doing walkabout stuff I get to apply to a buttload of scholarships. In addition to all of this I have to reply to their offer no later than May 1st giving me all of a week and a half to consider. I think this is a bit rushed especially because it took them almost three months to get back to me. Plus college is a big investment, even more so because I don't know how much money I'll get through scholarships.
After finding out that I was accepted to DePaul and basking in the light of a positively productive day I went to get my nose pierced with Jessi. This was fun up until the point that my piercer stuck the needle in my nostril, which was numbingly painful. I got a silver stud, it's alot bigger than I wanted it to be but I plan on downsizing once it heals to a decent extent. The piercing was free but the stud itself cost $23 (ever wonder how Modified Soul makes back what they loose in coupons donated to silent auctions... this is how). I wanted to buy some silver studs for my ears but not at that price, I think I'll wait and find some somewhere else, I've had my ears pierced for close to 18 years and don't need surgical steel or internally threaded jewelry, any risk of infection or scaring is pretty much over with at this point.
I thought my day was going downhill when I got a massive headache but then a friend of mine that I haven't spoken to in forever returned a Happy Birthday email I sent her (her birthday was on 4/20) and all was well again.
Anyway that was my day, nothing walkabout related happened but it was exciting none the less.
Until next time...
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ooo! congratulations on getting in :D and i want to see your nose stud. post a picture?
i knew only 3 phrases of japanese for most of my life ("stop that!" "cut it out!" "hey, what are you doing!") and then i took a "class" once a week when i was in 4th grade, but otherwise i've been studying this book since...summer?
oooooh, a stud, you say? :] that's awesome.
and congrats on getting into DePaul! that deadline seems pretty ridiculous, though. :-\
yeah-- that was Pacer :) He usually looks really angry, but Allison was rubbing his stomach with one of those extending forks. hehe
She was silent for the whole month? That's insane. I was thinking about doing it for a week... But I've already started talking, so that's out.
Congrats on DePaul!!! That is sooooo exciting!!! It does suck that they want to know so soon. They absolutely said that you have to postmark by May 1st? Is it possible to say "yes" and then take it back? That's probably not very cool actually. Anyways there is probably some acceptance fee or something to send back with it.
BUT Congratulations anyway! What do your parents think about this?
Very interesting with the nose piercing.... Has this been a dream of yours for awhile? It seems like it would be painful. I know I wasn't very brave when I had my ears pierced when I turned 13. I almost broke my dad's hand.
Let me know if you need any help with the college stuff.
I was really excited about DePaul until I found out that ever with financial aid I'll have to be paying close to 25,000 a year. So now I have to find a way to pay for the balance (hopefully staying out of debt). I'm afraid it might come down to how much aid I get. Until them my mom is talking about accepting, paying the fee, visiting the campus and collecting as much aid as possible and if it's still not working out to eventually decline. true that this is SO not cool but they should have thought about that before giving me a week to respond!
My mom seems happy and my dad seems please but at the same time is doing the "that's your problem" thing that he does when things are expensive.
I've had my ears pierced since I was 1 year old and it was done by a nurse at my doctors office (weird right!). I'm sure I wasn't very brave either, I probably cried, and sucked on a pacifier for a while. Yeah I've been wanting a nose piercing for a good 4 years but had to wait until I was 18. No one held my hand (although Jessi was watching excitedly) and it just recently stopped aching (which I'm happy about). Only after getting it did I realize that like every one has one, and that it looks as though I'm just following a trend (and maybe I am) but they can think whatever because I've wanted it forever. At the most I'm an individual and at the least I'm a conformist who will take it out within a couple years and reminisce on the time I had that nose stupid piercing .
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