The evil house mate is gone, the locks have been changed, his mountain of shit has been cleared away, and the floors have been scrubbed. We're going to get screwed on the rent and utilities this month, but somehow that's not so bed. Stressful, scary, and just not fun, but not so bad. The house simply *feels* better without that huge ugly stinky wad of negativity sulking in the back room. Hurray! Now I just need to find something to sell so we can make up the extra rent...
In other fantastic news, I got another acceptance letter. This time from Albany School of Law, and it came with a $20,000 a year scholarship! Woo! I really need to do my FAFSA stuff this week so I can get all of that business moving along in the right direction. I've now been accepted into both my safety schools, and only rejected from one school, so I'm feeling pretty good about this. I actually have options! And decisions to make!
Sadly, I owe an absurd amount of money on my taxes this year. WTF? I was unemployed and didn't even get to collect unemployment for 4 months. How can I owe them this much money? Not having any real deductions kind of sucks but oh well. Not much I can do about it now. Next year should be better and at least I'm working so I can figure something out. A huge tax bill plus extra rent for 2 months is just lame though. No more shopping for me for awhile.
It funny, even facing another poverty-stricken month (well, several of them but whatever), I feel so much lighter knowing that the toxic ass is out of my house and that I have someplace to be come the fall. In fact, I have several places to chose from, and that is a wonderful thing. Things in the rest of my life are shaping up to make the decision a little harder than it might have been, but it's all for the good. I may not know where I'm going yet, but at least I know that I'm going someplace.
Pictures from the Gaskell have been posted.
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Good lord, can you crop me out of that you, me, and good-corset-red-hair-girl picture? I look ATROCIOUS!
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