Hello again,
As you can see, we have recieved a face lift if you will. Do you like it? I do, so I suppose you just have to live with it either way. So, for those of you who know me personally, you probably know that there isnt too much going on in my personal life at the moment.
I have, here recently, decided that i would take a stab at stepping back into the role of student. As you know, with me, there is never a simple way to do anything. There are things that need to be considered, like my stamina, location, and of course how it will be funded.
First things first; money. I don't work, I absolutely HATE the fact that I can't work. That's saying a lot because there are few things that i truly hate. There are days when i feel like a free loader and a mooch because I feel like all I do is sit around the house and do nothing. Yeah. yeah i know logically that is not true, but I can't help how I feel.
Okay back to the topic, paying for school. So, I filled out my FAFSA form and at first I was all gung-ho because, with the school I was going to attend (NOVA) I wouldnt have to pay out of pocket and still have money left over for a laptop. Then I logged into my student account and they are saying that my FAFSA isn't complete because I didn't fill in my mother's information from her 2009 taxes and I have until the 18th of September to fill it out or it won't get processd.
When I first filled the thing out, they just asked for my information and now they are saying that I have to fill in all this extra stuff? I was upset, more than upset, I was pissed. Here I am thinking that they are going off the fact that I dont work therefore couldn't file taxes, now I gotta fill out my mother's information. Now I'm scared because momma is a baller! She doesnt think so but then again this is the same woman who got a 94 in a class and was thinking about doing extra credit before she took the final (which she aced by the way) so I dont go off of what she calls ballin'. LOVE YA MA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
All this happened toward the end of August. Last night mom suggested I look at University of Phoenix and see what the difference as far as pricing is and all that jazz because, its an online school, which is good because if, God forbid, I am hospitalized, there is the possibility of me still being ablue to gett work done. And also, my aunt is going to school through the same establishment (big ups Aunt B, btw I can use this slang but you CANNOT)
Today I called to speak to an enrollment counselor and she broke it down for me. She told me that the government, who shall from now on be called the man, wants to know who it is they are giving this money to. They want to make sure that the money isnt being used for anything other than school. She also told me that some people who get grants but dont continue with their education have to pay back the grants. The man dont play when it comes to money don't you know?
The down side to all of this is that now my momma has to fill out a separate FAFSA, its called a parent plus form. She started talking about loans and how her credit standings and any loans she took out wont affect me. I told her that loans are not something that we talked about and wasnt something I wanted to do and she told me too sit down and really talk and think about it, but honestly taking out a loan myself isnt something that I want to do.
So I am kind of stuck in this limbo where i have no control because I took all of the steps I was supposed to. I am playing the waiting game and believe me, it is not fun. At all.
Send thing was stamina and that basically means that with the lupus, the hip problems and the raynauds (basically poor circulation), everything would be better if I could go to school online.
Location? Well as you can see from my ranting above, its between NOVA Community College or University of Phoenix, which is online.
So I guess I take my earlier statement back, there is a bit of stuff going on in my life right now.
Thanks for listening ya'll
