Filling you in…

Hey guys!  It’s been busy here, so I haven’t been as free as I’d wished.  However, I don’t think the situation is going to get any better. As school goes on, we all know it gets worse.  I’m not really complaining though, because so far, so good! It’s busy, but nothing that I haven’t dealt with before.  It’s not nearly as busy as sometimes have been, so hopefully it stays that way.

I have a lot of financial stuff to straighten out, though, that I’m not very happy about.  My undergrad school took care of a lot of things that VCU doesn’t. For instance, I have to contact alllllllll of my loan companies and send them proof that I am still in school. At Mercyhurst, they did all that for you.  So, unless I want to start to pay back all of my undergrad debt, I’d better get my butt in gear.

I almost have all of my books for school. Wait – 2 weeks into school and I don’t have all of my books? What a slacker! There’s a story behind it, don’t worry.  The book for my Forensic DNA/Serology class was a new edition that wasn’t available to purchase until yesterday. So, we went to the bookstore today to pick them up. Low and behold our bookstore didn’t order enough of them. So, four or five of us are out of luck until next week when they come in. At least I got it paid for, so when it comes in I can just go pick it up.

Classes have been going well. Everything is very interesting. It’s nice learning everything in such a new way. It’s weirdly refreshing to be exposed to a new department style. It puts a new spin on things and I’m enjoying it very much.

City living is a new experience as well.  I really like having to walk to class (it’s a half mile walk each way) because it forces me to exercise.  It’s not a bad walk at all, and I enjoy getting out in the sun for a while – even if I do get sun burnt simply from walking to class and back. But, there are a lot of homeless people that wander the streets here and when I walk alone, I don’t always feel comfortable. Not because they are homeless, but because they always approach everyone on the street. I like to support people as much as the next guy, but I only have so much to give and once the cash is gone, I’ve got nothing.  I’m sick of being approached and people getting mad at me because I can’t give them a hand-out. And when I say no, even if I say to them that I don’t have any money because I am just walking to class they either don’t believe me or they keep persisting.  Maybe it’s because I’ve been in a relatively rural area all my life and I’m just not used to it, but that’s really the only part I don’t like about the city.  I just don’t know how to deal with it.  I think the way to go may be just to ignore the situation and move on, maybe if I don’t address whats going on I can get through without incident. What do you guys think? Do any of you have to deal with this that can help me out?

As for the link for this blog, I’m going to randomly throw it in at the end.  It’s a site called Makes Me Think, and it’s sort of the opposite of F-my life (which is amazing).  Check it out – it gives you hope for humanity.