Wow. I know officially Autumn aka Fall isn’t until September 21st, but damn does it feel like fall already! It’s freezing both outside and inside. The strong wind doesn’t help either. Oh well I guess because I’m looking forward to October. Heehee of course I am. Duh! My birthday is on October 29th plus my sister and a bunch of friend’s b-days are also in October.

So, my fall school semester started last thursday. So far so good with that though I can tell by the middle of the semester, I’ll be one stressed out woman. There’s a lot of content and projects that must be done. One glass in particular I’m looking to get exempt from since keyboarding is basic knowledge to pretty much anyone who uses a computer.

Well, on other news I forgot to mention that my older sister Lisa has been taking supply teaching jobs. Now that she has finished her schooling, she can fulfill her dream of becoming a teacher. She has already applied for fulltime positions which is just great. I wish you all the best Lisa and we are so proud of you!!!

Well, I’m not sure how many of you have gone through college or university thinking about strangling the people responsible for tuition fees or textbooks prices. Let me say, it’s ridulous!!! Okay here is my rundown of college tuition/course fees.

I attended college for:

- Early Childhood Education – 2 years – approx. $4800

- Photography classes – summer (3 courses) – approx. $600

- Office Administration (Executive) – 1st semester – approx. $1300

TOTAL: $6700

Now that is not including textbooks, supplies, transportation, and other necessary fees. Man, they suck every blood and sweat that dripped from you working so damn hard for money when your a student which is usually minimum wage. ($6.45 when I started school but now $7.75). So if I’m making around $7.00/hour, I’d have to work at least 957 hours!!! That’s just the estimation of how much time I spent trying to get enough money for school.

Thank goodness for my dad and mom. They paid my tuition for my office administration program this semester and hopefully next, since I’m pratically broke from all these expenses. And get this…I just spent another $850 on fuckin TEXTBOOKS for 1 SEMESTER!!!!!!!

You’d think schools give students a break from all the fees. Nope that’s not the case at all. I hate college fees! It’s outragous but I have to pay if I want that diploma so I can better myself for the future. It’s a pain in the ass that’s what it is. What bites even more is that I don’t qualify for any bursaries/scholarships that are available for my program. And I sure as hell don’t want to take out any student loans or any type of loan. I can’t stand the stress of worrying to payback a loan. So that’s out of the option.

Hopefully all this schooling will pay off in the future. I just hope to God that I am making the right decisions in my life and everything will work out.