victory

i feel very rich today. i finally got my financial aid check for this semester. yes, the check with which i was supposed to pay my rent for september, october, november, and december, as well as buy groceries and textbooks for the semester. basically, the point is to say that my school's financial aid department is incompetent, and that if it weren't for the luck of having a bit of money saved and generous parents, i would have starved to death this semester while interest accrued on my loans that sat in their bank account.

on the more upbeat side of things, studying for finals is going well and i think i will make it. lots of work to do still, but i think i'm working at a fast enough pace to know what i need to know on time. i'll be coming home around the 20th, so see you then.