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[rocknload]

It's no longer an ear infection! Oh, they're probably still infected, but they don't hurt much anymore so I'm ignoring them, I'm distracted by my eyes. They've turned Jesus fucking Christ red, coated in slime, and they actually crusted over in the night last night. Too gross? Well imagine how I felt when I was all I CAN'T OPEN MY EEEEEEEYES D: Today I've missed my first day at my paying job, and you probably all know how I feel about that. My illness now seems so ridiculous to me! I don't even blame you if you don't care or you think I'm exaggerating or what the fuck ever, 'cause I don't know if I believe in it, anymore.

But none of this matters! Because I just got this email.

Based on your EFC of 01133, you appear to be eligible to receive a Federal Pell Grant of up to $4200 for the 2009-2010 school year.

I can't breathe.

Next semester is actually looking to be insanely awesome. I'm getting free money, I'm taking Chinese, French, and Spanish, plus I've been offered independent study credits to help some linguist in his lab, I'm taking an entire course in syntax, which I could seriously do all day, I'm trying to get into this gorgeous place, which seems out of my price range but whenever I crunch the numbers actually isn't, I'll have my truck in Tucson, possibly one of my motorcycles, and weekend work with my dad to make the bills I can't cover with loans.

I'm just sitting here waiting for things to go terribly wrong.

Comments

[pretzelcoatl.livejournal.com]

YAY!!!

(Also for some reason I thought your icon was animated at first. ...I either need more or less coffee.)

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Maybe you've had exactly the right amount! It must be amusing to see things dancing around when they really aren't!

[mesangecoeur.livejournal.com]

Yay Pell Grants! I wouldn't have finished up at Valencia as fast as I did without them!
Also that place looks GREAT! My biggest issue with student housing is a lot of them have no kitchen at all. Kitchen = must have.

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

Heh, thanks! Yeah, this is the first year my parents' income no longer affects my financial aid, and I guess my paltry income is paltry. But yeeeeeees, that little kitchen looks freaking amazing. Having no way to really prepare food in the dorms last semester was awful for me, there was a kitchen on the ground floor but I was pretty much limited to what I could microwave.

[secret-hotel.livejournal.com]

Acks! It sounds to me like you might have conjunctivitis...

Woohoo for Pell Grants! Go you! Maybe the awesomeness is making up for the current situation?

[rocknload.livejournal.com]

That seems to me to be exactly what it is, what's weirding me out is why I'd suddenly get all these infections at once. Throat, sinus, ear, eyes? Maybe this is normal but I've never heard of this! Fortunately I'm on antibactierials so now all the infections are receeding, but still. Weird.

Yes, Pell Grants! I guess from the way it's worded I could get any amount less than the number they specified, but I think I'll probably get the whole thing.

[sunsetsred.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD

CONGRATULATIONS

ALSO WASH YOUR FACE

[maxiboom.livejournal.com]

Hooray for multiple victories! I think you should assume your body is currently cleansing itself of the toxins of bad fortune, and that these upcoming bits of good news are an indication that you will eventually be cleansed.

And born again, I guess, I didn't actually mean to go that way but here we are.