The Cost of Serious Living

[kitsjay]

Okay, so:

$60 admission fee for applying to UT
$50 for UT housing fee
$60 owed to various people
$220 for fall semester at Palo Alto, including books
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$390
-$160 in my account
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$230
-$175 for this coming paycheck
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$55


So if I can find a way to scrounge up $55, then I'll be able to break even before I start racking up the college loans for tuition and the actual cost of housing, not to mention food and textbooks.

Comments

[aquitaineq.livejournal.com]

So you were accepted, your going this fall? Your staying in dorms!?!

[kitsjay.livejournal.com]

Yup!

UT, Kinsolving dorm (the housing hasn't quite been settled but I'm hoping to room with one of my friends, breakfasting).

And I'm going this spring, actually. I hate starting in the middle, but at least I have my friend to help me out.

[genibane.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmm.....it's so hard to break even, it always means second job, and with school and a job already, that would be really tough for you.

[kitsjay.livejournal.com]

Yeah. I may have found a job typing (I type 100 words per minute or so, with over 90% accuracy), and it pays $8.50 an hour.

Plus, I love the night shift, and it's 4:30 p.m. through 1:00 a.m., data entry, which is partly why it pays so well.

So--cross your fingers and wish me luck!

[genibane.livejournal.com]

Good Luck!!