Two days left

I'm busy and bored at the same time, and have been most of this summer so far. I miss my job, surprisingly. It's nice to have a schedule, because when I don't, I really lose track of everything. I have no clue what time or even day it is, and I always feel like I'm supposed to be doing something else.

I'm leaving this weekend, and moving is not easy when the temperature and humidity are at the highest for the year. It's also not easy when you have to pack your entire life in a small car. I'm shipping a ton of light stuff and books, but there's so much that can't be shipped. A full eight person stoneware china service, for example. That takes up a very large portion of my trunk, sadly. But at least we'll have a nice set of china at the new apartment. A dining table to put the china on? No. But I guess we have to take things one step at a time.

Cost of education

I still can't believe how much one semester of college costs. Now that I've finally paid my "intent to return"/tuition deposit, my bursar account online has been updated. It says:

• Undergrad tuition: $13,605.00


• Undergrad activity fee: $150.00


• Co-curricular fee: $143.00


• Undergrad health fee: $221.00


• IST program fee: $175.00


• TOTAL: $14,294.00

Luckily, my financial aid is listed as:

• Federal Pell Grant: $900.00


• Federal SEOG: $500.00


• Federal Perkins Loan: $1,250.00


• Federal subsidized Stafford Loan: $2,667.50


• Syracuse grant: $7,500.00


• TOTAL: $12,817.50

Meaning the amount of money I still owe is $1,476.50. That's really not bad at all. Unfortunately I still need to add about $600-$700 worth of SUpercard Food (campus snack bar debit) to my bill, but even then I will be borrowing more than $5,000 less in alternative loans than the last two years. That will definitely help with my student loan debt, as it will be the same for the next three semesters as well. It's still going to take forever to pay off all of my loans, however...