I really need to stop taking so long to update. Just trying to catch up on all the diaries I've missed takes me hours and hours. I'm about an eighth of the way done catching up, I think. I have a feeling this afternoon will be spent reading diaries and not working my fingers to the bone. Oh well. One day out of a few weeks isn't going to kill me.
Besides, I'm sure I'll make up for it when I'm chained to my desk and working 50-55 hours a week in early January. Hooray for year end, right?
Not so much.
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We got a phone message here at work today that really made me think.
This client, this 50-year-old guy, found out he had cancer on December 9th, 2004.
He died on December 19th, 2004.
10 days.
10 days.
10 measly days from diagnosis to death.
It makes that "What would you do if you only had a week to live?" question seem slightly less silly to me.
It makes me feel that even another year working here and another year putting off going back to school is a waste of time. I know it's not. I know that it's what I need to do in order to accomplish what I want to accomplish without screwing myself financially.
I just wish I had the money to do what I want NOW.
I think it's that phone message that caused me to go on yet another college scholarship/grant hunt. I think I found a few good ones to apply to. The other ones that I think would be good for me are only available to people still in high school.
Dammit. A mere almost 7 years late.
I was thisclose!
Hopefully our plan will work out and we'll be in good financial shape by the fall of next year.
Hopefully I will be able to restrain myself from killing any co-workers for the next 375 days, thereby landing me in jail and royally screwing up any chance I had of going to school.
Hopefully my drive and determination will come in handy during the coming months.
I guess we'll see.
Only time will tell.
Keep your fingers crossed for me just in case, will ya?
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