Flippy - I Rant, You Read
Sunday, September 24, 2006
Oh noooo, school starts Monday night
I had to postpone our loan officer school program that we were supposed to go to in August because I was sick. Remember that little sinus infection deal? Well, I still have it. Whooo. I hope I’m able to keep it in check with meds because we have class from 6p - 10p for the next two weeks. I so don’t want to go, but mostly because it’s all the way on the other side of town. Ugh. Nothing we ever want to do is over here. Everything is E. Sahara this, E. Tropicana that, E. Flamingo whathaveyou. Never do we see a restaurant in the paper we want to try and have it say, W. Whatever Street.
To be honest, I’m a bit terrified about school. Not school itself, although with my stupid herniated disc bladder problems, I hate being required to sit anywhere for long periods of time. I never know when it’ll be a good day or a bad day. No, the problem is once I’m done with school, I immediately need to get work (Leigh-Ann is still trying to get a job at the vet’s office, but she’s going to school with me just in case) or we’re going to run out of money very soon...and be living in a cardboard box. I’m not sure we can find a cardboard box big enough for all of us and the pets, plus shield us from the wind. Also, we don’t have laptops, so I don’t know if you’ll ever hear from us again. So, wish us luck...and financial independence. The kind we had before Google’s algorithms made mincemeat of our finances. Well, Google and back surgery bills and a few companies we did work with that went out of business, taking thousands of dollars with them to their overseas bank accounts.
I’ve been applying for online jobs for the past couple of months, but nothing has worked out. Either the job is in New York (hi, Jim), the business hasn’t gotten started yet, the ad was a total scam, or the one I really really wanted...they never contacted me.
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This isn’t at all like real school. You can get up and go potty without asking a soul, just leave quietly and return the same. You can also stand for a while if you need to, walk around the room and stretch your legs, even take a comfy folding chair if you have one. I have a friend who bought a folding recliner and brought it to all classes, kicked back, made herself comfortable. The cool thing is that when you are a paying adult, you don’t have to follow some half assed rules made to keep teeny boppers in line.
You will be fine. (Turn your cell phone off.) And good luck!
on 09/25 at 06:24 AM -
Flippy,
I echo the previous commenter’s sentiments. If you came into my course and had issues sitting for a long time, I’d just be glad to know that as your instructor and I’d be glad as your instructor to help you with accommodations.
I have sciatica issues and I would literally stand in classes sometimes because I couldn’t sit comfortably. No professor in my doctoral program ever had an issue with it. I just told them why I was standing the whole class. No big deal.
Good luck! Have a good time.
on 09/25 at 08:22 AM
