We advise you about your 'stickiness' about your everyday life

First off, don't go gambling, it's stupid. I mean, it is COMPLETELY DUMB. They make rules for these games, as if there is any skill involved AT ALL, which there is totally NOT ANY. Roulette? Stupid! Baccarat? Stupid. Blackjack? Craps? Even poker? You got it. Stupid. They are all just games of chance, you might as well be betting on a shell game. Not that I played any of those games, anyway. I stopped gambling after I lost ten dollars in the slot machines and then commenced to try and drink ten dollars worth of free soda. F**kers.

I only went because I hoped by some bizarre twist of fate that I would somehow make enough money to offset some of the cost of the accident. I just got another bill yesterday, this one from the Johnson County Ambulance Company. I can only hope that they are paying those people well, because they sure are charging me well. I guess it's lucky that I had the money to pay it all off (provided that no more charges are applied), but now I have hardly anything to start school with. I'm not thinking about it yet, I'm just getting moved and then I'm going to go to the financial aid office and figure things out, but oy. I really hoped to avoid loans. I worked for the department of education for a couple of years, and there is no mercy. NONE. And there's nothing anyone can do, it's just a giant bureaucratic fire-breathing monster, and all any of the workers can do is follow the rules that are set by the huge animatronic ball of red tape that lives in a dungeon somewhere in Washington D.C. I just wanted to avoid them completely because I fear the beast, but it looks like I'll probably have to get one or two loans while I'm in school. Our tuition is covered, but we still have to pay fees, and pay for our books, and pay for our own room and board, and the stipend is pretty minimal.

Oh, whine, whine, whine. I'm not whining any more.

Moving is going well! And I got my car and my bike fixed, and I've been able to spend lots of quality time with people I love, which is really a great gift. I'm going to miss it here so much, but I have to say that going really feels right. And the program I'm starting is SO COOL, I can't wait!!!

O.k., meow!