It's all downhill from here...well, kinda

I finished my paper for Interpersonal Communication and turned it in. I've also finished the revisions for my other grad class, and I'll be dropping that off tomorrow. All I have left this semester is to grade speeches for one more class tomorrow afternoon, edit a conference paper abstract for Dr. D., complete a final exam for one of my grad classes (that is assigned tomorrow and due on Tuesday) and then attend a holiday party for the department. I figure I'll probably go visit my sister in Southern California on Monday or Tuesday, depending upon how things go.

Finances are still getting on my nerves. My student account automates messages to me that indicate that I need to "pay my balance" by December 1st (yeah, by December 1st) for classes for next semester. They also indicate that I need to pay it off by January 1st, or they assess a $150 charge on my account. Then, in a follow up message, they state that if I'm getting financial aid, it arrives when school starts in January, which just so happens to be in the MIDDLE of January. Also, they've charged me for my two classes for next semester, yet I'm on a graduate assistantship which means I don't get charged ANYTHING for tuition. Yet, the way things have happened here, I won't be surprised to see a $150 charge still manage to take place.

Last semester they had problems awarding my financial aid, which became somewhat of a nightmare until they fixed it a few days before school started. I really hope the same thing doesn't happen again. I don't think they understand that they create stress with their system, which continues to impact on you during the rest of the semester, even though the initial stress does go away.

Stumble It!