Small Town Wren » geek http://www.smalltownwren.com Moving Home Again Thu, 22 Dec 2011 01:50:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 I’ve Crossed Into the Land of the Unholy http://www.smalltownwren.com/2009/12/ive-crossed-into-the-land-of-the-unholy/ http://www.smalltownwren.com/2009/12/ive-crossed-into-the-land-of-the-unholy/#comments Sun, 20 Dec 2009 21:56:52 +0000 Wren Roberts http://www.smalltownwren.com/?p=296 Yesterday was my first full day of break. And how did I spend my time? Reading textbooks of course!

Yeah, it’s a real super party. But, I figure, I have the time now. I don’t really have anything better to do with my time, so I might as well get ahead while I can. Having finally made some friends in the vicinity of my parents’ house means that I’d like to have more free time so I might have a more active social life this semester. You know, the semester where I’m taking four graduate courses.

I’m kind of bummed out though: I checked my credit card statements today and almost threw up. $479 on textbooks (and just textbooks). I even got several of them deeply discounted, (50% off or more). And I still need to buy school supplies. I need more binders and post-its. Tiny post-its. Expensive post-its.

It’s pretty rotten when your books cost more than 10% of your tuition costs. Even with a lot of them purchased for a more than fair price. My bank account is going to suffer so dearly this semester.

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