End of school days?

So I went to my college to get my books and supplies for next quarter which starts in a couple of weeks. Since I have student loans, I use that money to pay for those things before the quarter starts. As I'm going to checkout, the bookstore clerk tells me there's no money on my account and so I have to speak with financial aid. So with husband in tow, we went to the student services to wait in annoyance to get this money put on my account. I get called in and I proceed to speak with the counselor. What everyone failed to tell me is per my college's financial aid policy, once you reach a certain point they will suspend your financial aid, simply because it's like ok, you've taken the maximum amount of credits for your particular program . Of course if I wish to continue on with my education, without the loans, I can do so, however I don't have the luxury of disposable income to do so like most independent students don't. So per the financial aid advisor, I now need to file an appeal. I won't find out what their judgement is until the 2nd. In this appeal I need to explain why I want to continue school and use the rest of the loan money to take care of it. Granted, I have successfully passed all classes needed in order to graduate with my general studies associates, however I did want to take these classes for two-fold: one- the classes I took next quarter would either ensure that I stick with my plan, or give me confidence in changing my degree program. And two- it would allow me by staying in school to at least defer my loan for a little longer than 6 mos, whereas if I graduate, I have 6 mos from the end of classes before I have to start paying. I think the worst part is waiting for resolution. What makes me so frustrated about this is we as a society are set on the belief that from the time we are little we should know what we want to do for the rest of our lives to be the productive citizens we're bred to be. What about people like me who have such a passion for life that we get bored so easily that it's hard to decide on one thing to do that defines us our will, rather, for the rest of our lives. Why should it be just one thing that summarizes our legacy? There's just so many interests in my life that I love and have a passion for that I just don't want to be put in one niche or place for the rest of my life. Our careers should never define who we are, it's what we do with our lives that should. And if that wasn't enough to make my heart sink, I got into it with one of my coworkers. This woman along with her niece, are two of the worst brown-nosing, two-faced, bossy, tattle-tails at my job. These two believe that if they tell you something that needs to be done, that it should be done right that minute. So the woman comes over and tells us about trash day, I tell her ok and thanks. Then this woman proceeds to hover in the house I'm working in for 5 mins, giving this look like you should do it now. So I just proceed to ignore her. Towards the end of the shift, about 15 mins left, one of the other people in the house (I'm cool with this chick), "reminds" me about the garbage, of ask if it's the woman who's behind the reminder, she says yeah and then I proceed to say that it just follows suit that she would. So she hears it and proceeds to confront me about it. So of course, you come at me like I'm beneath you and you talk to me like I'm some sort of an incompetent person. So I bring this up and then she snaps back, and says that she's not trying to be bossy, etc. I then proceed to tell her otherwise. She then storms off. I just can't stand people like that. I'm not an idiot, I know what my job entails, and I cannot stand people trying to act like my boss, especially when they don't sign my paycheck nor are my supervisor. I'm never the one to gossip about people or start problems with anyone, but don't step up to me like you wanna get mad because I'm speaking the truth. A peaceful word to my faithful readers, never let anyone come to you and put you down or talk to you like you don't know something. Always learn as much as you can about whatever you can, it makes you more cultured and intelligent, and intelligence will always not only put you above the average who want to live in mediocrity, but will also put those who are like those two women who do nothing but cause trouble in their places because their dense and have no vision of the bigger picture. And knowledge is power. Have a blessed day...

New avenues of passion.....

So school is finished for the quarter and I finally have to say that although I'm glad to be finished with the class, I still have next quarter to get through. So in this quarter I decided to sign up for some culinary courses this quarter, and yep, yours truly is starting out at the bottom. It is my hope that maybe I'll find some real passion. Now it's also my hope that when I move down to Vegas in Jan, I'll be able to sign up for the semester and take more cooking classes to continue where I left off or who knows, maybe start again. Out probably wouldn't take that long to obtain a second degree in the culinary arts. I guess it's just exciting to me to have that passion to constantly want to learn new things, whether it be a new language, skill, or just some basic education, I'm always putting what I learn to good use. It's my intention that it never stops even in this school of life, because the day you stop learning is the day you die. Never forget that faithful readers.... Have a blessed day....