Why must college be so expensive?!?!

I'm taking 4 credit hours at my main college next semester. 1 is my co-op and the other 3 is an online elective class so I will not be on campus at all. I'm also taking 4 credit hours at a community college near me. The community college is 340 for everything except the book. My main college.... 300 in fees alone! 900+ in tuition. One credit hour is almost as much as a whole class at the other college. Then my co-op credit is 500. I don't get it. I'm not even attending college in a class but they feel they have a right to steal 700 dollars from me?! My fees are general fees, ok I don't mind that one, but it's a lot, engineering infrastructure fees-WTH? I'm not going to be in an engineering building/class next sem. Engineering technology fee-same as above..... I'm not using their. computers.

They've messed with my FASFA so that it only pays for 4 credit hrs instead of all of it since I'm considered full time and stole some of my scholarship money away. I just turned something is which I hope will fix this.

Lastly, my college makes up have healthcare-which I'm fine with. Free medical services on campus. Since I'm only enrolled in 4 credit hours they took it away from me... They can't pu it back up-I have to purchase it out of my own pocket. If they would've put it up FASFA would pay for it. Now I have to basically go broke if I want it. And my mom wonder's why I'm for national healthcare (since now it's a rip off.) It looks like I'm going to be doing something I said I'd never do-get on medicaid-madicare, which ever one is for poor people.

I have been working since Sept. I have not seen a cent of money yet, and starting to get really annoyed...

Ok I think my ranting is done.

Three C's: Cars, Co-op, College!

Wellmy breaks went out today. I was going a max of 30 in a 45 and it still look me FOREVER to stop. They just started acting up yesterday (that I noticed.) I turned into the frist mechanic I found and got lucky. They did breaks, and they were also Muslim. So I believe I got a decent discount and a free oil change. The bad thing-they were expensive, and I missed work. After sitting there for about 4 hours, they decided they couldn't finished it so they sent me home in another car.

I do have one question though. Do Afgani's hate Russians? I though the owner was Russian at first and he seemed a little offend. I know there has been issues in the past but I'm not to sure (yea American world history teaching!)

I officially have a co-op :) I got in with a Muslim on accident again. I submitted my resume without knowing he was Muslim and he offered me a job. He is also a professor at my college. (I think I may have talked about this already.)

Two more weeks and one day of college! I'm SOOOOOOOO ready for this semester to be over with, I been so busy.

Next semester I'm taking one online class and one class at a local community college-yes going to two colleges at once :) lol

No interveiw yet.

Hubbers interview hasn't been scheduled for December, I'm attempting to call the NVC but get annoyed with the BEEP BEEEP BEEEEEP BEEEP and give up and forget to call back later. I hope it's soon. I miss him soooo much :(

I'm 99.99% sure I got a co-op finally. I didn't realize the owner of the place I submitted my resume was muslim and a professor at my school.

I've been so busy with school and work I'm starting to go crazy. I've been buying stuff for my husband/apartment. I got 12 sets of pretty plates now :) Thank you Black Friday sales :D I'm thinking of getting 12 "lunchon" plates. (I eat so little that's what I use for dinner so I don't feel like too much of my plate is empty)

4 day weekend

Thank you veterans day for giving me a 4 day weekend from school. I still have to work tomorrow and Friday.

Anyhow, hubby's papers have been processed and approved, elhamdollah. They are now being sent to the embassy and he will have his interview soon, isA.

I am STILL looking for a co-op. I'm losing hope. I had an interview on Tuesday, and he would have given me a job but the job he was going to give me wasn't passed in the election on Nov 2. so therefore no job.

My sister had her health baby elhamdollah. She's also staying with us.

Co-op Update

No job yet. Three interviews no offers, losing hope. Sent out over 20 resumes to local companies 4 responded. Only one with a maybe. Should be sleeping. Good night.

Some People Should Not Be Parents!

http://www.switched.com/2010/10/28/alexandra-tobias-pleads-guilty-farmville-baby-death/

ERRRRRRRRRR. This crap just pisses me off. When ever i hear of a child being shaken, starved or killed by their parents, well lets just say my maternal instincts would go crazy on them if I was around them. How can a game be more important than the life of your child? I don't understand it. Honestly the part of the punishment should be to make these people infertile so that they never have the chance to do it again...

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/05/couple-let-baby-starve-to_n_487287.html

O Tornados

This year has been crazy for tornadoes around me. I think we may have set a record for the number in one year. Once again this past week a tornado warning was issued. I happened to be in class and we just sat their talking and getting excited. Then after the alarms finished their message, class continues. We later found out if a tornado warning is issued you're supposed to stop class and go to the safe area (oops.) We were in a GREAT building for that-the engineering has a huge basement for all the kids to fit comfortably in, BUT when the alarm went of we were in the top floor of one of the buildings. Also, once class was done, we went outside to the other building, and watched the storm-this building is mostly made of glass-great place to be with a possible tornado -.- lol. But don't worry there were bathrooms close by that we would've ran to. My cousin said later after I told her this that "This doesn't put a lot of confidence in the future of engineering." I told all we needed to know was when to run.

No tornado, just a funnel cloud.

I have an interveiw tomorrow!

I have an interview for a co-op with a very good company tomorrow. I'm supper excited and really hope I get this job, isA. Please make du'a for me :)

I'm beyond annoyed!

I started a new job about a month ago. They let me work a week and a half so about 28 hrs. and then they go "oops you can't work until you get tested for TB, drugs, and all your vaccinations are up to date. And you have to go though orientation." Well I'm a federal work study and they have rules, only 4 hours of work per day and they wanted me to attend an 8 hr orientation. Also to top that, you can't go to orientation unless all the previous medical things are done.... Which you have to wait a week between TB tests (they make you do two.) Teh HR person I've been "Talking" to isn't helpful. She takes days to call you back, doesn't answer your questions. I talked to her on Thur. or Fri. about this and she said, "if we can't let you do orientation Tue. we'll set something up later in the week, I'll call you on Monday." We'll Mondays come and gone, I called her left yet another message and haven't heard anything. I'm about ready to say screw it give me my money, and I'll get a work study on campus... this is complete bullshit. When I was hired I should have been given all this information, not after I worked almost 2 weeks. Also not paying me because it was your screw up is just wrong....

Eid

Eid is coming up soon which I'm sure you all know. I'm super excited because it falls on Friday when I don't have and classes. I'm planning to attend Eid prayers isA, and maybe do something with friends afterwards.

I am making dua for Allah to protect all American Muslims just because the amount of bad publicity we have been getting at the moment and since it falls so close to 9/11-which means ignorant people might take it as us celebrating that. Also, for all Muslims to have a safe, happy Eid, isA.

OMG BEEF BACON!

If you can't tell I'm excited. The only part of pork I missed was the bacon. Most of the other products are just as good with turkey (sausage, ham) but I turkey bacon is just... yuck. (I never liked pork chops so I don't miss them, lol.) I finally found it at my local super market, and was so excited I practically ran too my sister jumping up and down, lol.

Now my bacon cooking skills are out of whack since it's been twoish years since I made it on the stove, but I didn't do too bad, almost got it the way I like it. Honestly it tasted really close, a ton better than turkey bacon. I think part of it is that it was the fat like the pork bacon does (yeah I know sounds grouse, but that's what give it the flavor.) Or it could be my mind saying, this is soo much better than turkey bacon and I forget the true taste of pork bacon. But whatever if they continue to supply it I will buy it. It's so yummy! lol.

Shopping

Well it's memorial day weekend which means HUGE SALES! I went looking for some stuff for my apartment once my hubby gets here. I was only planning on getting this dresser, which was 40 for my husband, since my current dresser is completely full with my crap lol. We were looking and I was like, I need a table and chairs. So I looked and found ...


200! A GREAT find! I couldn't pass it up lol. I didn't check with hubby to see if he'd like it but since it was originally like 1100 I figured it couldn't get much cheaper than that. I mean you might be able to find a table for that, but a table and 4 chairs? hahaaa. So all I'm thinking is elhamdollah I went and saved a ton of money on this.
We still have a long way to go on furnishing the apartment. Some cooking stuff, couch and stuff, and then TV and blue ray player.

I would love to get a couch like this

"Ground Zero Mosque"

This guy is soooooooo right!

School/Birthday

I started college today. I was supposed to go till 5 and got out at 10:10 sooo :D

My birthday is coming up in the next week, and I'm turning 21! I want o go out with friends and be like "WOOHOO, I'm 21! Can I have a virgin margarita?" I just think it would be amusing. lol. I got my new drivers license picture done today. No more hair in my picture now :) I have my pretty blue veil on in it lol. They didn't even ask about if i wore it for religious purposes or not, which was nice.

Schools about to start

I'm excited. :D FAFSA was a nice help this year and I don't have to pay for anything but books-which was ridiculous. The school wanted 600+ for USED books. So I went to Barns and Nobles and bought all used ones for a little under 400 :) I have an AMAZING schedule-My week starts out long, then gets shorter and NO FRIDAY CLASSES! finally, elhamdollah.

I'm also in Egypt right now. Saddly I'll be getting back the Sunday before school. I don't want to leave hubby, and less than 15 hrs to get adjusted to American time before school and fasting again.

I'm also excited because this is the year we start with more labs and interactive classes of civil engineering. I thoroughly enjoyed my co-op this summer-even though what I did would seem boring, I learned a lot and enjoyed myself :)