It Hurt So Good

So, the third time isn't always the charm as it seems. Or is it? It taught me things, and that is in itself a charm, is it not?

Today, I've been bitch slapped by reality. Twice. Yet, I still remain my optimistic attitude, which is all I ask to retain in situations such as this. Today, in third period, the student who sits across from me came in today and plopped himself down, sighed and exclaimed aloud, "Ah! Only ten more weeks until graduation!" I don't know why, I can't explain why, but hearing that from him made me realize...it really is only ten short weeks away. That may seem like forever, but it really isn't. Not at all. In reality, it is a very short time span. I knew this was coming, but for some odd reason, hearing the other student say it made me comprehend the situation.

Secondly, when I got home I received the mail and noticed I got back the form from Drexel that stated how much money in Financial Aid I would receive. About 20k in all. Seems like a lot, but that still leaves me approximately 30k left over. So my Mom started to stress, and like usual, started to blame others and yell about it. She yelled at me for apparently not caring about scholarships at all, even though I've done all I can. I'm just waiting on the school to give me a large amount of forms back so I can finally progress further. They take their sweet, sweet time. Sadly.

Onto the next topic: the next book AP Lit. is requiring us to read. I oddly have liked this book since we started on page one. This book is A Passage to India. So, expect quotes in the future from this source now.


Oh wait. No need to wait! Here is one now! And as morbid as this may sound, I want this on my tombstone.

Alas, without me for thousands of years
The Rose will blossom and the Spring will bloom,
But those who have secretely understood my heart --
They will approach and visit the grave where I lie.



And for fun, another random quote I quite enjoy:

"Hope is a state of mind, not of the world. Hope, in this deep and powerful sense, is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously heading for success, but rather an ability to work for something because it is good."

Vaclav Havel