More Blogging and Other Nonsense

Well, we've already started a new semester, and boy are we off to a rocky start!

Missouri State University is on a whole new system, called Banner, which initially kicked me out of the work-study program and loaded me up on unsubsidized loans. But, I got that fixed, and then, a week before school started, I found out that funds wouldn't be applied until the second week of school. So I spent the entire second week of school checking, checking, checking. I spent the first two days checking to make sure that my student account was paid off so I could finally get the first book, Rites of Spring, for my European Literature class. Then, the last few days I spent checking my bank account for the automatic deposit of the refunds.

Now, I was counting on 3700, but then they decided to send some more than I requested back to the lender, so I'm only getting 27o0 back. That seriously cut out some of my plans. I'm having to make a smaller payment than I had wanted on my cremation, purchase fewer new clothes, and put less in savings. It also means a much reduced St. Louis trip to see Mike's parents.

It was not until yesterday that I learned that the money would not be in my bank account until at least Tuesday.

Y'know, witholding information like that from students, especially since finances are on everybody's mind in this crappy economy, is really not cool. MSU students were not informed nearly soon enough to make other financial arrangements.