Friday Gripes

[SwimDeep]

I just need to vent for a minute...

I've been working on this problem with paying for my last quarter of school. I'm below 4.5 credit hours, so student loans did not disburse. However, I have some extra money due from my dean's fellowship grant, and I'm working with the right people to get that money released. I would much rather have that money because it's "free" versus the student loan which I will have to pay back.

Welp, I checked my email this morning and got a notice that my student loans had disbursed...WAT?!

Apparently, because I'm graduating in less than a month, the remainder of my student loan award for the 2014-2015 year just automatically disbursed, even though I'm not carrying enough credit hours....Which is why they applied it to last fall??

So now I have to fill out forms to reverse the loan disbursement, and I have to figure out whether or not I'm going to get the grant money in time. I am so frustrated with this entire process. It's starting to leave a real sour taste in my mouth for this school. And it certainly doesn't help that I can't get anyone from graduate admissions to return my calls or emails.

grrrr....

[Emerald1486]

SwimDeep That sucks. Good luck on getting it all fixed.

I love my job. I really do. But I hate when I'm given a new responsibility and zero instructions on how to do it. It is frustrating as hell. And then when I ask the person who was doing it for help, they act like it should be obvious. I WOULDN'T BE ASKING IF IT WAS!

[partiallysunny]

Your almost there SwimDeep! Just muddle through this last little hurdle.

[partiallysunny]

I have so much work to do. It's all simple shit, but tedious.

[SwimDeep]

May 15, 2015 7:55:02 GMT -5 chalupa said:

SwimDeep tuition bills were the biggest PITA part of grad school for me. I dreaded that time every semester. It seemed like the school never got things credited correctly, or never sent back the required forms to my employer (who paid a portion of my tuition), so then they'd come back and try to hit me with the remaining tuition due when they'd never even sent the information to my company to be paid. Grrr! GL getting it all sorted out. I had unwanted loans dispersed my first semester, and I don't remember that being too painful to get resolved.

I only liked this because it's a huge relief to know I'm not the only one who's had to deal with this.

I've got the forms to cancel the loan disbursement...now I just need to figure out why they haven't released the grant money. I'm spending more time trying to figure this mess out than I'm spending on studies.

[cuddlyevil]

WE'RE STILL MOVING.

[cuddlyevil]

May 15, 2015 9:05:28 GMT -5 chalupa said:

May 15, 2015 8:59:23 GMT -5 cuddlyevil said:

WE'RE STILL MOVING.

When does it end?

Today?

[neonpink]

Swim deep that really stinks. I hope you can get it all straightened out. Just a little more and you'll be done.

H and I have been so stressed for the past few months we packed a little more last night then called it a night. We enjoyed a few beers and then I had an amazing lucky streak playing Mortal Kombat and won 7 times! I am never that good. It was a lot of fun to just be. He also picked up one of my favorite types of pizza for dinner.

Tonight we are going to hang out on our little porch for the last time and chill, because we will be painting all weekend. I'm really looking forward to painting. I love it. It's like detailing a car. You really get to know your space.

[tiramisu]

It's cold (for here) and rainy today. Last night when RG and I went to dinner I had to get out of the car into very shallow rushing water, but some of it still got in my shoe. Grrr. It dried quickly though, thank goodness, and dinner was nice.

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

I tried to reach out to my sister yesterday after she posted again about feeling depressed and my BIL posted some rant directly relating to the fact that our family can't continue bailing them out and he thinks we are all negative and terrible. As if his lazy ass is somehow our responsibility. And she totally defended him to me saying he does so much to help. Yeanno.

Sadly I think it was the kick in the pants I needed to just let it go. She's determined to sink and be helpless just to stay with him so I'm going to let her. I was thisclose to sending her money. I'm glad I didn't!

[cuddlyevil]

I'm sorry lyssbobiss, Command, B613.

[SwimDeep]

(((((lyssbobiss, Command, B613)))))

[lyssbobiss, Command, B613]

Thanks guys!

[starrieskies]

I contacted a place about a rental yesterday. They let me look at the unit but told me there is already an application pending for it.

[gault]

May 15, 2015 10:18:00 GMT -5 starrieskies said:

I contacted a place about a rental yesterday. They let me look at the unit but told me there is already an application pending for it.

Nooooooooooo! Ugh.

[SwimDeep]

May 15, 2015 10:18:00 GMT -5 starrieskies said:

I contacted a place about a rental yesterday. They let me look at the unit but told me there is already an application pending for it.

We had people doing that to us when we were looking for a place to rent. They would show it to us and then say, "by the way there's already an application pending so you better get yours in quick if you want to be considered". In our case it was a just ploy to get the application fee. We were looking in a college-town area, so I imagine the realtor thought we were dumb college students.

[starrieskies]

May 15, 2015 10:21:33 GMT -5 gault said:

May 15, 2015 10:18:00 GMT -5 starrieskies said:

I contacted a place about a rental yesterday. They let me look at the unit but told me there is already an application pending for it.

Nooooooooooo! Ugh.

Yeah I was pretty disappointed, especially after spending so much time talking myself into looking at it. But they said I could call in today and see if the application was accepted or not. I guess if it's meant to be it will happen.

[udscoobychick]

I am so over my company right now. I worked on some proposal-related stuff this past timecard period, and I also had some straight time/overtime this past timecard period, because I have enough work to keep two people busy for the next two months. Well, this morning, I got a nasty email saying that I can charge overhead (the proposal account) and straight time in the same time card period. So I was informed that I would not be paid for the time that I spent on the proposal-related work. It's only an hour, but I am still so annoyed, especially because our busy season is ramping up, and I know I will be working double the number of hours that I actually charge over the next two months, so the fact that they're being such tightwads over 1 hour of work spent on an internal project is really, really, REALLY rubbing me the wrong way. Add in the fact that I am feeling very overwhelmed (see: having too much work to do), and I am thisclose to quitting, even though I have nothing lined up yet and jobs are impossible to come by in this town. So, yeah.