Alyson

So I signed up for this program from The College Network. And although I wouldn’t really recommend it to anyone, I won’t go into all those details. I’m not doing it basically because my employer wouldn’t approve the program for our Tuition Reimbursement Program. I’ll just have to stick with something local then. I’m working on it, slowly but surely.

Not having an internet connection for awhile, I got a little behind on this site. Since I was last here, I’ve paid off all of my medical bills except one! The only one left is about $900 and I have a monthly payment plan set up, so that will be gone soon enough. I recently applied for an apartment and was surprised to be denied due to something I wasn’t even aware of. Apparently, I still owe Comcast some money. It’s not even very much and it wasn’t on my credit report 6 months ago, so I was scratching my head trying to figure out where it came from. Turns out, last year when I had all those medical bills, I also had a Comcast bill that I completely overlooked. I had made a few payments and then it got lost in the shuffle. So instead of sending me something saying “Hey we’re gonna send this to collections” Comcast did just that. So now I have another stupid mark on my credit report for a lousy $173 dollars, which I would’ve paid off looong ago had I been aware of it. Oh well, it’s gone now, so all I’m really looking at is my student loan. I probably should be making payments on it, but really I’m just going to pay it off when I get taxes next year. That’s the only way it’s going to be done quickly. I need to save money in the meantime so I can move out, replace my hunk of junk car, and hopefully grow a little nest egg.

So far I’ve lost 7 pounds! Usually when people quit smoking, they eat more, but I feel so different and I’m not eating as much!