Financial aid happiness stuff

[la_belle_laide]

I went for my financial aid assessment and signed up on the computer and all this other stuff you have to do, and I applied for two grants. The grants are awesome and I am likely to get them; they cover more than half of the tuition. If I took out a student loan (interest free,) I would actually have a surplus of money that I would use to pretty much put right back into the loan.

But here's the funny part.

Because I'm applying and enrolling at what is normally the tail end of a typical school year (the spring trimester,) the grants only apply to this one semester. I will have to re-apply for them in February, and the ones I get then will cover three trimesters. This will be after I get my W2 forms and the W2 is what they use to figure out how much money you get. The less money you made in a year, the more they give you. Due to the fact that I lost my job in May and for at least half of the fiscal year I was on unemployment, the grants I will be getting for subsequent trimesters will cover even more than they do now; possibly up to two thirds of the tuition and fees. Because of the timing of the loss of my job and the W2 forms, and the timing of when I enrolled and will have to renew my grant applications, I am paying insanely less to go to this university and to China!

When she explained to me that I would have to re-enroll with a new W2, it all started clicking in my brain how this all came together in perfect synchronicity.

Lao Tzu said, 'What may appear to be a calamity often gives rise to fortune.'

The only ones in this that I really can't get past the utter douchiness of are my ex boss who felt that standing up for us was "too much of a headache," (his exact words,) and the ex-coworkers who agreed with this, including my ex supervisor who I thought for many years was a truly good friend to me.

But I'm happy in knowing that those people really, really hate the job. Not a day would go by when one of them wasn't complaining about how much it sucked there, how they felt trapped etc.

Not all of them; some were and still are great friends and very fulfilled people. Those folks, I am glad they're happy and that they are still a part of my life.

But the others? I can't bring myself to feel sorry for them. :)

Captain Jack Sparrow said, "I suppose I should be thanking you because in fact, if you hadn't betrayed me and left me to die, I would have had an equal share in that curse the same as you.

Funny old world, innit?

:D

Comments

[lauraceleste.livejournal.com]

Back when you first left the "other place", I mentioned how leaving was sometimes the hardest thing in the world to do, but in time you would come to see that it was the best thing you could have ever done. I am SO SO SO happy to see that come true :)

I'm just giddy about the journey you've set out on. I can't wait to hear all about it :)

[la-belle-laide.livejournal.com]

So true! Actually back in May, the very next day I realized I felt nothing but relief that I didn't have to go there. There wasn't an adjustment period or anything. I was mad at The Douche (he will always be The Douche from now on; actually he really was before!) but I realized even then that this was all to the good.

Just, I had no idea till recently how good. ^_^

[lauraceleste.livejournal.com]

Enjoy this time! There will never be another like it. You're at the beginning looking out along your chosen path, and you WELCOME the road before you. The view will never be this good again! You'll be happy, but at this moment, the sheer potential of what could befall you makes it the happiest moment!