I spent a few hours looking for a new car today. I’ve been debating between getting something new enough to not have to worry about any issues and something cheap enough to not have to worry about payments. After some test driving, new and expensive seems to be the way I’m leaning.
Of course “expensive” is relative. I’m looking at Honda CR-V’s (yes I know I swore I’d never get an SUV but it’s closer in size to a Jeep and has a better MPG than any car I’ve ever owned, plus it’s real purty so suck it nerds) and working my ass off to get a decent deal on one. I even put my dad on the phone with the salesman to try and get him to take a loss on it. While it didn’t work this time, my dad offered to come down and see what he could do in person at the end of the month. I’m very much looking forward to that, even more so because it’s a sign that my dad is actually becoming reliable. It’s funny how he and I are both taking on so much responsibility at the same time.
School is a massive amount of work, but none of it too difficult. I’m plagiarizing myself in English, but that’s fine because I wrote it, even if it was a few months ago for a different teacher in a different class. I’m seeing last semesters failures as learning experience. It was kind of like a crash course on how to learn and how schooling works. I’ve been out of the loop for so long that I needed that I think.
While school is going swimmingly, I’m still stressed as all hell. I’m trying to get everything that I owe paid off, get a new car, join and attend a gym, go on vacation to New York and start building a savings all at the same time.
I think I’m just going to stop eating and live off of dreams, alcohol and ramen. Just like every other college student.
The face of a stressed out man:
