This semester has had lots of ups and downs.  I had a nasty break up with Miro as you all know.  We're not enemies anymore, but we're not exactly lovers either, so I guess that's OK, I guess.

A few months back I posted on here about an old roommate who refused to pay his part of the rent, and on top of that he stole hundreds of dollars from me.  I have a few updates about that.  It ends up after I moved out Joe decided to stay there not paying rent like a dumb-ass.  They tried to evict him, but he would not move out.  So one night when he had work they had to change the locks and move all his shit out.  The apartment complex showed me pictures of the condition the apartment was in.  It was disgusting.  There were stains everywhere, garbage pretty much lined the floor, there was mold growing on basically every surface of every counter, and of course there was a picture of a spotless, clean room which is where I used to be.

The apartment complex served me trying to get me to pay $2700 for rent, late fees, and repairs.  Which is a lot, and very exorbitant.  They were just trying to get the most money they could IMO.  So I had a court date on February, but since I argued it was unfair that they only served me and not the person would was responsible for the damages, they postponed it to April.  This time Joe was served and he showed up.  I typed up 4 pages worth of arguments as to why I shouldn't even have to pay half being Joe stole my money etc etc.  So they ruled that I only have to pay $750, and Joe has to pay $1950.  KARMA JOE, YOU EVER HEARD OF IT?  So I'm glad that's out of the way.

February I think I might have posted pictures here of my car accident.  My first car ('95 chrysler cirrus) was a POS and was draining me of my money in biweekly repairs, so I got another car ('00 Pontiac Sunfire) that was beautiful and ran great for only $2200.  Well on my way to Nakakon I was in a pile-up with three semis so that car is totaled.  I didn't even have it for a month.  *tear* BUT!!! The tanker was determined at fault and I'm being reimbursed $5000 for the car.  FIVE THOUSAND.  So basically I'm making $2800.  AWESOME.

However, I'm not doing so great in school.  On top of the stress of the accident and of being sued, my job is giving me hell.  I work at Spencer's Gifts in Westfield, and I swear I am the only non-management associate there with any sense of work ethic.  I am usually scheduled about 20 hrs/week (which is a lot when I'm taking 14 credit hours at the University) and on top of that, there's this girl named Harmony who --I kid you not-- calls in at LEAST once a week.  Her reasons for calling in are stupid.  She is anorexic and starves herself so she always has stomach aches, and she also has a plethora of emotional problems so she calls in over dumb crap like, "I miss my boyfriend I want to see him today so I can't come in," or "I had a fight with my parents I'm too upset to come in."  GROW UP.  Her shifts are really long, too, so I've pretty much been working closer to 30 hours/week.

Management is so attached to Harmony and Timmy (Timmy kinda slacks off like Harmony, but doesn't call in ever, but he won't cover Harmony, either) so they basically just give them talks about it, but don't really do anything to punish them.  They fired a girl recently because they didn't like her, one of the supervisors quit, and our main manager was let go by corporate for allegations of sexual harassment.  So there was only five of us left, three of us are non-management associates, and I was the only one who would actually show up of their shifts.

Both days prior to court, I was called in because Harmony called in "sick," which made me SO MAD because both times Timmy refused to come in so I had to risk not being prepared for court which could have been detrimental (luckily it wasn't).  Harmony has the worst timing ever, because it just so happens that she calls in sick on days where I'm working on huge projects, and can't manage to get them done on time thanks to her, so it's no big surprise I'm failing two of my class.  I have a 2.8 cumulative GPA right now, so I'm really worrying about going on academic probation.  If I have a GPA of 2.0 or lower, I cannot get any financial aid, so I won't be able to continue school anymore.

To be 100% honest I regret working at Spencer's and I'm considering quitting.  Since we lost our manager our asst manager hired a new supervisor, and a new manager from Des Moines is coming.  Also, Harmony put in her two weeks notice and I've never been so glad during my time working to see someone quit because next time I see her I probably would not be able to resist punching her in the face.  I really wish I knew how to say 'no.'  Now they don't want to hire another associate in her place which only leaves me and Timmy as non-management associates (and corporate says management cannot cover regular associate shifts) so now I know that I'm fucked.  I told my asst manager that it's just going to make my situation worse but he thinks I'll only get like, 10 hrs/week if they hire another person.  Which is OKAY during the school year but not over the summer for me.  AGH.  If I could find another job, I'd be out of there in a hurry.

Next year I'm thinking of moving into the View.  I am going to try to get a job on campus, too, because on-campus jobs usually pay better than minimum wage, and I will be able to do HW when it is slow, and I won't have to worry about covering for people just because they don't feel like coming into work.  But... that's if I don't go on academic probation.  *sigh*  I kinda hope Harmony has to struggle from now on so then maybe she can stop thinking about herself so damned much.