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Jun. 29th, 2024 11:14 pmI've had the "post an entry" page on dw for like, a month now. basically since the exact moment I finished writing about fan expo bc I wanted to write about other things going one.
I've just been SO BUSY it's hard to even take a moment to sit down and like, think my thoughts and then put them into words. Summer semester has been going well, though I'm broke as shit because of it. I'm gonna have to borrow money from my parents again for the fall semester, I'm sure of it :( No added debt to my already substantial debt is nice but.... man. rip to me standing a chance to save like, any money.
In a similar line of thought, though, I was able to apply for a public service loan forgiveness federal program bc of working at a publich university. 120 "qualifying payments" and then total forgiveness. I'm still in review... so I'm not sure what qualifying payments really count as. Does the repayment pause from covid not count? Idk... ideally it counts and then I'll be only 2 or 3 years away from that? Which means I'll have been working at Pitt for ten years???? Insane, I never would have imagined it.
Anyway I'm in an undergrad summer class, but luckily there's one other grad student in there, and she's from my program so we already had some familiarity. We've gotten closer in this class & have worked together here and there. We're learning Python & programming & man, it's a lot of information and a really fast pace. I'm doing okay though! Luckily Tony already knows Python pretty will and I've had him around holding my hand during my very tough homework assignments lmao.
My TA is NOT great, he is obviously good at Python but he is not a teacher type. Not encouraging, not very helpful, doesn't listen to questions when they're asked... idk he's frustrating. It's been a great motivator for getting my assignments up and working before lab hours on Friday. They're used for fine tuning weekly assignments, so if you have it up and running you just have to show him & you can leave.
Other than that it's been a usual summer. Too hot. I want to live in a house with air conditioning so badly lmao. I love this apartment. It's the nicest place I've lived on my own and that's why I put up with the rent raising yearly since 2018, but man. HOT.
Donovan is in town from Oklahoma, it's so crazy that I've hardly seen him in a whole year and he's a full 11 year old obnoxious pre-teen. I went home several weeks ago and omg, that's a whole other story. But anyway I went home then and prepped a dnd oneshot to play with him and my parents together & it was fun! He was invested, he did the work, he wasn't deep in the roleplay but he asked the NPCs questions and was invested in the plot and the puzzles. He was sooooo into the combat and doing cool attacks and stuff. He's already asking to do another one before he leaves.
Last weekend he stayed at the apartment with me Friday to Sunday & it was good! He's a little shithead but not like, an awful person. My dad has been so cranky about him being at their house all summer bc he's such an uptight weird freak. Swear he never used to be like that, but he's so..... god. If he's like this now I hate to think on how he'll be as a proper old man. Anyway like yes he's annoying lol he's 11, you just have to be like "anyway, enough of that" and he generally just moved on. Anyway we went shopping around Pittsburgh. He loooooved Kawaii Gifts & everything we found in there. We watched Kiki's Delivery service that night and he was so enchanted, it was so cute. When I told him it was 35 years old he was like WHAT!!!! BUT IT LOOKS SO GOOD STILL. I sent him a list of all the other ghibli movies to watch, so I hope he does.
Anyway. That weekend I went home for our dnd weekend I did a bad bad bad bad friend job. I forgot the date and missed my good friend Shannon's bachelorette party :( I felt so bad, like doodoo trash tier friend. I've been friends with her since starting college in 09 & we've never grown apart. & her fiance is great! I went to her pole dance class showcase the next week though & bought her drinks after to at least try to make up for it. She seemed fine anyway, I called her to apologize the day of & let her know my mistake.
We played strahd dnd this weekend for the first time in almost 3 months! 22 session so far, level 8, I think we'll get to maybe 30 sessions. They ran into some combat today & we stopped short since it'll be a high level, difficult fight, probably a bit long. Excited to get back to it!
WHEW, that's the major stuff. My midterm is this Tuesday but it's all multiple choice and T/F, no writing code. At home test, open book. Every question from the chapters in our book, so as long as I have all the answers to those, I'm golden. He warned us the program notes how often we change tabs but lol it won't know if I'm looking between my laptop and desktop. I took off work monday and tuesday to """"""study""""""" but I have all the answers noted down so I'm just gonna chill instead. I need the time off after the business of fiscal year end. and I can't stand those people lmao i need a break.
I've just been SO BUSY it's hard to even take a moment to sit down and like, think my thoughts and then put them into words. Summer semester has been going well, though I'm broke as shit because of it. I'm gonna have to borrow money from my parents again for the fall semester, I'm sure of it :( No added debt to my already substantial debt is nice but.... man. rip to me standing a chance to save like, any money.
In a similar line of thought, though, I was able to apply for a public service loan forgiveness federal program bc of working at a publich university. 120 "qualifying payments" and then total forgiveness. I'm still in review... so I'm not sure what qualifying payments really count as. Does the repayment pause from covid not count? Idk... ideally it counts and then I'll be only 2 or 3 years away from that? Which means I'll have been working at Pitt for ten years???? Insane, I never would have imagined it.
Anyway I'm in an undergrad summer class, but luckily there's one other grad student in there, and she's from my program so we already had some familiarity. We've gotten closer in this class & have worked together here and there. We're learning Python & programming & man, it's a lot of information and a really fast pace. I'm doing okay though! Luckily Tony already knows Python pretty will and I've had him around holding my hand during my very tough homework assignments lmao.
My TA is NOT great, he is obviously good at Python but he is not a teacher type. Not encouraging, not very helpful, doesn't listen to questions when they're asked... idk he's frustrating. It's been a great motivator for getting my assignments up and working before lab hours on Friday. They're used for fine tuning weekly assignments, so if you have it up and running you just have to show him & you can leave.
Other than that it's been a usual summer. Too hot. I want to live in a house with air conditioning so badly lmao. I love this apartment. It's the nicest place I've lived on my own and that's why I put up with the rent raising yearly since 2018, but man. HOT.
Donovan is in town from Oklahoma, it's so crazy that I've hardly seen him in a whole year and he's a full 11 year old obnoxious pre-teen. I went home several weeks ago and omg, that's a whole other story. But anyway I went home then and prepped a dnd oneshot to play with him and my parents together & it was fun! He was invested, he did the work, he wasn't deep in the roleplay but he asked the NPCs questions and was invested in the plot and the puzzles. He was sooooo into the combat and doing cool attacks and stuff. He's already asking to do another one before he leaves.
Last weekend he stayed at the apartment with me Friday to Sunday & it was good! He's a little shithead but not like, an awful person. My dad has been so cranky about him being at their house all summer bc he's such an uptight weird freak. Swear he never used to be like that, but he's so..... god. If he's like this now I hate to think on how he'll be as a proper old man. Anyway like yes he's annoying lol he's 11, you just have to be like "anyway, enough of that" and he generally just moved on. Anyway we went shopping around Pittsburgh. He loooooved Kawaii Gifts & everything we found in there. We watched Kiki's Delivery service that night and he was so enchanted, it was so cute. When I told him it was 35 years old he was like WHAT!!!! BUT IT LOOKS SO GOOD STILL. I sent him a list of all the other ghibli movies to watch, so I hope he does.
Anyway. That weekend I went home for our dnd weekend I did a bad bad bad bad friend job. I forgot the date and missed my good friend Shannon's bachelorette party :( I felt so bad, like doodoo trash tier friend. I've been friends with her since starting college in 09 & we've never grown apart. & her fiance is great! I went to her pole dance class showcase the next week though & bought her drinks after to at least try to make up for it. She seemed fine anyway, I called her to apologize the day of & let her know my mistake.
We played strahd dnd this weekend for the first time in almost 3 months! 22 session so far, level 8, I think we'll get to maybe 30 sessions. They ran into some combat today & we stopped short since it'll be a high level, difficult fight, probably a bit long. Excited to get back to it!
WHEW, that's the major stuff. My midterm is this Tuesday but it's all multiple choice and T/F, no writing code. At home test, open book. Every question from the chapters in our book, so as long as I have all the answers to those, I'm golden. He warned us the program notes how often we change tabs but lol it won't know if I'm looking between my laptop and desktop. I took off work monday and tuesday to """"""study""""""" but I have all the answers noted down so I'm just gonna chill instead. I need the time off after the business of fiscal year end. and I can't stand those people lmao i need a break.
