the course of a lifetime

Back to Great Falls

I know...that sounds awful doesn't it? Hopefully it won't be too long and it will give me an opportunity to make money. Let me rephrase that. I do not want to live in Great Falls for longer than 8 months. That's the goal anyway. I'm going to move into Marlena's and help with her bills. She left Tad because he turned out to be a complete asshole. He's alcoholic and was being forcefull and a little violent with her (even though she's two months pregnant). She quit stripping a couple of weeks ago because Tad got a job waiting tables. So now she's pregnant and without a job. I think she might try and go back to The Playground for the next couple of months. To top it all off...she found out that this will be Tad's ninth child! Yeah. Life in Marlena world is never easy, but what have we grown to expect? At least I'll be around for some of the pregnacy. And a boy isn't in danger of being Marvin Perry Hensly IV.

I haven't bought my plane ticket yet, but Sunday is the target leave date. I have to finish withdrawing from school, get a refund on my tuition, pay for and get out of my dorm, wire the money home, and close my bank account. I won't get my $1800 deposit back and I have to pay $400 for the time I've lived here. Most of my stuff will have to be shipped home, at a cost of about $400, and the ticket is going to cost $920. All of that on top of the $1700 in debt I have from getting here puts me at about $5200 to pay off and about $3500 to save to actually leave Great Falls. So, needless to say, two jobs is going to be a must.

My mom's on the lookout for a job waiting tables for me. It's wierd that I acutally miss it, or maybe I just miss the money. I'm getting really excited about getting a social work job and feeling like a proper adult. Hopefully the thought will serve as motivation.

Mom is moving closer and closer to divorce (I keep hoping!). Kirk is really a complete psychopath. Maybe we'll be lucky and she will leave him while I'm home. But, I've been thinking that for the last 4 years. My wierdo dad was so happy I was coming home he bawled on the phone.

posted by Amanda and Bernie @ 8:39 PM