Monday, April 14, 2008

The starving student




Just how tragic is it that i have $12,000 in research money, but nearly zero to live on? I have no idea how i am going to make ends meet this time. All the extra money that i have is floating around. I have almost $700 that will not get reimbursed until after the evolution meetings in June. After my landlady cashes my rent check this week i will have less than two digits in my checking account, and i have less than three in my savings. I'm counting on my tax returns to pick up the slack, but i'm not getting anything in the mail yet. I got an email from the department saying that i'm going to get an extra $1,000, but that money's nowhere to be seen on the horizon either. I have just enough food for the next week or two, but beyond that i have no idea how i'm going to skate through. I'm worried sick, but i just try to not think about it too much. This is very troubling... I'm worried. I'm afraid.

I hate being a grad student... :-(

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