Guys, it’s hard times being a full-time student. Hard-ass, broke times. As far as low life moments go, there’s this one, and this one… and then all the other ones I opted not to share on my blog.
So I had an eventful end of the year and first week of January, such that I had been dragging my feet sending my Dad and his family their Christmas gifts. It’s kind of like a joke at this point, though, as I do this every year and my dad’s birthday is in January so I always send their gifts in January at some point as part of a birthday/Christmas combo in a “ha ha I’m such a quirky, lovable, blundering daughter, aw shucks Dad” kinda way.
Anyways, this year my dad, stepmom and half-brother are getting sweet-ass Amazon gift cards, and then on my actual suburban mall shopping trip (because I only ever make one) I picked them up a smallish Hickory Farms meat and cheese holiday display tray. My dad loves these and usually has them around at holiday time, which was what prompted the purchase.
HOWEVER, I bought it the week before Christmas, and in the last month I have become really broke, which I will continue to be, at least until the beginning of February.
Like, frighteningly poor for myself.
As a result of this, the only thing in my fridge right now is corn tortillas and sriracha.
This is a low moment for me: but…[oh god, forgive me dad] I think I might send their Amazon gift cards as usual, and keep the Hickory Farms tray…for myself… in lieu of grocery shopping. Even more pathetically, If I’m going to eat it, I have to remove the festive holiday gift wrapping that I painstakingly* applied.
I mean, I like summer sausage well-enough, and there are amazing things to be done with that block of cheese. I can’t remember exactly, but there may even be some crackers and mustard in there too. In short, this will be the best meal I will have eaten in the last several days because the pasta e fagioli at Temple Law blows, and Raisin Bran Crunch is just not that satisfying.
Plus… I’m out of it.
Ok ok, sorry Dad. But, #1 you don’t need all that saturated fat, #2 you don’t want me to starve #3 You can still be proud of me because my credit score is good, but that is sometimes a result of making hard decisions… like keeping your Christmas present for myself…
You know, when I first started law school I was like “aw yeah law school, I love law school, school is awesome I am enriching my life by enriching my brain and to quote the Lego Movie, everything is awesome!” And then, like three semesters in, all I can think about is how I really miss having a reasonably respectable salary. And how I still have a whole damn year and a half left of this lifestyle and cue perpetual “::sigh::.”
But for the record, law school is important for becoming a lawyer, sure, but it is also important insofar as obtaining life skills– if you choose to make it that, which I do. For instance, I am taking tax this semester. Last semester I took corporations. Now I know more than I ever did about how to best make, save, and use money to further my life goals. By the end of this semester I will know even more. BUT None of this is helpful to me right now because I DONT HAVE ANY OF IT.
Still, all I can hope for is that my broke is fleeting, and my knowledge is for life.
In short…sorry for eating your Christmas present, Dad.
I’ll make it up to you Christmas, 2016.
* I suck at gift wrapping, it was only painstaking because of the pain at stake from prospective paper cuts.