How often do you go to the bank to cash a check and they turn you down because they are out of money? I got off of work early today to go to NBSC on Folly Rd and when I showed them my student loan refund check they told me "we are sorry but we are out of money until tomorrow afternoon when the Brinks truck arrives". I thought that certainly there must be some mistake for a bank to be out of money. Make no mistake sir the teller said, Trident Technical College gave out all the refund checks at once and gave us no warning whatsoever. That means that it was a first come first serve situation at the bank today. All of the brances for NBSC were out of cash , not just the one on Folly Road. I was told to come back to the bank tomorrow afternoon and they might have enough money to cash my check. I am thankful that I just got paid and I can be patient while the bank replenishes its supply. No, I do not want to depost the check in my account so my bank can put a 10 day hold on it. I would rather just cash it and put the cash in my account.
I am surprised to see that I have 7 people subscribed to my posterous blog. I can understand why my wife and close friends might want to hear my driveling but what about the rest of you folks? In order to reward you for your subscription to my blog I have in turn subscribed to your posterous blog as well. Thank you for tuning it to my occasional drivel about this and that.
So far my adventure back into the halls of academia has not been overtly painful. The experience of getting registered was more than irritating but with tons of patience and keeping the phone lines hot I managed to come through that process ok. Financial aid came through to pay for school for this semester and next semester so I now join the ranks of students out there that now owe a student loan once we get out of school. Yeah me!!!
The first three weeks of school were busy but I adjusted my free time schedule to where I spend most of it studying but still have time to do a couple of things I like to do. It basically works out this way. I study for 3.5 hours four days a week and then I use the weekend to finish up any papers that are to be written or project assignments that must be done. When I read a chapter I go over the chapter summary notes and then I go straight to the quiz and take it while the material is still stuck in short term memory. That seems to work better than reading the chapters on Monday and Tuesday and then having to wait until the weekend to study the notes all over again to refresh my short term memory and then take the test. I guess everyone has their system and as long as it works for you that is all that matters.
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