Assignments and Money

So, about a week ago, I got an email from RYE Florida that gave me two assignments to complete before orientations starting January 4th. The first was to write my bio for my journal for the website. I've written it, but I keep changing it a bit, because I want it to be perfect. And I'm getting my head shots this week, so I want a nice picture for the blog. The second assignment was to come up with 10 phrases that I thought would be most beneficial to me in Belgium, and then translate into French, as that is the language I will most-likely be speaking. I've got a loose list of 10 phrases, but I'm still working on getting the best, and most useful possible.
Another part of the email, was the confirmation on me officially becoming a RYE Florida student. And that means filling out one more form, along with sending in a $300 down-payment. Money has always been a struggle in getting my parents to agree to let me do this, and I told them that I would work my butt off getting the money. I have the $300, that isn't the problem. The problem is the $900, and 4 other $900's down the road, that are due every month starting in February. Currently I'm not very happy at my current job. It's not the place or the people, all of which are very nice. It's just the work. To me it's tedious, and a bit boring. I'm one to like moving around a lot, and at my current job, I'm very stationary most of the time. Anyways, I've been looking around and applying for a couple jobs near my school so that I can get more hours by going right after school.
I'm also looking for ways to fund-raise. I have a bunch of ideas, but my parents seem very adamant about letting me go through with them. One of my ideas was to have a huge garage sale, ask people for donations of clothing, or old books, or anything else they don't want, so that I could include it my sale. My parents just said that I need to get more hours at work. I think it's a bit of both. Half fund-raising, half-working. I'm still a student, which means I still have to maintain good grades (Trigonometry is killing me), so I can't be working every second of every day. My sanity, also, wouldn't allow for that.
Anyways, this post was just kind of a rant/update post. I'm not sure the next time something ground-breaking will happen, so my next post might not come until orientations, so if that's the case, thanks for reading this, and I hope to update you all soon!

Byeeeeee,
Jess

Blogging from Belgium!

That's right! I just found out the my host country is going to be the beautiful Belgium!! I am so totally stoked! It is such a great country with such a rich history and it is perfect! I don't know yet what language I will be speaking, but it will most likely be French, and that is the language I wanted to learn, so it's perfect! I'm off to learn more about the country that will soon be my new home!

Lots of love,
Jess