Just thought I'd put that out there, first.
This has been a crazy month for several reasons.
My aunt, a very nice lady wanted to go to Las Vegas in June, which didn't give me a lot of time to plan. After coming up with an amazing itinerary (suite upgrade!). There's good reason. Her mind was understandably on other matters: her two college-age sons.
The older one was attending Temple University in Philadelphia, was in his last semester and was supposed to graduate. But he'd announced that he had failed all his courses, wasn't going to graduate and he had racked up hundreds of thousands of student loans. Furthermore, he was supposed to go to medical school, I think because he wanted to be a dentist or physical therapy, I forget which one....
To add more fuel to the fire, the younger son, announced that he too would not be returning to his school because he couldn't get his grades up. He's only in his freshman year, but he's going to go back to community college, which actually might not be the worst idea....It's a lot to take. I heard my uncle was actually crying. It's an unfortunate situation. The self-righteous behavior of the older son is what got me. When prompted by my aunt/uncle on the upcoming loans and how to pay for the hundreds of thousands of dollars of student loans, my "cousin" said that the house could be sold in order to pay for the loans. That's just lunacy and entitlement....Needless to say, the Vegas trip is off.
Moving on, I finished the first part of the horse-racing event (Kentucky Derby), which was actually pretty fun, intense and busy. I got paid with a check on the same day, at $15/hour, which I didn't anticipate. In fact, I had a dream of something eerily similar a few weeks back. Weird, like serendipity.... So, with the paycheck I plan to pay off part of my credit card bill and I also purchased a nice smartphone. My first. I went with the moto g (first gen) and serviced by Republic Wireless. I've heard great things about them. They're whole motto is wifi-first. So, I went with their $10 plan that comes with 100 minutes, unlimited wifi calling/text/data. So if you're connected via wifi, you can make calls without using your minutes. I'm going to try it out and see how it goes.
And now, this week, I'm working again for the Preakness Stakes. Oh, and my little mentee is moving away... :( She'll be just a few blocks away, but it's for the best. With a newborn baby sister, I think they need the room. I'm not really the type of person who are into kids, but because I've known her since she was 5 and a half (she's now 8), it's going to be hard not seeing her every week. I remember in the beginning, how she'd stay with us (since her immigrant parents were working long hours) and it's gratifying seeing how much she'd grown. But on the other hand, I'm glad, she's leaving because now she gets more room, and hopefully a more quiet street. My block has so many kids, I hate it. And some of the kids don't even live on this block, making a mess, ugh. I sound like an old fogey but geez, I have no idea where the parents are. If I could just move my parent's into a nice, detached house a few blocks away, that'd be awesome....nice and quiet.
Lastly, I've started this new programming bootcamp taught online (Coder Manual) by Rob Dey who also teaches at General Assembly. I saw this amazing deal, like 90% off (retail price $399) plus I used a discount code, so I just paid $37. That'a amazing! At first, I wasn't sure about these bootcamps online and there's no way I'm paying like $10-12k for the well-known bootcamps. I also tried Skillcrush's free 10-day bootcamp (retail price $400) and I really liked it. But $400.....I'm really loving Ruby-on-rails....I really want to believe that I can make a living doing this...
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