current stresses:

it is so hard to repeat a year of university. i had glandular fever for about three months at the start of the year, so in talks with the vice-dean of my university we decided i should repeat first year. however, since applying to get my tuition fees paid for as standard practice in scotland (the government lets all students get further education for free), the funding agency has ruled that i give them letters from my doctor and university proving i was ill in the first place. this has been so problematic and taken so long (i've been waiting for a letter from uni for two weeks) that i'm starting to give up hope that i'll ever be able to go back to university. it's not fair that i should miss out on getting a degree just because a horrible illness rendered me unable to study for a while, but time is running out (uni starts at the end of this month) and i am so so so scared.

haha. thank you corey.

feeling incredibly stingy all the time, and postponing purchases until net paycheck, whether I can actually afford them or not.