Weather - Pouring Rain
Mood - Groggy

Last Friday night about 11pm, I carried Patrick to the emergency room in Birmingham at St Vincent's East. He had been running high fevers for a couple of days - as high as 103+. They admitted him with pneumonia and is not expected to come home until tomorrow or Friday.

Going back another week, when I was at work Saturday night, I started noticing a nasty cough,but didn't think too much of it at the time. By the time I got home it was worse and I was running a low grade temp - around 99 and 100. So I didn't go to work Sunday or Monday.

I went back Wednesday, and it was Wednesday night that Patrick started to get sick. So he ran high temps a couple of days until we decided to go to the hospital. After they decided to admit him, I couldn't leave him there by himself, so I decided to not go back to DirecTV.

I have been wondering what can I do about a job? I know I am not going to make the kind of money I was making at DTV, but then after taxes, insurance, and the gas expense it took to get there and back, there wasn't much left over, so even if I found something here making min wage, I would come out better than working for DTV.

So I'm tossing around some ideas in my head about what I can do and what I would like to do. A friend of a friend is the kitchen manager at Applebees here in Guntersville. I think I should be able to walk in there and go right to work. After I get Patrick home, Im going to go talk to him and see about a job there.

Restaurant people are the kind of people I like to be around. It is a humbling job, so you dont have to deal with very many pretentious people, and restaurants are usually good places to make weed connections.

Meanwhile, I am wanting to go back to school for cosmetology. I can finish up in about 9 months, and since I already have my associates degree from Snead, I would be able to get and assoc in cosmetology instead of the certificate. After I finish, I would have to work for a while in a chain salon and get the real world experience, and then I would should be able to go to work in a salon paying rent, being my own boss and make a decent living. That is also a skill I can take with me anywhere I go.

So, I start the ball rolling - doing my taxes and submitting my FAFSA. I spoke to the lady at Snead and she said the pell grant would pay for everything including my kit and books and still have some left over. But there is one problem.

When I withdrew from Belhaven, they claim I owe them over $800 and they will not release my transcripts until that is paid in full. So my options are to pay them off when Patrick starts drawing from UNUM again, and I can start in the fall. Or I can declare bankruptcy and clear all my debts that hang over my head making it impossible to get any kind of credit.

Im not sure how bankruptcy works now since they changed the laws. And I would need to have cash in my pocket before I could even speak to an attorney, and cash is hard to come by these days.

I guess I'll do my research on it and decide which would be the best way to go.