Money

I passed the US Constitution test. It was a breeze actually. I also have an interview with the admissions board on March 1st. I'm rather nervous about that. I'm frantically getting all the rest of the things together for that. In particular, I still need volunteer hours within a class room.

Another large worry of mine is money. Actually it's really straining my relationship with my boyfriend. Although I place paying the rent above everything in priority, he doesn't seem to trust me. I am working at Safeway for 8.75 an hour. It's pretty sad for a University Graduate. Lately they've only been giving me 20 hour work weeks which isn't cutting it if I want to live. I recently got my manager to start giving me more hours, and this week I have a 40 hour work week. The problem is I don't have a car, so I either have to ride my bike to work everyday (7 miles each way, about an hour and a half each way) and I have shifts from 3 to midnight, so it kind of sucks especially with the rainy weather, or rely on my boyfriend to give me a ride. He doesn't mind doing it every now and then, but lately with the weather being horrible and my shifts being extra late, he's starting to stress about it. He also seems to have the mentality that I spend a lot of money. I spent 15 dollars on groceries last week. I purchased a rice cooker so we could save money by eating cheap rice and having it for meals. It really pisses me off when he doesn't trust me with my own money. He's younger than me, and hasn't finished college, but he makes more money than me, purely through luck.

I decided I'm going to start trying to get a substitute teaching position. That might justify getting a loan for a car and will help me pay for it. I just am totally clueless about how to go about it. It's going to be stressful juggling a fourty hour work week, planning my interview with the admissions committee, and attempting to get a volunteer position.

We'll see how it works out. I was declined for a credit card again, because I couldn't verify my address since I just moved here, and am on a sublease that's probably illegal. I don't know. Things will probably work out.