Enlightenment and Nachos

The weirdest thing about packing everything you own up and realizing that you could probably fit it in the back of a much smaller car than you’re actually going to have to; aside from feeling somewhat proud about being able to conveniently move everything from this stage of your life to the next is the sadness you feel from not being able to bring everything from your old life to the next one, and know that you have no one else to blame for that but yourself. On the plus side, I’ve managed not to have anything I don’t need. The Bad news is I’m going without much of the stuff that made my life a hell of a lot easier, or at least more fun and interesting. And that’s fair.

I am as ready to go as I’m ever going to get. As soon as Josephine’s out of the shop, I can get her titled and registered. She’s already insured. Considering how long it’s been, I might have to go get her inspected. Oh, well. All that done. Then I take a driver’s test. It’s not necessarily a problem. And then I’ll be good to go.

 The sky’s the limit; wherever my heart can take me, etc., etc…

That and my money, which to be perfectly honest -after all of that- won’t be any… I will have to find a way to make it to October until the next term starts for college and then get my financial aid to give me enough to survive until the end of October when I could go ahead and get an apartment or a place to rent. Depending on where I end up and the prices in the area may end up with something nice before Christmas. My current plan is to labor and free goods to upcycle and resell to students for a few bucks to keep me from going hungry and undercut big box stores that robbed middle America of its chance at building wealth. But more on that later.

That’s my plan, but it’s going to take a bit. It’s going to be hard.  A lot of hustle, a lot of wheeling and dealing. But what else have I done with my life? I got to work on writing some stuff. I have to plan what I will do for my courses. I got to talk to my program mentor and figure out many interesting things that I haven’t worked out yet.

And until then, try not to go insane. Remain as prepared as humanly possible. Don’t go hungry. Look for work. Make a plan. Expect the plan to fail; Improvise. Survive. Carry on.

 Well. For now. I’m just going to go back to streaming, hanging out, and playing video games for the next couple of days because I’ve earned it.

Stay safe. Have fun. Take care of yourself and look out for others if you can. And I’ll see you around.