Gearing Up for 2nd Deployment

I just got back from an exhausting trip of LA to Vegas to San Jose and back…… 50% work 50% fun, and no sleep for 4 or 5 days…… I’m beat.

Leaving to go back to Grenada in 2 days……

I shipped a little over 100lbs worth of stuff via Amerijet that is supposed to arrive in 3 days…. well see how badly the customs officer has his way with me…..

FinAid/Loan checks are being mailed out of SGU’s NY office tomorrow.

Almost all the other terms are already on the island.

Summer is about to end: 10% sad, 20% excited, and 70% relieved….

Now in the Red

Sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been a mental vegetable the past few weeks. Most of my travel has been within California, visiting friends all over LA, Orange, Riverside, and San Diego county.

I attended the New Student Orientation for SGU in Hollywood last week to meet some of my new incoming classmates. From what I assessed it was your typical med school spread of Arrogant to Normal to Weird with no one demographic overrepresented.

I just accepted my student loans for the year totaling approx $70,000. Cute huh? That includes tuition, housing, food, travel, school supplies the whole deal.  This is my first time ever being in any real debt…. and it’s not a comfortable feeling.

oh well…. approx 20 more days till returning to the island!

Banking on It!

I was filling out my application for federal student loans and was relieved to see this clause in the Master Promissory Note……. so far all is going according to plan

Section G – 24

1. Department of Defense and other federal agency loan repayment. Under certain circumstances, military personnel may have their federal education loans repaid by the Secretary of Defense. This benefit is offered as part of a recruitment program that does not apply to individuals based on their previous military service or to those who are not eligible for enlistment in the U.S. Armed Forces. For more information, contact your local military service recruitment office.Other agencies of the federal government may also offer student loan repayment programs as an incentive to recruit and retain employees. Contact the agency’s human resources department for more information.