Well I haven't posted in here in a while, not since June. Between working on my novel, revising and editing and all that, and driving around after that car accident, I haven't had the chance. Truthfully, I've been doing most of my ranting on Facebook. having applied to three different SUNY schools back in New York State, after [ the parent of Dona Ana Community College] New Mexico State University placed a hold over an unpaid summer housing bill, I was unable to get the needed transcripts. That and was threatened with the cancellation of all my fall classes if the bill was not paid to below $1,000 by Sept. 3. Nevertheless, having taken out another loan, an Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, I was able to get it down to $486 and, after paying another $350, I managed to stay in classes.The manager at accounts receivable, at our new Dona Ana Branch on the East Mesa, she removed the hold, but just temporarily.

No matter, because that's all I needed to get those transcripts I had requested back in early July and get them sent to the three State University of New York Schools who needed them to continue processing my admissions applications. Guess what, I WAS ACCEPTED TO SUNY POTSDAM!!! Yes, to their creative writing BA program for spring semester. Now all that's left is to figure out how I'll pay for what's left after what the Stafford Subsidized, and Unsubsidized Loans, plus SEOG and Pell Grants had paid for. Being an out of state student, the costs are going to be around $15-16,000 a year; for the first year until I can establish New York State Residency.

So going back " home", I hope. back to those cold winters with the snow and all. To be honest, outside of Santa Fe, I do not really care for New Mexico. Sure the weather in Las Cruces is better, if you don't mind the dust-storms carrying huge plumes of dust which gets into everything. I never got sick as much as I did since coming here; my right lung's had dry pneumonia since I moved to this fucking barrio/redneck pile of depressing shit. That said, I'm hoping there will be a way to do this. I'm ready for  Potsdam.Now, to get through the math course I am taking. Some of the stuff I learned years ago at Naugatuck Valley Community College in Mr. Brunelli's Beginning Algebra Class I remembered, other stuff like compound interest I'm having trouble with. 

The fucking professor, Dr. Ulloa, seems to have an attitude toward me because of my transgender status alone; never mind anything else. His syllabus' rubrics are vague at best, and, when I asked him for advice as to how to get help doing this; all  he could say was " You have the book.There's examples in it." This after, just a week and a half prior when I questioned as to why we've not been going by the book, he told me that the book was optional! That said, I returned it; needing the money for food the mother fucking shit amount of $137 [ now $138 whoopie!!!] in SNAP Benefits does not buy! That's another story altogether. Susana " Chaucha" Martinez, our fucking Mexican-American Chicana Republican piece of shit governor [ chaucha=cunt] doesn't give a flying fuck about those who are struggling. 

Anyway, so Potsdam, I got in. Looking forward to mountains with actual TREES UPON THEM, even if those trees go bare for the winter from November through late April.