Thanks so much guys, and yes, I will hope to get to see you, Melalvai. I appreciate the support.

I really have been blessed with a dept. head who is willing to go to bat for me. He is in Windsor, Canada right now and still making calls for me. So, that is a great thing.

Jessa,

My best friend is in London right now interviewing for a job. I usually speak to her either today or tomorrow and my friend who is also at her uni. But they are both busy. He is presenting a CS paper in Surrey I think. IDK. i really just long to go home. Can't. No money, no time, no me driving 16 hours in a weekend.

I know what it is like when people don't take your need for funding seriously. I seems as though everyone thinks if you are wealthy enough to be here, you don't really have problems. However, I do!

I've never had to let things accrue interest on a credit card in my life, but now my Dad has suggested I do it to survive because it will get figured out sooner or later. And we are talking about $600.00 of debt, not $10,000 or anything. I didn't even know how APR worked because I have never used a cc like that. Dad is a banker and we are taught to build credit smart from day one. No interest.

It just scares me, I guess. And now I know why many of my clients whom I worked with on medicaid and disability this summer were so frustrated. You do all you can and people STILL judge you. It's like people don't understand that I DO have a job. I DO work very hard. I graded 77 papers in 5 days. It's not a cakewalk. And I don't complain about it. I do care about my students and am there for them. However, I still feel judged. That is what is wrong.