School Daze: Three classes and 6 books later

112.73 + 88.75 + 137.35 = $338.83

... that's how much books will be costing me just for Fall Semester.

Yup, that's right, I'm going back to school. Undergrad ended what seems like an eternity ago so the idea of returning to life as a student is exciting and terrifying at the same time... but enough of that for now. What I really need to get off my chest is the issue of books cost so damn much. I don't know how I could have forgotten about this little factor.

When I started looking up the "required" (as if there was an option, every single book was required) textbooks for my classes, I couldn't really make sense of it. What I was going to have to spend on books was a plane ticket to paradise, a spa & resort weekend, a lifetime supply of gum. OK so would I have spent my money on those things, probably not. But its the idea of it!

Another thing, I really wish I could send this message out to all the professors of the world saying: Just because you wrote a book doesn't mean you have to make people read it. I have one professor (who's name I will reveal after I receive my degree and letter of recommendation) who has FOUR of his own books as required materials. FOUR! Who does that? That's like eating babies. I haven't even met him yet and I already strongly dislike him.

Signing off,
Effed with no lube
(sorry mama)