Trucking along!

So I blog today on account of the fact that my university is coming along. I am proud of my taking initiative to go somewhere in life. I have applied for university, was approved to take all three departments I had applied for, accepted my HBA:PSYCH by the $100 deposit, applied for a bursary and just today applied for osap.

There was a bit of a mix-up with my osap account. When I tried to make a new account, it said I already had an account, when I entered the info to redeem my OAN, it said I had the wrong information. In this instance, the 'Old Lisa' would have said 'fuck it,' and I would have been screwed over finacially for my first year of university. Instead, I called the financial aid office, told them my problem and visited them today with the proper ID to get my OAN and password.

When I got home, I went straight to the computer to use my log in info and apply for osap. It was a success. I just need to get some writing into the office, which is being mailed to me within two weeks, or I can print of the papers to sign and give to financial aid. I am probably going to print them off to get the process done a little quicker. Assuming that all of the information I provided is accurate, which I know it is, I should be receiving 13k for my first year. Add on my college fund of about 5k and the bursary I will hopefully be getting of 1k, that puts me at 19k for my first year. I can buy the new desktop computer I wanted, buy the laptop I need, pay off my credit card, buy my school books, move out and of course, pay for my schooling. Life is looking pretty damn good right now.

I have also been spending less time on the computer and more time in the 'real world.' I had a few friends over on Friday. We had a fire and did a little drinking. It was wonderful. I have also been quarteting again. Although it's not like the quarteting I remember, it's hopefully going to turn out right.

Sarah and I did a lead-bass duet for Irene after our Sunday Night Choir concert the Sunday before last and Irene was blown away. Since then we picked up Maddie and Emily to complete the young girl quartet. I'm not so happy about singing lead, nor am I completely comfortable with it yet, but trying to argue to sing baritone is just not working in my favour. I am a natural baritone singing lead. It feels weird, but it sounds great. We can compete and medal with this sound.

I'll be sure to update the blog once I find out the status of my bursary and osap application as soon as I find out. I really should blog more. Whether anyone reads this or not, it's very theraputic.