But which first? O_O
Good news i think, coz it wont make sense if i start with the bad.
Righty, so i can't remember if i mentioned this or not but at the start of the school year i signed up to get a little something something called EMA - Education Maintenance Allowance.
Basically, i am entitled to 30 pounds a week providing i don't miss any school. It's taken a few weeks to sort everything out and get paperwork sorted etc. but this morning it finally came through in my bank account :D
(which i can access online btw :P)
It was also backdated for the full 6 weeks i've been at school so far, so i received 180 pounds in one go!
They say money doesn't bring happiness but i havent been happier all week.
So yes, i have that set up, with fortnightly deposits into my newly acquired bank account. I'm also going to get that updated so i can get a debit card and i can have my own amazon account etc. Gonna be real epic. Becoming quite independent, me :)
Another thing this EMA entitles me to is *drum roll*... CONTACT FUCKING LENSES!!!
But that's the bad news.
They cost. A fair bit. 34 pounds a month to be precise.
It varies tho. 34 for daily contacts but like 18 pound for fortnightly and 10 pound for monthlies. I would get them instead but you need to be so damn hygenic with them (not tht im not) but i would just forget and end up with some crazy eye infection probably. Also, if you lose one, you're screwed for a month :/
Dailies are most expensive but better. C'est la vie.
On top of that, i now need to pay for my lunch at school, school material and sports subscription on tv - all stuff that my mum and dad used to pay for.
I done my maths (no, i really did) and it works out that, each month, i will only really receive half of what i probably would have without all that stuff, bout 60 quid.
That's the bad news from my point of view but you all probably think i'm crazy coz i still get a fair amount of money. It bugs me coz everyone else who gets EMA gets to spend the full lot and i only really get half. Just shows, it really does pay to have 20/20 vision. Damn you lucky bastards who do!!!
The contacts have been fun btw. Not. Lol, they're a total pain but i'm getting better. Everyone i know who wears them can like put them in with their feet without a mirror :P
Still takes me about 5 minutes to get them in while using a mirror. And then there's folks who say that they never actually have to take their contacts out! Wtf!? That would save me a shit load of money if i could do tht! Idk...
Better than specs tho. Manky things.
Suppose EMA has been just about the only interesting thing to happen to me the past few weeks. Not much has changed with regards to school itself. Still hanging around with my new circle of friends. Most people at the table want me back (not bragging lol) and even those who fell out with me, and Steven, have tried to make it up with me and apologise.
I couldn't give a shiny shit tbh.
I'll talk with them if i must but i don't plan on going back and hanging out with them. I'm fine to leave it there, ta very much.
Oh, lastly. Almost forgot. I got Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. Finally \o/
Needless to say, it's simply magical but how many holes are there in Blackburn, Lancashire?
Answer: 4000, and i think i must have been living in one of them for the past 16 years of my life!!!
Rowan <3
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