Dateline 6/11/06

This has been a productive, if boring weekend. To start with, I got my first paycheck in over a month. too bad its pretty much already spent. I did buy a microwave on amazon.com though. More importantly for my finaces is the grad-school financial aid package that finally came. Unfortinately there was no grants(which is as expected) but I will be able to take the whole amount (about 38K for next year) out in Federal loans. Nothing makes a weekend like doubling your lifetime debt on an investment with no apreciation or equity...
In other news, I got called for jury duty by the the state of Massachusetts, ironically on the day before I move to Pennsylvania. The court system here seems to depend on unfortunate local students to supply most of its pools. They have this rule that you only have to serve once every 3 years however, so I will be getting exempted this time. They have now summonsed me 3 times in the last 2.5 years, apparently violating their own guidlines. Oh well, I only have to live here for about 7 more weeks.