Back to the UK
The end of the semester is (oh joy!) fast approaching. Which means (more joy!) another trip to see my folks over in the UK. They moved out there when I started here, but rather than it being a monetary pain in the ass to go see them enough, it's meant a new-found freedom for me. I mean, they're all the way over there in Britain: I can pretty much do what I want!
Still, I do miss them (slightly), and it's always good to really get away from this place during the breaks and return to the fold. Being as it's a big ol' flight from Atlanta to London, England, the cost can be astronomical even having scoured the net for cheap flights. Otherwise, I just don't have enough cash for it, and my parents only provide for a couple of trips a year.
So - and considering how frugal I usually am with money - I've decided to go ahead and investigate loans online. I only want a small one of course - just enough to get me to the UK and back. Plus a little extra. Hey, a guy's gotta have a little fun, right? Besides, you're only young once, and if you can't run up a little debt here and there then you're not living, right? Ok, Ok - it's a little frivolous, especially in the current economic climate. But I really want to see my folks and the UK again, and I can't keep expecting them to provide for me. Besides, if my grand scheme of world programming-domination goes to plan, I'll be a web 2.0 millionaire before the decade's out! Then I'll laugh at all this petty worrying. Just need to choose the right major… In the meantime however, the loan I found won't break the bank - I can pay it off pretty slowly and pretty easily, and it'll let me live like a king - if only for a coupla weeks. AND my folks will be overjoyed to see me. I think. That is until I tell them about the loan (Mom - if you're reading this, don't worry!). Ah, well - I figure in the end it's a sign of independence. Right?