Updates, Excitement And Ranting

[chelseajmunoz]

A little while after I'd written my last blog entry Tuesday a friend texted me to tell me how to use Bookshare's iPhone app. Fortunately after she'd told me how to use that particular app and after I'd restarted my phone everything worked perfectly on the app. So since I hadn't read The Happiness Trap in a few days I started reading that particular book over again. Later Tuesday evening I looked on a website that another friend had told me about that's geared towards helping prospective college students determine whether the college classes he or she's taken before will count at the college he or she wants to go to now. However that particular website was only for people who have gone to school within this state. After I'd looked at that particular website though I then looked at another university in this state to see whether I'd be able to start attending said university this summer. According to the website I looked it, it seemed like I'd be able to enroll to take summer classes this year. However when I called said university yesterday morning the ladies I spoke with informed me that there was a year waiting list for that particular university too. Before I'd spoken to those ladies yesterday morning though I'd sent that particular university an email to ask when the earliest would be that I could enroll to said university. After I'd gotten off the phone with the second lady at said university I emailed the VRC who's in the area I currently live in because I wanted to tell him about my findings. I also wanted to let him know that I'd like to start attending community college this summer because I'm a diligent person who also happens to be a quick learner. A little while after I'd sent that email to the VRC who's in the area I currently live in I logged onto the community colleges website for this state and started to fill out an enrollment application. In the process of filling out an enrollment application though I realized that I'd need help filling out parts of said application because VoiceOver on my Mac wouldn't allow me to complete everything on my own. Once I'd figured out that I was going to need help from someone to complete the enrollment application I decided to look for apartments. I Googled "student housing" then put the name of the community college I want to attend next to the words "student housing" into Google's search engine. Once I'd entered in that particular search I called the first apartment I saw listed even though its price range was outrageous. Since it's important to me for my apartment to be located as close to the school I'm going to attend as possible I knew that I wasn't going to go with that particular apartment complex. So I then called the next apartment complex that was listed in the search results. That apartment complex's price range for a one-bedroom apartment was much more reasonable and the guy I spoke with was very friendly. So just based off of the fact he was helpful and friendly I told him that I'd like to schedule a visit with someone who could show me a one-bedroom apartment within that particular apartment complex. He said that would be possible and asked when I'd be available. So I told him I'd be available sometime this coming weekend. I told him I'm blind and that I'm in the process of applying to one of the colleges here. So I wanted to have a friend with me when I went to look at an apartment. Thankfully he seemed to understand that and he then said that he had an apartment available for someone to show me this coming Saturday afternoon. I said that would be great because at least I can take a look at an apartment that's available for me even if it's just a possibility. When I was on the phone with the guy at that particular apartment complex he took down my information and said that someone would definitely be there to show me an apartment this coming Saturday afternoon. Shortly after I'd gotten off the phone with the nice guy from that particular apartment complex I received a confirmation email from said apartment complex as well which was helpful. Shortly after I'd read the confirmation email from that particular apartment complex about this coming Saturday afternoon's scheduled appointment I received a phone call from someone from Vocational Rehabilitation in San Antonio Texas. Since I was in the middle of doing something though I let the call go to voicemail. Once the person had left a message I listened to the voicemail he or she'd left. It turned out that my VRC's assistant was calling to verify that she'd written down the correct address for me. After I'd listened to her voicemail I told my friend about what I'd accomplished during the day. I then told him about the fact that I'd scheduled an apartment-showing tour for myself this coming Saturday afternoon. He said that we could definitely go to see an apartment at the apartment complex I'd scheduled an appointment with earlier in the day. I then asked my friend if he'd ask one of his sighted friends if he or she'd help me complete an enrollment application for the community college I'd recently been trying to apply for. So he texted one of his friends who said he'd help me fill out the application later in the evening. Then my friend cooked sweet and sour chicken for me which was awesome. Although I think that Valentine's Day is over-rated and nothing special, this year I at least liked Valentine's Day a little bit more than I usually do. I'm just really not a fan of people using the excuse of Valentine's Day as the one day that he or she can show his or her loved ones that they are cared about. I believe that when people care about each other they should show one another that they care every day or at the very least as often as possible. I feel the same way about Christmas too though to be honest: I prefer not to celebrate Christmas. I respect people who choose to celebrate that particular holiday but I don't happen to be someone who enjoys what that particular day brings with it (stores want people to buy things, other people think that Jesus Christ was born on December 25th and then there are others like me who want no part whatsoever in said celebration because we don't believe Jesus Christ is dead. You know, I find it sad that people find my perspective negative, bitter or any other negatively-perceived emotion. My perspective on certain holidays or celebrations is not what the majority of the world's perspective of those holidays or celebrations is but there is nothing wrong with different perspectives. Different does not mean bad, wrong or that the person who believes differently is an angry or bitter person 24/7. It just means that someone has actually taken the time to think these sorts of things out and has chosen that he or she does not want to buy into society's views just because those views exist. I don't force my beliefs on people and by the same token I don't take well to other people forcing his or her beliefs on me. I'm of the "live and let live" philosophy. A few hours after my friend and I ate the sweet and sour chicken he'd made for me his friend stopped by. Together his friend and I filled out and completed the college application for one of the community colleges in this state. One of the questions that was on the college application was whether the student applying to this college had been to college before. So I said that I'd been to two different colleges before but that I'd not gotten a degree from either of those colleges. I put the college names on the application too. I'm not sure if the fact I provided that information means that the college will obtain my transcripts or whether that sort of question was on the application for some other reason. Either way I'll get done whatever needs to be done. This morning when I got up I called my VRC's assistant in San Antonio Texas to let her know that she'd written down the correct address for me. Shortly after I'd gotten off the phone I sent Samsung a tweet expressing my frustration that nothing has been done with regards to me receiving the refund I've been waiting on since October 2017. In the tweet I'd sent Samsung I said that it's insane that I've had to wait so long for something so seemingly simple as giving someone his or her refund. A little while after I'd sent Samsung that tweet I received an email from the community college i'd applied for last night. In the email the college had sent me I was told that I'd been accepted to start classes at said college in the summer. Whoooohoooo!! In the same email that the college had sent me I was also told that I'd need to complete online orientation on this college's website before I actually enroll into college for school this summer. Another thing about the email I'd received from this particular college was that I was given a student ID and login information in order to log into said college's website. However since I'd already created an account on that college's website for myself I don't know which account i'm actually supposed to use. I'd like to try and go by the college tomorrow with my friend so I can start talking to people who can help me continue moving things along. Because that would really be awesome if I could already have most of the legwork if not all of the legwork done by the time I meet with the VRC who's in this area. I don't think it will be hard for me to pull that off at all. Also, hopefully tomorrow Apple will have a final answer for me as to what's going to happen with the AppleCare Technician Training I'd purchased last November or December. I mean Apple said that that particular company will most likely give me a refund for said training but my experience tells me not to get too excited about what companies tell me they're going to do until I actually see results with my eyes. In other news The Happiness Trap is really a wonderful read. It's given me lots of things to think about as I'd anticipated it would such as the fact that there are numerous things that people do every day to try and maintain his or her happiness (like saying he or she's happy just to keep the peace with someone even though he or she's really unhappy). One thing that reading The Happiness Trap has made me think about a lot though is how I'm someone who often really struggles with difficult emotions (like guilt, sadness, depression, anger ETC). When I say that I struggle with those sorts of emotions what I mean is that whenever I feel any of those emotions I mentioned it's hard for me to just let those feelings be. It's hard as hell for me not to judge those feelings or not to try and stop myself from having to deal with those feelings. Like, avoiding those feelings as much as possible is far easier than it is to face those feelings head-on. Yet throughout this blog I've said that I'm committed to bettering myself in whatever ways I can do so. I know that won't be an easy journey but I also know that I don't want to give up on myself. So I won't.

Comments

Awesome

[saiyan4414]

That’s really awesome. In answer to your question, I’m pretty sure you need to use the information the email to you, I actually didn’t drink for most cool that you were able to set up an account unless they give you a school ID number.