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I suppose I should detail my weekend with Aze (had fun, saw people, rode in cars with stoners, modeled for her photo shoot as Wrath and had a stupid angry face, went to Wakefield and played racquetball and messed around on the machines), but we were talking about stuff that I need to think about in this journal entry. Scheme and plan and think and hope... yeah.
Okay, first was a minor thing: our website. I still don't know if we're going to get rid of it since I don't know how much time for it we'd have if our other plan worked out, but we basically decided that we're going to have our big shared website (probably defying-fate and deafen, but we aren't sure), then have subdomains for our own personal websites and buy domains for them (kherezae.net and aliciakandels.net). We agreed that her name is unique, so she should stick with it, but there are a billion Jessica Wilsons out there, and if I actually write a book or whatever I'm not going to want Jessica Wilson as the byline. So Kherezae will be my penname/screen name/whatever.
So, the new plan Aze and I are scheming over. I seriously hate home schooling, and Aze's mom says she really wouldn't mind if I lived with them. Aze even talked to her about the plan and she said she'd be okay with it. So Aze and my idea is that I could finish Health and Gov&Ec in my home schooling, then sort of drop out if possible and move in with Aze to go to school with her (I dunno, like my Junior year was dragged out over two years and I'm doing my Senior year with Aze). But there are a lot of things to consider.
First of all my parents. Once I'm eighteen, they really can't stop me from doing it, but they can be pissed as hell. And I don't want them to have wasted their money on home schooling me. I'd want to pay them back. Maybe in full, but certainly for the three classes I would be dropping. According to the JMHS student website... "Total Contract Amount: $1,089.00". My parents already paid off everything. I seem to remember them saying it was 3k, but maybe they were exaggerating, I don't really know. Anyway, if 1089 was the total cost, and I divide that equally between courses, the three courses I would be dropping would be about $250 together. But the website also says that if I want to transfer, I may be entitled to a refund (or better put, my parents may be) depending on how much we still owe and such. Since they paid it all off, I imagine they'd get the refund for the three courses. Probably minus books. Now, I dunno if my parents would make me pay them back everything else. If they did, I would. Slowly, but I would.
I'd also insist on paying rent to Aze's parents. She has four siblings. They don't need to be paying for me. So I would pay for all my extras and stuff, and I would pay rent. I don't know how much rent I could pay; if I worked part-time at $6 an hour, that's around 480 a month, maybe a bit more or less. I figured a quarter for rent, a quarter for saving (or possibly paying off tuition to mom and dad, I dunno exactly), a quarter for necessities/saving, and a quarter for pocket money. That'd be like $30 a week for whatever extra groceries they'd end up buying to feed me too... which isn't much... but I wouldn't be demanding or anything. I'd eat what they gave me, and if I went to like McDonalds or anything I'd pay for myself. And I know I can survive on $20 pocket money weekly, so maybe I'd add the extra ten bucks as rent. $40 a week. It still doesn't seem like much. x_x;
Some things to worry about: I don't have a driver's license. I'm still learning. Now, going to Aze's school would mean I could take Driver's Ed, so I could get my license in Fairfax around January 2007 if they put me in Driver's Ed the first quarter of the year and I got my 40 hours of practice driving. This also means I'd have to get a job within walking distance, trouble Aze's mom to drive me to work, or figure out metro buses to ride there (which also means metro fare). Also, a cell phone. I don't think I'd get to keep the parents'. I'd have to get my own and keep up with monthly bills for it, which means even less money. Probably puts my monthly income at $440 based on the earlier figure. I dunno. Confusing.
And there's telling my parents, because they'd have to know. I don't think they'd like it, especially me staying with Aze's family, because my mom feels the same as I do: they already have a seven-person family, and I'd make eight. I mean, I would help with chores and pay some form of rent, but still, I'd be at least some form of a burden. You can't really help it, in the long run.
And there's moving. I'd really have to have my parents' cooperation to move all my junk over. I'd sell what I could. I need a bank account and debit card... then I could sell my junk and already have some money in reserve. Maybe I could work the summer at Mom's work or something. I don't think there's anything within walking distance unless I can get a job at the youth center -- which I may actually be able to do over the summer. They've been telling me I could do something there. I'd be eighteen, so, yeah.
I dunno what shit of mine I could sell. I'm sure there are some things my parents would keep. Not much of what I have is really mine. I suppose my clothes are mine. My Gamecube. My books. -shrug- Other stuff my parents might let me claim as my own. Maybe my TV and stuff. But a lot of it I'd want to keep. The TV, if I could keep it, I'd probably share it with Aze so she could sell her old TV.
I'd want to save for a laptop. Nothing fancy, just something I could use when I got to college. And then there's college itself. I'll definitely need scholarships. At least at Aze's school I'd have guidance counselors to help me with that sort of thing.
Just the necessities would be difficult. I'd also want to get into martial arts again once I'd settled in, so I'd have to figure out how to budget that.
I need to write. I need to enter the Writers of the Future contest. Should I win anything, the extra money would help. If I start writing short stories and I can actually get published in fantasy magazines, that would be a tremendous help, as well.
Aze and I already have my probable schedule planned out. Something/something means I'd take one or the other, depending on the school's requirements -- like Aze thinks Chem is required and I haven't had it, but I'd rather take geosystems if possible.
English IV/12 (AP)
Precalc/Trig
Geosystems/Chem
PE-Health-Driver's Ed
French 3
Comparative Religion (curiosity)
Drama
Right, so.
Stuff Aze could ask her counselor:
- If I drop my last three home schooling courses and take an extra year in high school, would it hurt my chances to get into college? I'm an A-B student, so...
- What would be the procedure for an 18-year-old transferring into the school when I don't live with my parents? Aze's mom wouldn't be a legal guardian. I'd be all growed up.
- (Counselor probably won't know, but): if I have a Florida Learner's Permit and I take Driver's Ed in Aze's school, should I expect any problems getting my license in Virginia?
- Feel free to add anything else in comments, I'll add it here.
Oh, and Aze? I know this isn't related at all, but please don't forget the pictures you took XD Hahaha.
I suppose that's all.
Okay, first was a minor thing: our website. I still don't know if we're going to get rid of it since I don't know how much time for it we'd have if our other plan worked out, but we basically decided that we're going to have our big shared website (probably defying-fate and deafen, but we aren't sure), then have subdomains for our own personal websites and buy domains for them (kherezae.net and aliciakandels.net). We agreed that her name is unique, so she should stick with it, but there are a billion Jessica Wilsons out there, and if I actually write a book or whatever I'm not going to want Jessica Wilson as the byline. So Kherezae will be my penname/screen name/whatever.
So, the new plan Aze and I are scheming over. I seriously hate home schooling, and Aze's mom says she really wouldn't mind if I lived with them. Aze even talked to her about the plan and she said she'd be okay with it. So Aze and my idea is that I could finish Health and Gov&Ec in my home schooling, then sort of drop out if possible and move in with Aze to go to school with her (I dunno, like my Junior year was dragged out over two years and I'm doing my Senior year with Aze). But there are a lot of things to consider.
First of all my parents. Once I'm eighteen, they really can't stop me from doing it, but they can be pissed as hell. And I don't want them to have wasted their money on home schooling me. I'd want to pay them back. Maybe in full, but certainly for the three classes I would be dropping. According to the JMHS student website... "Total Contract Amount: $1,089.00". My parents already paid off everything. I seem to remember them saying it was 3k, but maybe they were exaggerating, I don't really know. Anyway, if 1089 was the total cost, and I divide that equally between courses, the three courses I would be dropping would be about $250 together. But the website also says that if I want to transfer, I may be entitled to a refund (or better put, my parents may be) depending on how much we still owe and such. Since they paid it all off, I imagine they'd get the refund for the three courses. Probably minus books. Now, I dunno if my parents would make me pay them back everything else. If they did, I would. Slowly, but I would.
I'd also insist on paying rent to Aze's parents. She has four siblings. They don't need to be paying for me. So I would pay for all my extras and stuff, and I would pay rent. I don't know how much rent I could pay; if I worked part-time at $6 an hour, that's around 480 a month, maybe a bit more or less. I figured a quarter for rent, a quarter for saving (or possibly paying off tuition to mom and dad, I dunno exactly), a quarter for necessities/saving, and a quarter for pocket money. That'd be like $30 a week for whatever extra groceries they'd end up buying to feed me too... which isn't much... but I wouldn't be demanding or anything. I'd eat what they gave me, and if I went to like McDonalds or anything I'd pay for myself. And I know I can survive on $20 pocket money weekly, so maybe I'd add the extra ten bucks as rent. $40 a week. It still doesn't seem like much. x_x;
Some things to worry about: I don't have a driver's license. I'm still learning. Now, going to Aze's school would mean I could take Driver's Ed, so I could get my license in Fairfax around January 2007 if they put me in Driver's Ed the first quarter of the year and I got my 40 hours of practice driving. This also means I'd have to get a job within walking distance, trouble Aze's mom to drive me to work, or figure out metro buses to ride there (which also means metro fare). Also, a cell phone. I don't think I'd get to keep the parents'. I'd have to get my own and keep up with monthly bills for it, which means even less money. Probably puts my monthly income at $440 based on the earlier figure. I dunno. Confusing.
And there's telling my parents, because they'd have to know. I don't think they'd like it, especially me staying with Aze's family, because my mom feels the same as I do: they already have a seven-person family, and I'd make eight. I mean, I would help with chores and pay some form of rent, but still, I'd be at least some form of a burden. You can't really help it, in the long run.
And there's moving. I'd really have to have my parents' cooperation to move all my junk over. I'd sell what I could. I need a bank account and debit card... then I could sell my junk and already have some money in reserve. Maybe I could work the summer at Mom's work or something. I don't think there's anything within walking distance unless I can get a job at the youth center -- which I may actually be able to do over the summer. They've been telling me I could do something there. I'd be eighteen, so, yeah.
I dunno what shit of mine I could sell. I'm sure there are some things my parents would keep. Not much of what I have is really mine. I suppose my clothes are mine. My Gamecube. My books. -shrug- Other stuff my parents might let me claim as my own. Maybe my TV and stuff. But a lot of it I'd want to keep. The TV, if I could keep it, I'd probably share it with Aze so she could sell her old TV.
I'd want to save for a laptop. Nothing fancy, just something I could use when I got to college. And then there's college itself. I'll definitely need scholarships. At least at Aze's school I'd have guidance counselors to help me with that sort of thing.
Just the necessities would be difficult. I'd also want to get into martial arts again once I'd settled in, so I'd have to figure out how to budget that.
I need to write. I need to enter the Writers of the Future contest. Should I win anything, the extra money would help. If I start writing short stories and I can actually get published in fantasy magazines, that would be a tremendous help, as well.
Aze and I already have my probable schedule planned out. Something/something means I'd take one or the other, depending on the school's requirements -- like Aze thinks Chem is required and I haven't had it, but I'd rather take geosystems if possible.
English IV/12 (AP)
Precalc/Trig
Geosystems/Chem
PE-Health-Driver's Ed
French 3
Comparative Religion (curiosity)
Drama
Right, so.
Stuff Aze could ask her counselor:
- If I drop my last three home schooling courses and take an extra year in high school, would it hurt my chances to get into college? I'm an A-B student, so...
- What would be the procedure for an 18-year-old transferring into the school when I don't live with my parents? Aze's mom wouldn't be a legal guardian. I'd be all growed up.
- (Counselor probably won't know, but): if I have a Florida Learner's Permit and I take Driver's Ed in Aze's school, should I expect any problems getting my license in Virginia?
- Feel free to add anything else in comments, I'll add it here.
Oh, and Aze? I know this isn't related at all, but please don't forget the pictures you took XD Hahaha.
I suppose that's all.
