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My baby beardie I got recently has been stuck in a 10 gallon until now. I let him out everyday, at least, but still, it has been some pretty tight times this past month. Finally, Stanley now has a bigger place. I am really low on funds, and MORE of an issue, I am at the padres' and they said I can't "clutter up the house" with a bigger tank (even though it takes, like, INCHES more. I have gone through this argument about Tortuga. She needs a MUCH bigger tank or a pond, but won't get one in this house. ) so it is just a 20, but it is an extra LONG 20, so hey, more floorspace, almost twice as much for him than the 10 gal. YAY!

And with my coupon, it was, like 15 bucks. SCORE!!!!

I'll have to be careful to stay away from the aquariums when I pass by in 2 weeks. I don't need to be contracting MTS from you people. I'm happy with my current setup. I got everything I want...sept the snowball pleco lol. Shy is still being a total pain and hiding out to the point I constantly worry he will starve to death.

I am hoping I get MYSELF a proper enclosure soon, too. Maybe it will be sooner than the planned 2 years, at least though because *big breath* I won't be spending all I earn on school.

I have quit.

Not completely. I am going to change schools. Because even with my Pell Grant, I've got a student loan AND hundreds of dollars every quarter out of pocket too. So I went to a job counselor. And he basically told me I wasn't going to MAKE enough as a Vet Tech to even pay back my loans, so I was going to start even deeper in debt. Since I am on Medicaid, living in my parent's basement, that is not an option for me. ALso, I hurt my spine and arm last quarter, had to quit a class because I couldn't pass off my competencies. And things aren't healing well. Apparently Vet Tech is too physical of a job for me.

I wish I could be a vet tech. But I can't. I can't afford to be a vet tech. Not do that and be able to afford a little house and afford proper care of all my pets.

So I am quitting my expensive private college and going to a state school where a Pell can actually cover almost ALL of tuition AND books. But UVU doesn't have Vet Tech. Broadview is the ONLY school in the state with an accredited program. Next semester, I will be going back to ASL and Deaf Studies at UVU. Be an interpreter.

It won't be the same as being a Vet Tech but it will mean earning enough to take car of my own animals, and probably take in rescues, which right now I can not do.

So it is still a decision for my animals. It is just... a different one. I don't know. It hurts, this choice. And I know this topic is about, you know, tanks, not school. But it's a new thing and I just had to vent a little.

Pros:
Out of my parent's house sooner, hopefully
Money for a house, for my pets (bigger cages, a pond, etc.), for rescuing and fostering.
Not as physical

Cons:
It's not an animal related related field
I was doing really well. I made the dean's list. I think I would have done well as a vet tech. And I like doing something I am GOOD at.

Yeah, SIGH.

Hee hee hee!

Would life be any more fun if they didn't?