To start, I'd like to say thank you to the friend of my parents who left that nice comment on my college acceptance post :) I really appreciate it!

Now on a less happy note, tuition can roll over and die. My parents are working so hard to save up money, I'm applying to every friggen place that's hiring employees, and I got my FAFSA back today.

Now FAFSA doesn't give two shaved beavers about how much my parents are paying off in student loans, all they care about is our income. So they're only letting me take out a ridiculously small amount of money.

Hey... thanks! And thanks to Bush too, who is all about Americans getting a good education!!! Cause I'm sitting here wondering how I'm gonna GET ONE with the ridiculous fees I'm charged! ^_^

This is when I started to get mad. There's hardly a scholarship on Fastweb that isn't for minorities, handicapped people, or people living inna trash can. I know ones for good students are OUT THERE, but they are very few compared to the others. Every scholarship I look at I am confident I can make it, and then BOOM: "based on financial need". Yea, that means my parents income, not their debt.

I am SO SORRY I am not disadvantaged in any way. Sorry that my parents make a comfortable living, that all my limbs are in tact, that my family didn't die in a war. These awards SHOULD be offered, but there need to be MORE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR NORMAL KIDS. I am a normal kid who is an AWESOME friggen student. I am a National Honors Society 'A' average student with a 3.8 accumulative GPA who passed the AIMS test the first time and whose SAT scores were way above the national average, and I apply for several scholarships every day.

And I haven't gotten ONE.

Because I am a normal student with no disadvantages. My disadvantage is that I HAVE NONE. Seriously, better rights for the average kids who are GREAT STUDENTS.

My parents are crazy-generous though.

Dad wants to take money out of his retirement fund to pay for my college.

Guilt-trip anyone?

I tried to talk them out of it, but Dad insists that mom has a retirement fund of her own, and that he doesn't need it anyway. (And that I should take care of them after college so they're not eating cat food ;))

Anything for you guys. Anything.

You can live in my house, yell at me for never flossing, and insist I keep the fish and ferrets in a room where you can't see them. You'll get the best room in the house, with a view of the Mission Bay docking area, and you can eat the last zebra cake in the pantry whenever you want. I'll obsessively clean myself after spending long days working in Shamu's fish house so you never have to smell fish, and I'll take you to work with me so you can pet the flamingos and penguins. I'll drive you to Seaport Village every Friday night and leave you guys alone to have romantic walks on Cabrillo. I'll drive you to Gus's every Saturday and buy you all the pizza and cheesesteaks you can eat. And whenever I leave a room, I'll give you a big hug and kiss and thank you everyday that you've made my dream come to life.

It's not often a person gets to live their dream, and it's especially rare for the parents to put this much into it.

I guess I'm just lucky like that ;)

Thank you is a poor choice of words to express my gratitude to you guys.

I love you.

-Chi <3