Current location:	In another chair....
Current mood:	drained
Current music:	Holiday : American Idoit : Green Day
Entry tags:	debts, ireland, parents, promises

To the Point

I've made a promise to myself. Well....more like a pledge or an oath I suppose, but I've done it anyways. I was talking with my friend J late last night and she and I were sitting in bed talking until twelve-thirty or so. J's a sweetheart, she and I went to a private grade school together until I left for a public secondary school last year. So we're really close. I think we understand each other more then I think we do.

 Anyways, she recently went to Austria, Romania and Hungary on a missions trip for the school, and we were laughing about some of the things she and her group did. [Really hilarious stuff, I must add.] I was telling her about my recent trip to Ireland over the summer with my sister. We both had a blast and it was one of the most amazing vacations I'll ever experience. It definitely cleared up some decisions about where I want to go to Uni. I was planning on attending in England or Scotland, [Edinburgh, most likely] but now I have Uni's in Ireland to look at too. O.o

Getting back to the point here....

We were talking about our parents and how different each of our parents are. Mine are land rich and cash poor and in serious financial debt. I know they probably don't want me to be hearing or discussing it, but where do they get the idea that just because I'm in the next room means that I can't hear them talk about our finances?! Her parents, however, [More specifically, her father] own all of the liquor stores in the county, so they're pretty well-off. However, she's just as worried at being able to provide for herself, because she doesn't want to rely on her parents for money, and the way she sees it, she's got two options. 

1. Become a lawyer and try to get rich
2. Marry a rich guy. 

She doesn't want to become a lawyer, I know her, she'd be much better at an Interior designer or something like that. Who knows...

As for me and my promise? I figure I got two options also: 

1. Become a graphic designer and keep my head above the debt waters...
2. Become an author and still have debt.

I like design, so option one isn't as bad a choice as I figure. Besides, I can always write on the side....hopefully. I love writing, and I've already written two novels, but I'm just not going to rely on becoming world famous and letting that be my sole provision. 

I doubt I'm going to get that famous. >.>

You've probably read this entire thing going 'When the hell is she going to say her promise?' so, in lieu of that, my promise: 

I'm never going to be as in debt as my parents. I refuse to let it happen.