It’s the middle of June and I have been working on Admission Crew for roughly four weeks now. One of the great advantages of working at WWC in the summer is getting paid every two weeks. My plan is to save some extra money for the fall semester, so I can actually go out to eat every once and a while. I made the mistake of coming to school last semester with not more than five dollars in my bank account. Not that having money is a big concern here, it is just nice to be able to go out on occasion. At least WWC pays a good bit more than minimum wage for the summer work. With a forty hour a week contract, I should have some spending money as well. On top of it all, WWC makes it easy for students to take off however many weeks they want for vacation time. I could easily spend a month in Nova Scotia, and then come back and work the rest of the summer with this set up! I guess I am enjoying working on this crew too much to take that much time off.Thankfully, today was payday, another five hundred dollars towards my savings. Right? Not exactly. A wrench was thrown into my plans to save up, when I got a call from a friend who was planning a trip by herself to New York City. Convincing me to join her did not take much. I thought about my little savings account, and decided, what am I saving for anyway; Greasy pizza from Chow Time, the local delivery place? No, I need to put my money towards new experiences, not more junk. So I dished out two hundred dollars for a round trip ticket to NYC. Luckily, the cost of the ticket was not even half of one of my paychecks. The real cost will come when I get there, gazing around at tons of museums and subways. The adventure will definitely be worth it. I have never been to NYC, and I have never been that far north. It’s going to be a one hundred and eighty degree turn around from the mountains of Appalachia but I think I need to experience the big city. Not to mention I’ll be there for the Forth of July celebration. City lights, and fireworks here I come!
Jenn
