Overspending leads to llamas

If I May
By Shanita Mickens

Are you wishing you hadn't taken your girlfriend to the movies every weekend first semester? I mean was the 90 minutes of thrill seeking excitement really worth the $11 for tickets? Or are you wishing you hadn't over withdrawn your checking account spending your emergency money buying pizza and beer. These luxuries can make the college experience all it's cracked up to be but they can also put a hole in the wallet.

As the end of the year approaches I know I'm not the only one who is tuckering myself out maliciously trying to stretch those few dollars left until I get a summer job. (Stupid summer jobs, who wants to work during the summer. Just joking employers, I have a wonderful work ethic, hire me) But wait, I didn't plain for spring break. I have no money left to wisp myself off to a tropical island. If Carbondale wasn't having such an artic winter I wouldn't mind staying here but as I've said before Carbondale is no Barbados.

If only my parents had a time-share in Florida. I wish I were a child of privilege. By this I mean I wish my family was rich, or was owed a big favor by someone who was rich, or at least that my mom was a travel agent. Oh well, I guess you can't pick your family or their careers.

My best friend Mike keeps telling me how he will be spending 11 wonderful days away from it all on a sandy beach in Mexico. I hope he gets food poising, diarrhea, or at least jet lag. I say this out of jealousy, of course. What can I say misery loves company. I can't swim very well but I wouldn't mind feeling Mexican sand beneath my feet. Hablo espanol. Can I go to Mexico? No, I can't. I have no money. Why didn't some wise upperclassmen tell me what my excessive spending during first semester would do to my spring break opportunities? I would have gladly turned frugal first semester in exchange for a girls gone wild type spring break. Bring on Snoop Dog (just joking I'm actually a shy person).

Instead I'm going home to central Illinois. The highlight of my spring break might possibly be watching divorce court every weekday at 11am. This is a quality show. My friends make fun of me for watching it but if they only knew how great it is.

Actually when I think about it there's a lot for me to do over spring break. For example, I haven't seen my high school best friend's llamas for quite some time now. I'm having llama withdrawls. No, that's not a typo I said llamas. If you don't know what a llama is you're missing out. They're the four-legged hoofed creatures with the big eyes. They're friendly, they're hairy, and they spit. They are the perfect combination, although your college roommate may possess the very same traits. I also owe a family member at home some money. It's time for me to face the music. I'm just going to let her beat it out of me because what little money I do have is definitely not going toward paying back my debt back. How much bodily damage could a 12-year-old do to me anyway. Who knew she was charging me interest.

Heck, I'm a country girl. If you thought I'm from Chicago how wrong are you. I can always find fun. Even if the fun I find is riding on the line of "What were you thinking are you insane!" You Chicago people may have great theaters, lavish stores, and public transportation but central Illinois has one up on you. We have cows. That's right cows. You can ride them, you can milk them, and you can tip them. You can't go wrong with a cow, unless it's not really a cow, it's a bull and is chasing you. I don't do the whole rodeo thing. I'm not that insane.

So however you spend your spring break have a good one. Make it a safe one, too. And Mike you can have your Mexico vacation, have fun I'm not jealous anymore. I have a cow pond behind my house in central Illinois with my name on it.

If I May appears every other Thursday. Shanita is a freshman in journalism. Hr views do not necessarily reflect those of the Daily Egyptian.

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