One Broke Girl

I recently just endured one of the most embarassing moments of my life.

Do you know what it feels like to have your card declined? How about when it's declined in front of your friend? How about when it's declined in front of your friend, your boyfriend, and ALL of McDonalds?

Well, that's what happened to me yesterday.
I go into McDonalds, I ask my boyfriend what he wants, trying to be awesome since he's always paying for me. I order two meals. I swear I have money because just Saturday I had my mom put in like $30. The meal comes out to be $14. I swipe my card and read the words, "TRANSACTION NOT APPROVED".

I start to freak out inside, but I calmly pull out my phone and go into my bank account... where there is only $12. (I forgot I had went to Walmart the day before and bought worthless junk)

I suppose I could have just asked the cashier to make the two meals I ordred into just sandwiches, but I had already tried to ball in front of everyone... so I took the low road.
I let my boyfriend pay.

And I was HUMILIATED. My friend relentlessly mocked me (because those are the types of friends I have), but I learned a lesson every college student needs to know.

EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS!

Thankfully here at UT Tyler, it's only so often that I actually have to spend my own money. On campus we have free anything you can think of:
Free check-ups at the clinic,free gym membership, free events. free food every once in a while, we have these cute little free movies on the lawn... and it's not old movies I would see at home on my VHS, no. They're good, NEWLY RELEASED movies, saving me an embarassing trip to the movie theatre.

My mother always says to me, "You're in college, you're supposed to be broke."
This doesn't make me feel any better, but I'm so happy that my school accomodates people like me so that I'm not withering away in my dorm room.

Remember to WISELY spend your money (going here helps), check your bank account when you go out, and don't be ashamed to rely on the kindness of your friends.

Crazy things actually happen at UT Tyler?

                  So today is Monday. Like every other Monday, I set off on my trek to the Ratliff Building North to go to my math class. Pretty bland, you could say. Then all of a sudden, I heard a loud roar. Honestly, I was a little bit scared, but I pretended not to be because there were seniors everywhere. So I continued to walk in the direction of the loud noise.

                Not long after, I just saw a huge stampede of human beings running straight towards me. I justified this in my head by saying that maybe some people are having a race, or running away from the RBN. I was wrong, SO wrong. Not only were these people being loud and running fast, but they were masked and sported diapers.

                I've never seen something quite this odd happen on campus, this kind of thing happens all the time in places like New York, I’m sure. All I know is that it made my trip to math a lot more funny and creepy than it usually is, and it was among the more hilarious things I've experienced here. A lot of people are talking about it around campus today, and I hear some talk saying apparently this happens every year around this time. I also heard that these masked adult-babies are the men’s soccer players. Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it were.

                If I knew ahead of time, I would've snapped a few pictures of them, so that there embarrassment would be forever captured here on my blog. Luckily, a few other people did, and the just so happened to get this photo of them. Hope you like it!

                Also, Humans vs Zombies has officially started, and people are hiding, getting attacked, and turning into “zombies.” It’s almost like a real life The Walking Dead, but not really. Good luck humans, and don’t attack me when I’m the only human left!

Yours truly,

Chandler Upchurch