I spend way to much on way too little.

I'm really quite surprised at how expensive college has been even so far. I knew that I was getting myself into a financial pickle when I walked onto campus, but I didn't analyze it. That was before I watched the numbers in my bank account fall. Now, I look at what I have, and I am slightly confused. 

I have a room that I share with another person. Don't get me wrong, my room is better than most size-wise, however, there have been four wasps. It's located next to a staircase where drunk people carousel in the night. It has a door to a hallway that is inhabited by drunk people who wander in and hit on me then insult my friend. It has a communal bathroom down the hall that currently has a sink in pieces on the ground and yesterday had vomit splattered near the stalls. So yes, money well spent.

I have books. These books were mandatory for class, yet not supplied. When you look at them, they're paper and cardboard composite and glue, with ink everywhere. But the whole is worth more than the sum of its parts, and I spent hundreds of dollars on my books. And I haven't purchased next semester's books yet. In high school, books were provided for class. Even private high schools provided books, as the students were paying for their educations there. Again, I feel like my money was put to the best possible use.

Oh--and laundry! Laundry is a joy. My clothes are always completely clean when they come out, because of how very nice the washers are. The dryers are even better, my clothes come out completely dry in forty minutes. And that is very convenient, because my laundry load runs at about thirty-five minutes, so there's no time at all where I have wet clothing not in a dryer. I also always have quarters, making the lack of quarter machine a distant worry for the day that I miraculously run out of quarters. This, of course, can be lumped into the living expenses category of money I've spent, and I would spend it again for the joy of using our laundry room.

And the campus is certainly putting my money to use on things that apply to me. I live in the "W", pumping iron day in and day out. All of the sports stadiums benefit me as a spectator because I have yet to miss a game. 

I hate that it costs so much for something that other countries have for free.