Jarl
Clean-Shaven and Baby-Smooth
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I dropped out of HS in senior year, 2006, due to health problems that kept me riveted to the bathroom floor. I was about a credit from graduation, I believe. A health credit, of course.
That summer, when I'd finally gotten over my bout of pancreogallblatteroentiredigestivesysteminvertingosis, I tried going to the local community college to finish off that health credit, then I'd do a bit of catchup, then transfer over to a college that accepted my AP english credits. Then, my mom's heart stopped a few times and she ended up on oxygen 24/7 with a defibrillator installed in her heart and needed someone to take care of her, so I dropped out and did that.
And here I am four years later, still doing that. Which reminds me, every year we have to do ten hours of upkeep training because, you know, being a certified live-in caregiver you need to be at least a little bit aware of what to look out for, not as much as say a pet groomer who has to do like 72 hours.
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Of course, the benefits are pretty good. I get paid about 600 a month, I have to live with my mother until she eventually dies, my schedule doesn't reflect the actual work I do because nobody in this state wants to pay taxes to pay for anything including health care, I don't get any health insurance, and with my mom being disabled as well most of my paycheck has to go to our rent or her medical bills, but at least I get to sit at home and do nothing but surf the internet or watch my mother wither away all day every day.
-The moral of the story is don't try to do or be anything, and don't bother planning, because random chance can destroy anything good in a heartbeat and once you're down you can never ever get back up. Life never gets better, so try to at least struggle to stay above the surface as long as you can until eventually bills and the unrelenting horror of the world finally pull you under and you find your own special way to give up forever.
Ribberium Mempyre!