We Took Things a Day at a Time
Copyright© 2017 by Rolf
Chapter 1
Shawn and Georgina had to overcome a few obstacles. Money, money, money was one. It may be the root of all evil but without it some accommodation needs to be made. Both were A students in high school, both were not rich and both missed the deadline NYU had set for financial aid. The school wanted them, they wanted the school but to start, their scholarship money would not go very far for tuition, a dorm, books, lab fees, food, clothing, err, you get the idea. There is a saying that ‘two heads are better than one’, the result of that mind merger was another old saying that, ‘two can live as cheaply as one!”
For freshman, trying to live in Manhattan the solution that presented itself was simple, pool their money, get part-time jobs, live together and tighten their belts before non-essentials like food.
“See easy G, now all we have to do is find jobs, not eat and make certain we get a little aid next month, simple, huh.”
They made it, almost were able to eat if you call cheese and peanut butter crackers with tea caddies that wrung out seven or eight cups to drink. After two weeks of this torture they discovered the magic of ‘food stamps’, the free clinic and free dentistry from NYU students wanting guinea pigs to work on.
With that now in-hand and some Federal Aid dollars their life together went on. They had an efficiency, took turns in a sleeping bag and a pullout sofa but they got through the first three years. They were eating real food now, yeah pasta, bologna sandwiches and mustard or mayo if they could afford it. Thanksgiving was a feast, two day old squid, a quart of Miso soup and a radish topped salad that even Dainobu’s(A Manhattan Japanese grocery) had not sold in three days.
You may get the idea they were poor. Their social life was just as bad. Shawn epitomized a ‘Geek’ while Georgina played for the ‘other side’. In many ways it was a perfect relationship; they were and still are ‘best buddies’. I’m not sure that made a difference in their relationship but people noticed how they were together.
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