Student looking for a job.

So I decided I needed to make this very important entry.  I'm finally going to a public university after being in community colleges for the past two years. 


I have ALWAYS had trouble paying for school even in community college and even with a small trust fund AND a full-time job.  I am blessed that my grandmother left me ten thousand dollars, but its not a whole lot to get through school.  


Financial Aid doesn't help either.  I don't receive enough money to even cover my tuition for one term!  Sure, everyone goes though financial strains in school but I can't even cover all of my expenses with the help I get.  


Which leads to the topic of this blog.  I am currently unemployed (go figure in this economy) and struggling to find a job.  I was employed at a Subway for two years and another one for just a month (that one was sketchy so I didn't think it was worth working there a week after I quit, they got robbed!).  Since then, (last employed about 6 months ago) I have yet to even find a Subway job or even a baby-sitting job.  I'm a 21 year-old full-time student who can't get a simple job? 


So My current bank balance is about...$38.36.  I start school next week and I don't have enough money for gas.  My parents don't help me a whole lot (Republican, conservative, "If you go to school you support yourself" type folks).   


I do feel lucky for my lovely grandmother who has Alzheimer's.  She is fairly young to have it, but she has lost her husband and one of her grandchildren. Though she doesn't remember my birthday, my boyfriend, or even what she is going to do in five minutes, she is still my wonderful grandma.  But I always look back on old videos of my cheerful, bubbly grandma.  I miss her smile and her old personality.  After the effects of Alzheimer's most people aren't their true self.  


Now my grandmother lives in an old folks home.  Its horrible to see her go from a big farmhouse to a small studio apartment, she always thought she was "just visiting" this place until she goes back home.  


I owe a lot to my grandmother.  Without her, I would have never been able to get as far as I have.  I really want to be able to finish school for her, before she passes away, which I have a strange feeling she will soon. :(  


I just hope that I get a job, even if its washing dishes.  I just don't know why I can't get a job, I'm honest, intelligent, and hard-working.  I spruce up my resume and have great interviews but some how can't get hired.  


After watching some Michael Moore documentaries I got inspired to write (type) down my re-occurring problem, but its not just my problem... I believe it is EVERY students problem (except for the 1% elitists).  


So from here on now, I will talk about my daily struggles with finances.