> There. If you got this far you should get a
medal or something.

No. Everyone needs a place or a person to
vent to every now and then. I'm sorry to hear
about your difficulties, but good for you for
making the best of it. I hope things improve for
you soon.

Your predicament sounds similar to my
sophomore year in college. I was very
homesick; even moreso than my first year
away. I had two roommates, one of whom was
a decent fellow, but he had a life and was
almost never around; the other I can honestly
say was the most jerky person I knew in
college and possibly ever. I had a really stupid
job that didn't pay very well. One difference is
that I was at school, enrolled in classes while
all this was going on.

If I could go back and redo one year of my
college experience and change whatever I
wanted, that would be the one.

Gri"on the plus side, that was the year my wife
and I started dating"shny