I need to get my shit together
I have to say 2009 and 2010 was just not my year and I am in serious need of direction since my own intuition and lack of knowledge has led me astray for far too long.
In an earlier thread I posted about my desire to live in either L.A. Or Miami and to put it nicely I put the cart before the horse on that one. My situation right now is dire. Even though I graduated magna cum laude in Political Science, won numerous national academic debate competitions, did a study abroad in Brazil and completed a three year leadership program at my university a year ago, I am still at Krispy Kreme making 7.60 living with my mother approaching 27.
I admit part of the reason why is I look for work very much. I was tired of applying and getting no response and not getting a call back at all so I settled on working part time at Krispy Kreme and teaching Math, World History and English at risk youth at a local learning center for about a year. Now that school is out for the summer I recently cut my hair to look more professional and I'm in the process of gearing up for a job hunt but I have a huge monkey that decided to climb on my back in the past few weeks.
About three weeks ago I was pulled over by a police officer at 2:00am in the morning I was exiting my college campus. The officer suspected drinking (because I smelt like alcohol thanks to the drunk patrons on the dance floor with drinks) and demanded I take a breathalyzer. My friend who was in the car told me under no circumstances to take a breathalyzer and I followed his advice although I consented to a field sobriety test. Despite walking the line perfectly and standing on one leg for forty seconds straight without falling over the cop said I was drunk and I got arrested. In the squad car she asked me again if I would take the breathalyzer which I thought to myself “if you think I am drunk then why are you asking me to take a breathalyzer obviously your judgment is I am drunk” which made me realize she was looking to get something on paper to prove I was drunk (so of course I declined).
I'm locked up for the night and in a holding cell for about 15 hours until my friend bails me out but after reading the paperwork my heart sunk to the floor. I am facing a DUI charge and running a red light I also am facing a suspension of my license for a year because I did not do the breathalyzer which under GA law results in a automatic suspension for one year of my license. Despite that law I was given a ten business day window to request a hearing to not have my license suspended which I requested in the mail and in which I have a mail receipt that they received
Despite the dire circumstances I do have some things going for me. For one I have a great lawyer who has 30 years experience fighting DUI cases (thousands), has great relationships with prosecutors, judges (lots of political contributions he made) and was recommended by my boss who hired me as a teacher (she has lots of experience dealing with the Cobb County legal system having taught lots of juvenile delinquents and said my lawyer was the sharpest one). The prosecutor has no breathalyzer on me and I am on tape doing the field sobriety test exceptionally well. I have no prior DUI's and my last known crime was back in high school when I got into a fight which resulted in a simple battery charge (which can be expunged thanks to GA's first offender). I do know that Lawyers have huge ego's and I am confident in the fact that no prosecutor is going to want a trial given that their chances of losing are high. I am a firm believer that this won't go farther then the plea bargain (and my lawyer has a record of handling 98% of his DUI's before trial)
Problem of course is my lawyer's fee which is 3000. The three grand will cover both court hearings but it has dropped me way in the red. I was able to get 2000 bucks from family and I have about 500 bucks on my Discover card right now. I was just approved for a new credit card (automatic 500) with a 0% rate until March of next year and I have a credit score of 810 so I am hoping I can ask for a credit line increase of at least 1000 dollars. That said, I am going to be in more debt then before (thanks to owing my family money, discover, capital one, school loans, etc) working a shit job and dealing with other life issues (car needs repairs, other bills need to be paid). I do not have enough money in the war chest to afford a trial so I am hoping I get this knocked out in the plea bargain (which may mean eating a reckless driving charge). I have no savings and barely pull in more then 200 bucks a week.
Bottom line I am in hell!
I am getting more hours at work so more money will be coming in and I am well on my way to finishing up studying for my GRE, applying to graduate school in the fall and lord willing being accepted and on way towards a masters in Occupational Therapy three years down the rode but that said, I am in dire need of a plan to find a new job, keep my credit score high and basically beating this case so that my record stays as clean as possible
Sad as this sounds this incident has woke me up. I was struggling trying to stay focused studying for my GRE and since my arrest I am on fire...studying on average 3 hours a day 7 days a week. At this rate I should not have a problem knocking the sucker out the park and getting into a good school but man the path is so flipping filled with obstacles. My honest questions are what do you think are my likely outcomes of my case? What would you do in this situation? Any tips on getting a job that would make me more money even though I have a social science degree? What advice do you have and is there anything I can do starting today to get me where I need to go.
I know I need to start getting some volunteer/observation hours in the Occupational Therapy field and plan on doing lots of hours this summer in that arena but other then that I am drawing blanks (outside of doing the GRE, applying to grad school this year, and twiddling thumbs until fall of next year).
I have to say 2009 and 2010 was just not my year and I am in serious need of direction since my own intuition and lack of knowledge has led me astray for far too long.
In an earlier thread I posted about my desire to live in either L.A. Or Miami and to put it nicely I put the cart before the horse on that one. My situation right now is dire. Even though I graduated magna cum laude in Political Science, won numerous national academic debate competitions, did a study abroad in Brazil and completed a three year leadership program at my university a year ago, I am still at Krispy Kreme making 7.60 living with my mother approaching 27.
I admit part of the reason why is I look for work very much. I was tired of applying and getting no response and not getting a call back at all so I settled on working part time at Krispy Kreme and teaching Math, World History and English at risk youth at a local learning center for about a year. Now that school is out for the summer I recently cut my hair to look more professional and I'm in the process of gearing up for a job hunt but I have a huge monkey that decided to climb on my back in the past few weeks.
About three weeks ago I was pulled over by a police officer at 2:00am in the morning I was exiting my college campus. The officer suspected drinking (because I smelt like alcohol thanks to the drunk patrons on the dance floor with drinks) and demanded I take a breathalyzer. My friend who was in the car told me under no circumstances to take a breathalyzer and I followed his advice although I consented to a field sobriety test. Despite walking the line perfectly and standing on one leg for forty seconds straight without falling over the cop said I was drunk and I got arrested. In the squad car she asked me again if I would take the breathalyzer which I thought to myself “if you think I am drunk then why are you asking me to take a breathalyzer obviously your judgment is I am drunk” which made me realize she was looking to get something on paper to prove I was drunk (so of course I declined).
I'm locked up for the night and in a holding cell for about 15 hours until my friend bails me out but after reading the paperwork my heart sunk to the floor. I am facing a DUI charge and running a red light I also am facing a suspension of my license for a year because I did not do the breathalyzer which under GA law results in a automatic suspension for one year of my license. Despite that law I was given a ten business day window to request a hearing to not have my license suspended which I requested in the mail and in which I have a mail receipt that they received
Despite the dire circumstances I do have some things going for me. For one I have a great lawyer who has 30 years experience fighting DUI cases (thousands), has great relationships with prosecutors, judges (lots of political contributions he made) and was recommended by my boss who hired me as a teacher (she has lots of experience dealing with the Cobb County legal system having taught lots of juvenile delinquents and said my lawyer was the sharpest one). The prosecutor has no breathalyzer on me and I am on tape doing the field sobriety test exceptionally well. I have no prior DUI's and my last known crime was back in high school when I got into a fight which resulted in a simple battery charge (which can be expunged thanks to GA's first offender). I do know that Lawyers have huge ego's and I am confident in the fact that no prosecutor is going to want a trial given that their chances of losing are high. I am a firm believer that this won't go farther then the plea bargain (and my lawyer has a record of handling 98% of his DUI's before trial)
Problem of course is my lawyer's fee which is 3000. The three grand will cover both court hearings but it has dropped me way in the red. I was able to get 2000 bucks from family and I have about 500 bucks on my Discover card right now. I was just approved for a new credit card (automatic 500) with a 0% rate until March of next year and I have a credit score of 810 so I am hoping I can ask for a credit line increase of at least 1000 dollars. That said, I am going to be in more debt then before (thanks to owing my family money, discover, capital one, school loans, etc) working a shit job and dealing with other life issues (car needs repairs, other bills need to be paid). I do not have enough money in the war chest to afford a trial so I am hoping I get this knocked out in the plea bargain (which may mean eating a reckless driving charge). I have no savings and barely pull in more then 200 bucks a week.
Bottom line I am in hell!
I am getting more hours at work so more money will be coming in and I am well on my way to finishing up studying for my GRE, applying to graduate school in the fall and lord willing being accepted and on way towards a masters in Occupational Therapy three years down the rode but that said, I am in dire need of a plan to find a new job, keep my credit score high and basically beating this case so that my record stays as clean as possible
Sad as this sounds this incident has woke me up. I was struggling trying to stay focused studying for my GRE and since my arrest I am on fire...studying on average 3 hours a day 7 days a week. At this rate I should not have a problem knocking the sucker out the park and getting into a good school but man the path is so flipping filled with obstacles. My honest questions are what do you think are my likely outcomes of my case? What would you do in this situation? Any tips on getting a job that would make me more money even though I have a social science degree? What advice do you have and is there anything I can do starting today to get me where I need to go.
I know I need to start getting some volunteer/observation hours in the Occupational Therapy field and plan on doing lots of hours this summer in that arena but other then that I am drawing blanks (outside of doing the GRE, applying to grad school this year, and twiddling thumbs until fall of next year).