Found money miracle

Carmen came over this afternoon with her usual Wednesday crisis - we’re both completely tapped until our next paychecks hit Friday, but we desperately needed caffeine to survive studying for tomorrow’s anatomy quiz. I’m talking desperate enough that we dumped out both our piggy banks (okay fine, water bottles full of loose change) onto my bed to see if we had enough quarters for two coffees from the vending machine downstairs.

Found money miracle

That’s when Carmen remembered she hadn’t worn her old denim jacket in weeks and decided to check the pockets. You should have seen her face when she pulled out that crumpled twenty! We both just stared at it for a solid ten seconds like it might disappear. Turns out it was left over from her last babysitting gig that she’d completely forgotten about.

Official money counting session in progress

Suddenly we went from vending machine coffee to actual Starbucks money. Sometimes the universe really does look out for broke college students. We celebrated by getting the good drinks - you know, the ones with actual flavor instead of just caffeine. Carmen got her usual caramel macchiato and I splurged on a white chocolate mocha. Nothing tastes better than coffee you thought you couldn’t afford.

Now we’re properly caffeinated and ready to tackle memorizing every single bone in the human body. Again. Why did I think nursing school would be easier than this?