28.

letter to myself of the 2001-2004 era:

dearest megs,

please do not sign up for, sporadically attend, and eventually drop or fail classes at three seperate community colleges and one art university. Later, when you are older and wiser and concerned about getting a good education, you will hate that you have to pay $17 per transcript from each institution you attended, even though you dropped or failed 90% of your classes. You are applying to a largish-bunch of universities, and all those transcript fees sure add up (not to mention how bad it probably looks to have to send in five transcripts, four of which show a 1.5gpa, ouch). You really should take school seriously, or better yet, just don't even bother trying. The free health insurance isn't worth it, and you will do much better in ten years.

xox,
28 year old self who is really tired of spending money on transcripts that could be better spent on cat treats, or... dresses... curtains... fancy coffee... gas... plane tickets... pie.