Oh hey payday. Woot! :)
(Graduate assistants start work in August, and work through the first or second week in May, but get paid in 8 lumps, starting at the end of Septemeber. I suppose it makes it much easier for payroll1, having to deal with 8 gazillion GAs only 8 times instead of 10, but psychologically, that stretch from mid-August, when you see the last of the money from whatever summer job you worked, until the end of September, is long. I got a teensy check at the end of August from a couple days of advising, and my financial aid check mid-August, so money wise, I've been fine, but it still feels like a really really long time until that first check at the end of September.)
1. ... and yet, they still fracked up my check.
(Graduate assistants start work in August, and work through the first or second week in May, but get paid in 8 lumps, starting at the end of Septemeber. I suppose it makes it much easier for payroll1, having to deal with 8 gazillion GAs only 8 times instead of 10, but psychologically, that stretch from mid-August, when you see the last of the money from whatever summer job you worked, until the end of September, is long. I got a teensy check at the end of August from a couple days of advising, and my financial aid check mid-August, so money wise, I've been fine, but it still feels like a really really long time until that first check at the end of September.)
1. ... and yet, they still fracked up my check.