The next semester went by without too much incident, which was a welcome change from the hell that was the previous semester. I had talked to daddy extensively on my trip to Italy with him about what major to choose and what direction to take. I wish I could tell you that I picked some altruistic career; that I went into science to cure cancer, or engineering to finally perfect the mousetrap. But in the end my motivation was to never have to be poor again, no matter how hard I had to work. So on daddy’s advice–and with a head for numbers–I went into finance with a minor in philosophy so that I could apply to lawschool if I didn’t like working for those who controlled the flow of money.
Daddy was also super busy and I didn’t see much of him. One of the refining plants that his company owned had an accident and he was working even more overtime to make sure the case got settled without much fuss. So the semester went by without much change.