Well I finally got around to paying the February bills. Let's just say for now that my Feb. totals are NOT going to be pretty. ;-)
Last week put me off my game a bit so I am behind doing lots of paperwork. At least with so few trips to the grocery store, I have less paperwork to get to, right?
You would think.....
But Oh NOOOOOOOOO!
All that free time this month was taken up with the TONS of extra paperwork thanks to Uncle Sam x 9 filings, plus FAFSA......and then plus PHEAA(for PA state grants)for Daughter.
For her to attend her 1st choice school she is going to be around $12 thousand.....yes I just said 12 THOUSAND!!! dollars short for the academic year AFTER we pay what we have allocated for her. We are crossing our fingers for lots of scholarship money from the University to take up a heap of the shortfall. I doubt it will be enough to cover it all so we are applying for whatever aid we can find. The PA state grants are limited to around $4500 a year so that won't be enough even if she gets a full grant from them. I see many Many private loan dollars in her future..... It will be her choice and her burden to bear moving forward but I still worry because that's what us Moms do. ;-)
My youngest turned 15 years old yesterday too. He's firmly entrenched in full blown Teenager-itis now!
When did my always happy little man who loved to cuddle, suck his thumb and carry his blankie everywhere and would watch Blue's Clues and play with his Power Rangers grow into the surly lifeform who feels that grunting is a sufficient form of communication?!
And who gave him permission to transform into this, because I certainly did not!
I am having a hard time concentrating and getting things done this week. I just want to crawl back into bed and hide from the world.
I guess I am just dog tired....or is that tired of the dogs?
I'm dwelling in a full-on state of Ennui....
Sluggy
Last week put me off my game a bit so I am behind doing lots of paperwork. At least with so few trips to the grocery store, I have less paperwork to get to, right?
You would think.....
But Oh NOOOOOOOOO!
All that free time this month was taken up with the TONS of extra paperwork thanks to Uncle Sam x 9 filings, plus FAFSA......and then plus PHEAA(for PA state grants)for Daughter.
For her to attend her 1st choice school she is going to be around $12 thousand.....yes I just said 12 THOUSAND!!! dollars short for the academic year AFTER we pay what we have allocated for her. We are crossing our fingers for lots of scholarship money from the University to take up a heap of the shortfall. I doubt it will be enough to cover it all so we are applying for whatever aid we can find. The PA state grants are limited to around $4500 a year so that won't be enough even if she gets a full grant from them. I see many Many private loan dollars in her future..... It will be her choice and her burden to bear moving forward but I still worry because that's what us Moms do. ;-)
My youngest turned 15 years old yesterday too. He's firmly entrenched in full blown Teenager-itis now!
When did my always happy little man who loved to cuddle, suck his thumb and carry his blankie everywhere and would watch Blue's Clues and play with his Power Rangers grow into the surly lifeform who feels that grunting is a sufficient form of communication?!
And who gave him permission to transform into this, because I certainly did not!
I am having a hard time concentrating and getting things done this week. I just want to crawl back into bed and hide from the world.
I guess I am just dog tired....or is that tired of the dogs?
I'm dwelling in a full-on state of Ennui....
Sluggy
