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I talked to both Financial Aid and Student Accounts since my previous post. By the time I actually got hold of an actual person and not an answering service, my student file was marked as eligible for financial aid, so I didn't have to worry about making a minimum payment and I could go ahead and start my class. And, after I'd been told it could take a couple weeks to get my financial aid, I got a message informing me that I've received my financial aid and just had to sign a Master Promissory Note, which I did ASAP. I nearly lost my financial aid at CalBaptist because I didn't know about that sucker. I started my first class today and I have all of my books on Kindle, so I've been having fun highlighting and making notes. AND they transfer between devices, so my highlighting shows up on my phone and vice versa (haven't figured out how to highlight on my phone yet, but my bro says he can on his, which is the same model as mine).
I haven't mentioned this, but our house is getting a makeover. It started out with Ann wanting to paint our bathroom, like we did Mom and Dad's last year. Dad knocked out part of one wall and realized that there was more damage to it by mold/rot than he could deal with. So Mom called in a company that specializes in this sort of thing and, essentially, there was a lot of mold in there because that bathroom has no windows to vent steam after our showers and the fan gets clogged with dust. So the parts of the walls with mold needed to be knocked down completely, which means the bathroom is going to be remodeled and with the loan Mom and Dad can get from the company, all of the popcorn ceiling is being removed (except for the closets) and retextured. The rooms that we haven't painted yet are going to be painted, and we'll have new flooring put in all through the house (vinyl in the main areas with carpet in the bedrooms and tile in the kitchen, laundry room, and bathrooms). Most of the painting is done now. They're now just doing the doors, and then they'll be done. The crew even came out yesterday because they want to get the job done. Because of where they were working, the whole family spent most of yesterday in the living and dining room.
My second story has been published! You can find it here. The one that I was working on that's due by Sept 15th has been finished and sent to my first readers.
I haven't mentioned this, but our house is getting a makeover. It started out with Ann wanting to paint our bathroom, like we did Mom and Dad's last year. Dad knocked out part of one wall and realized that there was more damage to it by mold/rot than he could deal with. So Mom called in a company that specializes in this sort of thing and, essentially, there was a lot of mold in there because that bathroom has no windows to vent steam after our showers and the fan gets clogged with dust. So the parts of the walls with mold needed to be knocked down completely, which means the bathroom is going to be remodeled and with the loan Mom and Dad can get from the company, all of the popcorn ceiling is being removed (except for the closets) and retextured. The rooms that we haven't painted yet are going to be painted, and we'll have new flooring put in all through the house (vinyl in the main areas with carpet in the bedrooms and tile in the kitchen, laundry room, and bathrooms). Most of the painting is done now. They're now just doing the doors, and then they'll be done. The crew even came out yesterday because they want to get the job done. Because of where they were working, the whole family spent most of yesterday in the living and dining room.
My second story has been published! You can find it here. The one that I was working on that's due by Sept 15th has been finished and sent to my first readers.
relieved