Wow. I must have been busy in February. Or delinquent.
Today I submitted two stories to a kindergarten writing contest. One was about puddles and the other was about crayons. We'll see what comes of that. Now I need to finish the research on my Viking article and submit my query to Appleseeds. I've already decided that I'm depositing any money I earn on writing in to either Cameron or Jarom's missionary fund 'til they have enough money.
Cameron and I went to the community college campus to submit his scholarship application. Strangely, there was absolutely no line at the financial aid office. I felt like I was in the Twilight Zone. Meagan and I have waited for hours in the financial aid line in the past. It took longer for me to park the car (parallel parking, bleck!) than it did to submit the scholarship application. Yay, that's done! And only 1 day before the final cut-off.
Next on my list is getting our taxes submitted. I figured them myself the first part of February, but I'm debating filing them online or having someone figure them for me - just so I know if I got them right or not. Last year I missed a $600 refund that the IRS caught, so they increased the amount of our check. I'm thinking if I pay someone $100 to catch a large refund (if the IRS isn't as thorough this year) it will probably be worth it. Now I'm just wondering who to take our taxes to. I guess I'd better decide soon.
Meagie's bf Zac got at job at the call center working with time shares. Sounds vaguely like my hotel call center job. I hope he enjoys it. :)
This weekend I spent 8 hours in Scout training. And a couple of hours in other meetings. Then I spent a few more hours collecting Primary news for the Ward Newsletter. Whew! It took longer than I thought it would, but I learned a lot of good information, so it was worth it.
I even called the women Meagan and I are supposed to be Visiting Teaching. I've been a bit of a slacker at VT. It took the RS President calling me and getting me to promise I'd at least call the women on the list to break me out of my complacency.
In the last month, I've been trying to decide whether I should change careers/go back to school/etc/etc. I'm still undecided. I'd love to learn how to be a web designer, but I'm not sure I want to spend that many hours away from home in the evening. Plus, financial aid won't cover that program. Something about it being too new. Decisions, decisions.
Last week I went to Mum and Dad's and hung out with them, Sheri, and David. Sheri, David and I danced to the MJ experience. Afterwards my knees hurt. MJ was sure limber! My knees kept popping and cracking the whole time I danced. How did MJ do it? He was older than me!
Our old dishwasher died and now we have a shiney new one from Sears. Good thing we waited for the President's Day Sale, we saved over $200! It's nice to have sparkling clean dishes now. David loads the dishwasher every day now - his back hurts too much for him to stand at the sink scrubbing dishes for more than a few minutes.
