So Tired. So Sore. But Feeling Good.

It hurts to type right now. Mary asked John to paint the empty apartment Jose and Elda are going to move into (I thought Elda said she was gonna do it?) and being the wonderful sister that I am, went out there to help him . My hands are killing me. We were trying to paint as fast as possible. It’s about 101° right now, which doesn’t feel good at all. We started at around 10:15. We came back at 12:30. Screw being in THAT heat.

I drove everywhere I needed to go yesterday, and then some. Holy crap, by the end of the day, I seriously had leg spasms. Mario drove to work, I drove back since I needed the car. Drove back at 12:30 to pick up his paycheck. Went to the bank to deposit money. Drove to Mary’s to leave our car payment with her. Got directions from her on how to get to my school from her office (and the ladies that work with her were saying how pretty and long my hair was and congratulating me for getting my license and starting school *beams*). She scribbled them down for me and well, I didn’t understand them. Thank God John was with me…we eventually figured out how to get there .

Things went well at the meeting. Almost had a heart attack because my “sealed” transcript didn’t have my grad year on it. All the ladies kept whispering to eachother and sounding genuinely concerned so I asked, “Am I going to be able to apply for Financial Aide??” She says, “Yes, we’ll do it anyway.” *whew*

Took about an hour to fill everything out (an hour less than the day before when I was enrolling). Like Mario said, it felt like we were buying a house LOL. After figuring everything out with our W2 with the F.A. lady, we’re going to be paying $124.77 out of our pocket each month. Then, 6 months after I graduate, I need to pay back my loans. Scary. I hope we don’t end up knee-deep in debt . We’re still having to pay back Mario’s loan, and it’s pissing me off they keep adding from $50-70 each time they send the bill for “Fees and Costs”. Bastards. We pay $40 for it…they’re charging $50-70…it’s like we’re taking 1 step foward and 2 steps back! We’re never going to pay it off like that! I seriously need to call and dispute those charges.

We’re going to be a little tight financially for the next 9 months. But it’ll be worth it. I made all those calls yesterday that will hopefully help us out a bit. Called CCMS for Mom — I’ll have to fill out an application and IF we qualify, they put us on a waiting list. That’ll help us out a lot with paying mom for babysitting the kids. I also called around to ask about my Scholarship, but I kept getting the run-around and eventually they told me to leave my name and number and they’d call me back, which they haven’t. But I’m .

After driving home from my meeting, we chilled out and then John and I left to pick Mario up from work. The boys insisted on staying with Big Mario, so they did. After waiting an hour for Mario to get out, we went to Denny’s. The food was so good and the three of us had a blast laughing and making jokes. Nice ending to a hectic day .

I feel so much better about myself now. Now when people ask me, “So how’ve you been? What’s new? What are you doing now?”, I happily say, “I finally got my driver’s license and I’m starting college!” Before, I’d say something like, “Oh. Not much. At home, with my kids.”

What I love about my hours are that I’ll get to go to school and still have time to spend with the boys. I’ve been waiting for this for a long time .

on Sunday, July 10th, Vic said:

OMG YAY! So glad you’re going back to school 🙂

on Saturday, July 9th, Ana said:

Hey I am so glad that you will be going to school, and yes student loans are well how do i put it… they are a bitch i am still paying on mine. But I wish you luck in school you will probably graduate at the top of your class, and dont worry about the traffic omg i used to be so scared of traffic now im just like whatever. Good luck Yajaira I know you can do it 🙂

on Saturday, July 9th, Jessica said:

:):) College is expensive, and paying back is going to be hard for us too. But you’ll have a great job after you graduate, so it’ll work out. And I’m glad that you’ll still be able to spend the time you need w/ your kids – that’s very important! Take care girl!

on Saturday, July 9th, tara said:

I’m so happy for you! You can tell you are literally beaming as you type! 😀

Staying at home with the kids isn’t “not much”!!! I seriously wish I could stay home. I have my bachelors, but let me be a SAHM anyday!

on Saturday, July 9th, shattered@cantv.net“>Diana said:

I’m so happy for you Yajaira, I’m sure everything will work out alright. 🙂 My uni is also quite far from where I live and I don’t know the area at all, I was scared of driving around there but you get used to it. Now I don’t even have to think about it. Good luck with everything.