Little of this, little of that

Things are still going fairly well. Not making near enough at Arctic Circle to make it worth my while, but every little bit helps.

I am getting all my stuff together to be a full time student starting Spring semester. Classes start January 15th, 2010. It feels nutty to even type 2010. Are we calling it twenty-ten or two-thousand-ten? What about two-oh-one-oh? Meh, whatever.
So school...
I am enrolled in CSI's pep band. That grants me $250 scholarship right there. Heck yes!! It feels great to play with an ensemble again. It's been 7 years since I graduated high school, and I haven't played since. I definitely have some catching up to do, but for the most part it's like riding a bike. For me, anyway.
When I did my FASFA I was told I was eligible for $5,350 in a Pell Grant. I got an e-mail today saying that CSI was done reviewing my financial aid and would discuss my awards as soon as I register for classes. Registration starts November 2nd. I think I will jump on that like flies on shit. I want the best classes and teachers I can get. May as well go in head first and get the best I can for my fresh start!
I really hope this works out ok, though. An old friend of mine said it best - I dive in head first and don't bother to check the depth of the water. Sometimes it's deep enough, sometimes it was only 3 inches deep. OOpS! I have a pretty good feeling that this will all end out for the best for us, though. I mean, how else am I going to get anywhere other than were I am? I mean, I love my family and my life, but I am still naive enough to believe that there is more than living paycheck to paycheck in an apartment that's too small. I still believe that I can be anything I want to be, an astronaut, a doctor, a firefighter, even the President of the United States! OK - so who am I kidding? I'll never be a firefighter, that takes too much stamina, and I don't have ANY intentions of quitting smoking anytime soon, if ever. Hey, ya gotta die somehow, why not die doing something you enjoy? I, for one, enjoy my smokes. Sometimes it's the only periodic 5 minutes throughout my day that I can truely call my own, between work, 2 demanding children, and running a household! Now school! Naw, Andy is great help, he just works so much, and so many night shifts.
Yet another reason to go to school. If I can get a good enough job after I graduate, he can be a stay at home dad, house-husband, and we'll see each other SO MUCH MORE than we do now, and I'll NEVER have to do LAUNDRY AGAIN!!!!!!
*sigh*
I love having 2 sleeping children and a [mostly] clean house!
Good day, my friends :)