Day 109 of 1000 (212.8 lbs.)
Stepan and I continue to talk in the mornings when we arrive at work. I am going to miss that a lot when I switch jobs next week. He told me another Russian proverb today: The greedy man pays twice. He says that not only applies if you buy cheap, shoddy stuff, but also in life. That is certainly true. I do not know whether my recent travails with Kelly’s and Christian’s classes have anything to do with that, but it certainly might.
I signed Lorena, Christian, and Kelly up for spring semester classes at Wake Tech, but in the confusion and busyness associated with my job change, I forgot to pay for them on the specified day. We were able to get both of the kids into Linear Algebra at Wake Tech with their favorite math teacher, Kelly was able to get her Macroeconomics class, and I was able to recover a couple of classes that had filled up by signing the kids up for two distance education courses each at Central Carolina Community College. I had to switch Kelly from Astronomy to Physical Geology, but that all worked out OK. The big problem was that Differential Equations and Physics II were both full.
It took about three weeks of pain and frustration, but I finally have him signed up for both classes at Johnston Community College. Lorena want to drive over there with him, so I signed her up for a couple of classes, too. To say it is a relief to have all this done is a wild understatement.
Update: When it rains it pours. They have Lorena as an out-of-state student and want here to pay more than three times as much for her six ours of classes than Christian paid for his seven hours of classes.
my head’s about to blow reading about that much frustration!!
nice weight loss! big sister is watching.
Thanks for the kudos on the weight loss and we actually have the tuition thing squared away now, but it kind of dawned on my that I made a BIG (no pun intended) mistake in posting the weight stuff. Now I HAVE to stick to my diet!
I posted on your blog on Stepan’s story in case you didn’t see it 🙂
I saw it JoAnn and just posted a comment. Every time I hear something like what happened to your family in Odessa, I realize I need to quit complaining so much.
What a juggle! We have learned to pay for them as soon as you sign up…the number of students waiting to get into the higher level classes is just too numerous for the number of classes offered. Once you get a spot, PAY! Emma is transferring to a state college this next semester – going to miss her influence in the home tremendously – to obtain her BS in Exercise Physiology within the Kinesiology department with the ultimate goal of getting her Doctorate in Physical Therapy. Lots of work and ‘hard stuff’ and even “harder stuff” to be studied along the way.
I think you guys took a more sane path than us by doing one or two classes at a time to get started. NOW I know I need to pay immediately! Sounds like Emma has a super plan. We are excited to watch it develop.