Change of plans
Once again,my plans for school have changed. My class was supposed to start in 6 days. I did the orientation, got my books, etc. Then I got an email from a state school, saying that my financial aid award letter was complete, and I could log in and see. So I decided to check it out, and I couldn’t believe how much I was getting! FHSU is about half the price of Indiana Tech to begin with, but they have regular semesters (not accelerated), and osme of the tests may need to be proctored. For those reasons, I decided against going there. But when I say that I was getting over 4 times the pell grant through FHSU, I quickly had to reconsider. That means that I would only have to borrow about $1,000-$1500 a semester, instead of $3500. I never felt right about putting us into debt that much. Because I want to move so bad to Livermore, I think that this is the responsible decision. Even aside from moving, this will save us atleast $10,000 in student loans. I am looking forward to having some student loans because it will really help me with my credit. So now I am disappointed that I will have to wait to start class until hopefully June 1 (as long as my official transcripts get there asap and I can still register for classes), but I feel really good about not putting us into so much debt.
The girls are great. There really is such a big difference between the two of them. If I mentioned the bruise-like marks on Tati’s leg, they are all gone now. Tati can sit up really well, but Lana isn’t even close. We think that Lana will start to crawl soon. She just rolls around everywhere, and I can’t leave her for more than a moment. This si going to be hard…..we really need to baby proof. Even so, with the dogs, the babies have limited space to roll around. Tati will get on her tummy, and after a little while, lift her arms and legs so she is just on her belly, and scream. For some reason, she does not roll back over. Don’t know if I should really worry about this or not…I am just trying to make sure she gets tummy time everyday.
They just started eating puffs! Its so cute! tati is not very good at grabbing the puffs – so she usually will grab my hand with both of hers, and bring it to her mouth. When she does manage to pick it up, she’ll forget its there and drop it, or wont be able to get it in her mouth. Lana can sometimes pick up the puffs and get them to her mouth – but she finds it easier to just open wide for mommy to feed her. i’m still looking for teeth, and hoping that in the next month or two we will hear a ‘mam’ or ‘dada’ or ‘papa’ – which ever they prefer. Lana will definitely be first to speak.
I am super excited about our garden this year. We started clearing out the garden area (totally overgrown with weeds). We decided to use all 5 garden beds this year, plus the two spots for tomatoes, and make a spot for some artichokes. We’ve never grown artichokes before, but we enjoy eating them so why not! There are going to be several things that we have never grown before – like radishes, turnips, bell peppers and herbs. Can’t wait to start planting and watching everything grow. The girls will only be able to understand a little later in the summer, but next year we will have out own little helpers!
I have been really bad about going to the gym, but really good about taking walks. Today I walked for 2 miles with the girls, and the day before, I walked 4.8 miles! I bought some baby shoes from someone, and googled their location and thought that walking there would be great! Now if only my jelly-belly would start to melt away………
my little ladies
