Thought for the day

Sometimes i get nervous when i get closer to reaching a goal.  Today, i dropped off my financial aid appeal to the financial aid office.  Now it's just a waiting game.  When i renewed my FAFSA application for the coming school year, everything cleared fine and the form was sent to UNCG's Financial Aid Office.  i had to fill out more paperwork and an appeal because i have too many hours and technically i should have a degree already.  Oh well....such is life.

i had to do this last semester as well.  i'm hoping that the odds will be in my favor again.  i only have 2 semesters left of school and i have only used financial aid for the 4 semesters that i have been in this time around.  i do regret that, in some ways, my parents spent a lot of money on my education the first time around at UNCG, but that is in the past and i cannot change it.  So, i think it's totally fair that i am borrowing money that i will have to pay back to get this degree.

i just get nervous because if they turn down my appeal, i am screwed.  At least i will be for the coming semester.  And being this close to finishing, that would cause a great deal of stress in my life.  But, i'm old enough now to know that if it happens, so be it.  i will figure something out and move forward.  One of the sad things about this is that if i had decided to go to another school in the UNC system and majored in social work, then most of my hours would not have transferred and this wouldn't be an issue.  But, Greensboro is my home right now and has been for over 20 years and i'm not quite ready to leave.  And it would not be fair to ask Michael to pull up stakes and move since he is secure in his employment.

Anyway, like i said, now it's a waiting game.  Once i know either way, i will be relieved.  Let's just hope that it turns out the way i want and need it to!

Cheers