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October update

October 8th, 2015 at 11:35 am

Work is finally settling down, the workload is just now at a more manageable pace. My coursework is still current, I have been very careful to keep up with it, or else this house of cards will quickly tumble!

My own kids have been doing great in school thus far. I am so proud of them. School has always been a struggle for her, she has always resisted the work. But she has all A's right now! My youngest has all A's as well, and she has been keeping herself organized and on schedule very independently!

My savings is still on hold. All of the extra money goes in an account for tuition, which I empty when I pay for the next semester. I should be done with all of this over the summer. I'm excited about using that money on other things, like my savings!

I may put Spring semester on hold, it depends on how some life events pan out.

I will be visiting my mom this weekend with the kids. My mom had an extensive surgery, then developed a very serious infection and had to be admitted back into the hospital. So now she's in rehab... the nursing home kind! (The kids got a kick out of saying grandma's in rehab!) Weekends away usually mean more spending on eating out and fuel. I will just adjust the rest of my budget to account for that.

5 Responses to “October update”

  1. snafu Says:
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    Sorry your mom's recovery from surgery has been intensively set back, leaving her in nursing home care. I hope you'll find your mom well done the road of full recovery.

    Presuming you'll all stay in her home during the visit, I wonder if you'd find it more convenient and less costly to bring along a cooler filled with 'heat and eat' choices you may already have at hand. If you prefer, stop at the most convenient grocery chain store for a so versatile, deli rotisserie chicken, either Ramen noodles, potato salad or a few potatoes suitable for baking, bagged salad & dressing that school aged DDs can manage. If mom has a microwave, DDs can zap whatever frozen vegetables they'll eat.

    Cereal, yogurt, fruit salad bkfst
    Day 2 Chicken & salad wraps + fruit, pulled chicken 'sliders,' chicken 'Manwich' or chicken casserole, P&J sandwiches + whatever fruit is seasonal/on sale, cheese & raisin stuffed celery sticks, cheese & cracker snacks, stove top popcorn for example. To reduce clean up I suggest paper plates.

  2. snafu Says:
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    I can't get the 'edit' feature to work...so sorry was trying to say hope mom is well down the road to recovery...

  3. VS_ozgirl Says:
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    As a part time student full time employee I totally know what you mean about the house of cards!!! I predict a big study weekend for myself. Good luck with keeping up to date!

  4. alice4now Says:
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    Thanks for the well wishes, snafu. I won't be staying at my mom's, though. When I mentioned staying there some time in the summer they said that they had too much going on to get the guest bedroom ready... ouch. I'll be staying with my best friend and the girls will be with their dad. We'll probably take turns treating for meals, they have a tiny apartment and we all enjoy eating out together to catch up anyway.

  5. FrugalTexan75 Says:
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    That's good your kids are doing well in school!

    I hope your mom recovers quickly from her infection.

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