Thursday is my flexible work day in 2012. Technically it is my day off but I haven’t had a Thursday yet that I haven’t actually worked at least a few hours for my employer. Since they are generous enough to supply me with an iPhone and a laptop, the connection is always there. Nonetheless, I love my Thursdays. They become a marathon session of knocking things off the To Do list. I LOVE checking things off the To Do List. Sometimes I add a few items in that I have already accomplished in the day, just to check them off. Hee Hee.
Today I checked a big one off the list by finishing up the FAFSA which, in case you’re not into this stage of your life, is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. Basically, it is an online application where you divulge all of your financial information and educational background to the government in hopes of your student being awarded grants or work study or subsidized loans. The next step is for the government to almost immediately tell you that you make too much money to get any of these things. :)
Our daughter is a senior this year and has already been admitted to the college of her choice. :) But we spent the last 12 months touring campuses both large and small.
And I have come up with a better way of identifying which students should receive financial aid. It is very simple. The amount of the financial aid awarded should be based on the size of the diamond ring the mother is wearing. The larger the diamond ring, the lower the amount of financial aid awarded. Because c’mon!! If you can afford a diamond the size of hard boiled egg, you can afford to pay your child’s tuition!! In fact, you could take a loan out against that ring and pay for at least a year or two!!
Seriously! The larger the campus, the larger the diamonds seemed to be!
In case that method doesn’t work, I have a back-up plan. Financial aid should be based on the shoes worn by the mother. If you are going on a campus preview day which involves a walking tour of the campus (and it always does), and you are wearing 4 inch high, Christian Louboutin stilettos, your child does not need financial aid! Seriously, he/she doesn’t!
The women who came in sensible casual, walking, hiking or running shoes; line up, toes to the line and now let’s take a look at those diamonds!
Seriously, it’s been a lot of fun. I’m happy to be part of this soon to be new adventure of our daughter’s!
Keep on smiling!
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