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If It Keeps Gettin' Better 'n Better, Oh Lord, I Don't Know What I'm Gonna Do!

11:32, Tuesday, October 9, 2007 .. Posted in Unwinding from the Daily Grind .. 0 comments .. Link

My youngest son is in college - again.
He went for two years to a community college right out of high school and was ready to transfer to a university when he got a job offer that would look great on any resume. So he took a year off and worked for room and board and a stipend at a boarding school for a year. The pay was bad the experience was great and now he is off to school again.
He has talked to many people and his experience at the high school he worked at last year has helped him make up his mind what, exactly, he finally wants to go to school for.
He does not work. He drives three hours each way to school two days a week. He spends a lot of time studying and taking tests on the internet for his classes. He jogs a lot to help keep his mind clear and when he can squeeze them in he likes to spend time with his friends - they play a lot of cards, swimming, basketball, etc. He produces a 'radio' talk show on sports - basically football - which he emails to all of his friends around the world who are on his fantasy football league. (I am trying to get him to post it as a link on his My Space page and to email to more than just his buddies that are in his fantasy league.)
Anyway, his only income is donating plasma twice a week. It pays for his cell phone and gas to get to school. He rides his bike around here when he wants to go anywhere - or bums a ride from a friend. His income is very limited. (We have the highest unemployment rate in the country.) There are not any real jobs to be had.
So-o-o-o-o, imagine how thrilled he and we were to day to get a letter from the college saying that he has recieved a scholarship for this fall and winter!
There is no way that we could have paid cash for his tuition - my husband is retired and he never saved anything, even though I tried to get him to. We live paycheck to paycheck and had put his tuition on our credit card without a thought as to how we were going to get it paid off before the next semester would have to go on the credit card too. Now we know exactly how it will get paid.
We serve an awesome God who loves and takes care of each of us so well.
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