Suprise, suprise, suprise...

I love getting the mail. It's like Christmas... you never really know what you're going to get. Yes, normally it's just bills and junk mail which is the same as getting socks and underwear for Christmas... things that you don't want to get but unfortunately you have to have. But once in a blue moon I get something wonderful that I wasn't expecting.

This last year a Pell grant had paid for my college classes. However when I reapplied for the 2007-2008 year it turns out I made $1000 too much on my 2006 income to qualify. So I'm thinking Ah damn, I'll have to start applying for a boatload of scholarships to try to pay tuitions, or take out loans to pay for it.

But then Thursday was Christmas in the mailbox... I received a financial award letter from the college, saying I was awarded the "Texas Public Education Grant" which will pay for both semesters of next year. YAHOO! THANK GOD! I don't really know how all this grant stuff works, but obviously if you don't qualify for federal grants your name must then be automatically submitted for application for state grants.

So man I'm happy, next year is taken care of. wooHOO!

Now I'm just trying to work out the details of paying for these next two summer semesters... the first of which starts the end of next month...