Unti the sun shines

Another 3 a.m. getup but that's how it went, so no use going on about it. I am praying literally for sunshine today. It's mentally killing me to wake up in the gray, gloom, drizzle and think about slogging through another day of it. I drive to school and by the time I reach the first hiding spot for the local State Patrol at the 8 mile marker, its full on sun. The better to catch the speeders with! I digress. I drive home after school and its like driving into a dark wet pit.
Come on sun! At least the temperatures are higher...we had 50s in TriCities and was nearly 60 down the road in Walla Walla and the OR Coast where James was visiting on an overnight trip.
Getting myself organized for my four classes still dominates my time, in week two. It's a hamster cage. One that I am still pinching myself I am in...all the years of dreaming of going back to school and suddenly, I am here....but it's never ending.
LOVE MY ENGLISH CLASSES. The variety is so good for the brain; the quality of the instructors is so good. BIOLOGY is killing me, but I will slough through it. I keep complaining about it since none of the terms are sticking. On Chapter 4 again and I will have to literally write everything down because nothing sticks. My mind refuses to engage. I can hear it clicking in the OFF position as soon as I pick up the 11 pound book of biology knowledge. This too shall pass and then it will be a dreaded math class...but not borrowing trouble.
All the taxes are done for the year; the financials are done for school for this quarter and next and just waiting to hear from the Governor's office. I have been getting a bill for 12 years from the OR Child Support Office who wants me to pay them $ to give to Seth and Meredith's dad. The support they are trying to collect is for a period of time when the kids were living with me and I was already paid by their dad for that time. This is an internal error that they want me to get a lawyer for to amend. Why should I? It's their internal error that they refuse to acknowledge they made. I went through the channels of support and wrote to the Governor's office. They are to respond to me about 2 weeks ago. Think I will give them one more week then send another certified letter.
James and I are budgeting. We have been writing down every single purchase for the past three weeks with one more week to go. Then we get to decide where we can cut or make adjustments. We were able to refinance our car loan and dropped it $200 a mo from it; which is very good. We are working on a home refinance but it's tricky since James is drawing L&I and I am on UI. I will be looking at our insurances next. Stay tuna'ed!
The coffee at 421 am is very good, but I want to go back to sleep and not have another bad dream.
Until the sun shines...TTFN