We got our tax return yesterday. I feel weird talking to you, my blog, about money. However, I will say that Jon and I were pretty excited for a little financial boost. We're using most of it for student loans and savings, but there was a bit set aside for fun as well :)

...Still fantasizing about homeownership. I feel like I'm continually plotting ways to move to Portland, buy a house, and live happily ever after. And then I crash back down into the real world and remember things like the necessity of a job and a down-payment for a house.

I start classes next week, which is hard to wrap my mind around. Between work and school, I know I'm going to get progressively more exhausted until I eventually burn out and need to take a quarter off. But hopefully in the mean time I can knock out most of the foundation classes. I'm taking 6 credits this quarter and then 3 in the summer, and once the fall schedule is released I'll know how many credits I'll be taking then (hopefully 6). My plan is to do 6 credits every quarter fall-spring and then always take 3 in the summer. That way I'll still be able to take a vacation.

In preparation for the start of school I bought my books today. Thankfully they weren't nearly as painfully expensive as undergrad books were. Now I just need to figure out what to use for a backpack - I think I have a messenger bag stored away somewhere... Thinking about going back to school makes me want to watch Grease 2. Thank you Michelle Pheiffer.