I just ran across a cute one that was new to me: Buffalo Fluffalo by Bess Kalb.

We finally received DD's financial aid package today from Coe College. I was pleasantly surprised.

Oh, yeah, sleep. I've been an insomniac for decades. I don't sleep more than 2-3 hours for 7-10 days, and then my body gives out and I sleep "well" for one night. I can get so much done the day after that. Then I repeat.

I have never learned my left from my right - I have to do the L with thumb and finger every time. Making friends. Sewing on a sewing machine - my home ec teacher told me to find a new hobby.

My father came from a family of 7 kids; my mom came from a family of 3. Father's side children had: 3,3,0,2,3,0,2. My mom's side children had 2,3,0. I was from a family of 2; my brother has 0, and I have 3. DH's father had 2 (1 biological, 1 adopted). DH's mother had a family of 7. Father's side had 2, and 3 (1 biological, 2 adopted). Mother's side, since it's larger, I am unsure of who all goes with who, but the 4 I do know all had 3 children. No one had close to 7 children, maybe one family has 4? DH came from the family with 1 biological and 2 adopted. DH has 3, his brother and sister have 2 each. Out of my children, ages 22, 18, and 17 (so subject to change with life changes), two do not plan on children and one plans on adopting.

This is what we received from Coe College: With over 30 years of experience in financial aid, I have worked with thousands and thousands of families to assure that their college education is affordable. I, along with my colleagues, know that financial aid plays a critical role in the decision-making abilities of a family, and we support that wholeheartedly. Your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) submission has been received at Coe College. However, the Department of Education (DE) has alerted us that your application is one of the many applications that must be reprocessed because of a federal system processing error that resulted in an incorrect Student Aid Index (SAI). DE will initiate the reprocessing once they’ve corrected their system, and you do not need to take any action. The reprocessing of your application is causing a delay in providing you with a financial aid offer from Coe College. In addition, if you listed any other colleges on the FAFSA, they are also delayed in getting accurate information from the DE about your eligibility for financial aid. We anticipate receiving your reprocessed application with the corrected SAI within the next couple of weeks. We anticipate being able to provide you with the most accurate financial aid offer within three weeks. Your patience throughout this process is very much appreciated. We sincerely apologize for the inconvenience this additional delay may cause and will be sure to reach out to you as soon as we have your official offer. If there are any other developments from the DE, we will reach out to you directly about your financial aid and how best to navigate any other issues. Of course, we are hopeful and have every intention of assuring you have your offer from Coe College soon. Please know that we take your financial investment in your college education seriously. We are here to support you as best we can and invite you to reach out to us as you have questions or concerns.

School let us know. We haven't heard anything from Federal about the error.

Well, we just got word that DD's FAFSA was one that was messed up. College is waiting - hoping to get us some information on package within 3 weeks. We shall see what happens.

I don't do taxes (except family members), but 'tis the season:

I don't normally like this cat meme, but this one made me giggle.

Kids did Build Your Library 10 in 9th and 10th grade (2 kids together). It has Biology paired with "Nature Art". BYL has the following resources scheduled: Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling The Curious Naturalist: Nature's Everyday Mysteries The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man's Love Affair with Nature (although I don't think this was a book when my kids did it a couple years ago). I wasn't too involved, as I had just started working again. They just followed the guide mostly for that subject with some input from me, so I don't really have any helpful information.

Our budget is squeaky tight, but we do have a few splurges: A weekly yoga class (with youngest DD) every other 6 week stretch, a weekly (Casey's or McDonald's) coca-cola, the black card level at Planet Fitness, and the YNAB app.