Hell time

It's been a tough week. Last Saturday (the 15th) I came down with a migraine. Thought there was plenty of meds under the counter...Turns out the boxes were hormone therapy crap not Imitrex. Bitch. I tried all day to sleep, took Exedrin Migraine and 800mg. Ibuprofen, but to no avail. On Sunday afternoon I drove to Charleston SC by my frigging self, while Bill watched TV and/or slept in the big chair. Nice. I got a shot, and then had to drive the 115+ miles back home.  Only bright spot was the Subaru, listed as 29 mpg on the highway, I got 30 on my round trip. Pretty impressive. Then, Monday morning, I woke up with the migraine headache again. I went to the VA clinic in Savannah (which isn't open on the weekends and no longer really takes walk-ins) at 7:30AM and finally got my shot at 11. Then I came home and slept for a few hours. Though I kept getting twinges of pain in my right eye, the migraine did not come back.

I was supposed to have a job interview at a temp agency for Paralegal work on Monday at 10. Had to re-schedule it since I was sitting at the VA almost in tears at that point. I will be sure to never run out of migraine pills again...My appointment has been re-scheduled for after Christmas. We will see if anything comes of this.

Savannah Tech is offering to teach us Tax Prep on Jan 17 for free. We have to agree to donate (i.e.means NOT get paid) time to prepare taxes for underprivileged. I'm OK with that. It will give me something else to add to the resume. It's all good. Now, we just have to watch what congress does. They MAY NOT extend the child care tax credit of $2500, it may drop to $1000. That does not bode well for me.

Lastly, Rachel finished high school 2 weeks ago today. We were told by Savannah Tech that if she got a letter stating that, she could be accepted there and could start taking classes in January. We got the letter but when we went back to SavTech, turns out the person who told us that, was dead wrong. She cannot start there and have the Pell Grant/Hope Scholarship pay because the district will not give her a diploma at this time. She can go to school if I want to PAY cash.. WTF? I don't have the money. The point was she wanted to use both Hope Scholarship and the Pell Grant and then she would get cash back.They will not pay until she gets the diploma. Those will only be issued in late January (after college classes start) or in June. She wants to walk with her class and has opted for June. That said, the grants/scholarships won't pay without a diploma to even start classes. CATCH -22... So, instead she will work full time and make money to buy a better car before starting college in the fall. That is still not a bad plan.