There isn't any big news to report on this end of things, although I feel like these next five weeks are going to fly. I'm already feeling like I'm not going to have enough time to do everything/see everyone that I need to...my schedule is so packed! There is a little bit of drama throughout my class because the school is having technical difficulties, both with financial aid and with sending emails. Some people are getting emails about important to-dos, some people aren't. Stuff about orientation, tuition due dates, etc.  We technically had a tuition payment due today, but none of us have received a financial aid package yet, which means we don't know how much we need to get in loans and how much we will be paying overall. This is most likely because the school hasn't been told that we've all completed our loan counseling (which we all have), because the switch to Federal Direct Loans is harder than expected and the website isn't reporting it to the school. If you've completed all your loan requirements you don't have to pay tuition yet, but that email didn't reach to some of my classmates, so some of them were getting a couple days notice that they had $7000 to pay! And since the website isn't reporting that we've done loan counseling, technically none of us have completed all our requirements...it's all one big confusing circle. Thankfully Facebook has been a great medium for communicating amongst classmates. I personally haven't felt one bit of stress at all, but I'm also getting all emails so that could be why.

On a funner note, I'm at the tail end of a week long vacation in South Carolina/Florida. It's been great and very relaxing. I'm glad to have had it before school starts!