Housing news

Here's some of what's happening:

• We have an inspector booked to look at the house we are looking at for later this week. Woo hoo!
• I called up a local realty company that was advertising the duplex we like, but cheaper ($1200) and closer to campus. Unsurprisingly, those units are rented out already.
• I suspect we need to lock down our 2012-2013 rental very soon.

Seen around campus

...leg warmers. Remember?

Jo

I asked C which of the March girls she likes best. C says Jo, because they have so much in common, except for the fact C doesn't want to be an author.

UIL

Now that C is a 4th grader, she is eligible for the University Interscholastic League's contests. UIL operates out of UT Austin. We would like C to do the number sense and the graphs/maps contest, but are not sure which slots she'll get--our school is doing this on a first come, first served basis.

Babysitting

I've just turned down the exciting opportunity to babysit twins with reflux for $75 for 9-hour days.

Texas t-shirts

Seen around campus: KEEP ABILENE BORING. The classic is KEEP AUSTIN WEIRD and I've also seen KEEP WACO WACO. There have to be some more variations on this.

Another student loan story

I was listening to Wednesday's Dave Ramsey show while doing some housework and I just listened to a call from a young woman with $80k in private student loans. She did not complete her degree in journalism and now does data entry for $30k a year, the most she's ever made. Her husband is unemployed.