Things are looking up. I'm gathering my thoughts. Yesterday I was a little afraid that I might have to take out a loan to pay for this coming Semester and that is the one thing I want to avoid. I have no intentions of paying back any money after I graduate, which hopefully will be the end of next year. Fortunately, I received the full amount for my Pell Grant and only owe $112 on my account. Grateful and relieved only scratch the surface in describing how I feel right now. I need this semester to be as stress-free as possible, so I'm glad that money won't be a problem after the disaster that was this past school year. Pray for me.

I've been scoping out a few blogs and publishers who are willing to pay a respectable price for quality material. I guess it's respectable, anyway, or at least compared to what I'm used to getting paid. I'm a little nervous, though. I'm going through that whole "What-if-they-don't-like-me?" stage fright, especially since most of them want commentaries. They want to read what I think or how I feel about any given topic and I'm not used to writing that type of thing. I'm used to writing the cut-and-dry how-to articles and informative where-to-find type pieces. I think what I need to do is take a little vacation. I plan to do just that in a couple of weeks. Oh, I'll have a few articles completed and submitted before I leave, but that'll just be the tip of the iceberg. When I come back from my little break from reality, the work begins.