Round 2 *ding, ding!*

Okay, so it’s time for my sophomore year to begin. I can honestly say that I’ve felt my stress slowly rise over the past couple of weeks in anticipation of the unknown: what are my professors going to be like (save for Maeda Sensei, who—and I’m sure all of his students will attest—freakin’ ROCKS), and will my schedule be survivable?

I’ve managed to cram all of my classes into two days per week to cut down on commuting costs again, which is cool.

However, the financial miracle my wife and I are trying to do is to pay for this semester out of pocket. Well, why the heck would we wanna do that? Well! The G.I. Bill is being revamped, and my wife and I want to reap as many benefits from the updated G.I. Bill as possible. They are adding BAH (basic allowance for housing), cover 100% of tuition costs and also allow pay $1,000/year towards books and/or other misc. academic fees.

We’ll see how it all pans out. As it stands, the updated G.I. Bill will go into effect next September.

Suffice it to say, I’m pretty stoked.

Hope everyone else’s first semester back goes well! For those new students, welcome to UIS!