Three and a half years later

Wow! I am still retired.

Alex graduated from one of the best high schools in the country with every honor imaginable, including valedictorian. He completed enough high school hours to graduate twice! He is a National AP scholar. He has enough college credit to start as a Sophomore. He was admitted to the University of Chicago, but they give no merit money (and very little need money). A quarter of a million dollars for an undergraduate education just does not compute.

He will be going to St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN. Great school, and they wanted him! They sent merit money. Yeah! It is a Christian based school, with an awesome music program and a great economics department. It is the right distance away. The students and faculty are real people. Great fit!

Alyssa did just as well in Middle School. She is clearly a (the) top student. She is continuing her dance. She is in the Senior performing company at her dance academy, and made the high school dance team, and the freshman show choir before she even graduated from middle school. She is "front row" in all of these. Wow! Good looking and Smart! She made a wise decision to not run cross-country, even tho she might have been their top runner. There are just not enough hours in the week.

All of this is expensive. Unless I win the lottery, I will run out of money in about two years.
We will see.