That's HOW much money??

*Sarah*

O...M...G!!!

Those were my exact words when I found out how much money we got back from financial aid! We were hoping to get work study (which was originally $10,000 and you'd work approx. 4 hours a day while at sea). Then we got an e-mail saying they'd reduced work study to $4,000, which means you'd only have to work 2 hours a day, but it allowed more than twice the amount of people to get work study. They also said that the amount of people who applied for financial aid for this voyage went up 80%! That's a lot! So we were a little worried that we wouldn't get anything.

So, anyway, I got a call from Kate saying "Check your financial aid! Check your financial aid!" And We ended up BOTH getting work study ($4,000) AND a $6,000 scholarship! That's $10,000!!!! That's half of the trip! We are sooooo grateful and still can't believe how lucky we are! A lot of people didn't even get a dollar, and we got enough to cover half the trip! I guess this is a sign that we have to go on this trip for some reason :-) And we can't wait! Now we will only have to take out a small loan, instead of a $30,000 one like we had previously thought. Which is amazing.

We are SO excited! It actually seems like it's real now! Only 106 days left and it could not be going ANY slower! We'll post next when we register for classes! Bye for now!