I had a shock today, as we were previously talking during the week about Senior Photos. There was a message from the school automated system yesterday saying that all seniors must have their senior photos taken at a certain photographers by September 29. Great, I think because the only day we can do them is on a Saturday and we have something going on over the next few weekends. Called this morning and had to take the only appointment they have next Saturday at 1 p.m. Now, what really makes me mad is that they said they mailed something out in June about this. Well, I check all the mail and we had nothing, nada zip. When I called back, I was told that they did a bulk mailing to all students and they had our record on file, except that whoever did the bulk mailing for them must had made some mistakes, because they were getting lots of calls where people said they didn't get the flyer. I called another friend that has a senior and she said she got hers and there were lots of specials on it. Unfortunately, for me, if you went in the summer for the pictures before school started they had a special and you only had to pay 1/2 of the sitting fee, plus other discounts on packages. I am now going to complain about this next weekend when we go in. I feel the $$$ starting to flow out of my wallet. I just paid $53 for another SAT test, need to register for the Math SAT Subject test (must have for admittance to the UT Engineering School). The SAT scores from the Spring were pretty high the first time, but his counselor recommended him taking again to see if he could increase for better scholarship opportunities. The three schools he is mainly interested in he far exceeds their scores. I will have to start paying the application fees for each institution, plus housing deposits, because they fill up and they say it is better to pay up front and decide later which school you want, so that you get your choice of dorms. WOW, starting to overload on all that is involved.
Oh well, hope everyone else had a great rest of the weekend.