Ben is offically enrolled in Summer School. He failed both English and Gym, so he has to take English over the summer or be kept back. Gym he can take in his Senior year. We were able to get financial aid. We had to provide documentation of our housing assistance, and Ben had to sign an agreement that says he WILL pass the course or Mom will get to beat the $275 she will have to reimburse the school out of him (well, maybe not in those exact words).

I spent yesterday playing around with Sunbird and Lightning, two calendar programs from Mozilla. Sunbird is a stand alone, Lightning is an add on to Thunderbird. I liked working with Sunbird better, but it was a major resource hog. Lightning seemed to behave better, but neither would let me print out a task list which is primarily what I wanted the program for. I ended up with a far-from-flashy-yet-free online service called Remember the Milk. It’s gotten some good reviews, though I am a wee bit concerned that it’s been in Beta for like two years. 🙂 So far I’ve got my daily chores added. Later this week I’ll add in the weekly and monthly stuff. I’m going to try and integrate it with Google Calendar. I’ve already tried with both Sunbird and Lightning without success (the times are all wrong). I’m hoping to eventually eliminate my paper datebook (which began replacing my Lotus datebook software back in 2000 because it wasn’t Y2K compliant).

I’m trying to decide whether or not to switch over to my summer hours. I miss hanging out with my late night buds, but I’m not so sure they miss me. 🙂 Then there’s the fact that I can get more stuff done in the morning, before the boys (who stay up all night) get up. Decisions, decisions!