lost in a sea of forms…

… or soon to be, at least.

1) i’ve made a decision for housing, but need to fill out applications. that’s painless.

but not so painless…

2) FAFSA. ugh. it’s that time of year again. even though getting any decent federal financial aid is pretty unlikely, i still have to fill out this form so my school can have the information. i really wish the school had it’s own form – the fewer government forms to deal with, the better! the deadline is march 1st (2 days from now) and even worse, to fill this out, you must have also worked on…

3) TAXES, because you need some info from your tax forms. and guess what? i get to pay taxes for the first time this year! i’ve never had to pay taxes before, so it’s a new (and intimidating/overwhelming/scary/frustrating, etc) experience for me. and it’s an experience i’m going to have today, if i am going to fill out the fafsa by march 1st. i feel quite clueless about filling out tax forms at the moment, but i guess i’m about to learn all about it. but the thought of paying taxes (however painful that might be) kind of makes me feel more ‘grown up’ (which i don’t feel very often) in a weird way. kind of like voting. (which i would also like to do today…not sure it will happen. so much for early voting.)  but first i’ve got to be confused and feel like my brain will explode while making confusing calculations and answering 284923847 seemingly contradictory (or just redundant) questions.

but it’s all good.

my token word of encouragement: everything’s going to be okay.