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Today is Labor Day and so it is only fitting that my mind turn to ideas on how my hard work and efforts can bring in more money.  I am not trying to be a greedy capitalist here. Quite on the contrary - I feel like poor little Oliver Twist, pleeding for more porridge.

Why do I feel this way? Two words: Graduate School.

The thing is, I am approaching 30, and now that I have some "work experience" under my belt, I am ready for another go-around of schooling. Besides, I have always dreamed of a getting an M.F.A. in Creative Writing, and once I make a life-goal, I don't let anything dissuade me from it.

Anything, except for the lack of funds, that is. Don't get me wrong, the Mr. and I are doing very well for ourselves. But with plans of buying a house in the near future, and adding a little Jr. or Princess at around the same time (Please, no baby gifts yet. I am just saying that they will be coming along within the next couple of years), we'll be hard pressed to find a random 5 - 8 thousand dollars  just sitting around with nothing to do.  And that, my friends, is a per semester cost of tuition.

Still, where there's a will. . .

So here's what I figure are my possible plans of action:

1. Apply for various Grants and Scholarships. According to www.gradschools.com there are a bunch out there for grad students, I just have to put in the work of applying and writing essays and yada-yada-yada.
2. Start saving a mini-portion of my pay checks away into a special "Corina Grad School Fund."
3. Get a huge publishing book deal and sell a billion copies.
4. Straight up ask you guys to send me cash, as a donation. Who knows, I may be tax-deductible. Anything you want to send me is fine. I take cash, checks, or money order.

Looking at the above list, numbers 1 and 2 are the most probable and feasible at the moment. 3 will happen, one day, but I am figuring after the M.F.A. As for 4, I am not entirely ruling it out, but I am guessing you'd at least like something for your donation.

What could I offer? Hmmmm.... I KNOW!! Okay, your choice. I will edit any of your school/work reports for a flat rate of $15.00 per paper (up to 25 pages). Anything more, and we can negotiate. If interested, I'll send you a contract disclosing the deal, your rights, my rights, etc. . .OR, I will write a story/poem just for you or a special someone in your life for $1.50. Just think, you get to be immortalized for less than the price of a cup of coffee at Starbucks. 

Whichever you choose, I know you'll find the value as a steal of a deal, and your conscience will be glowing because you will help somebody earn an education.

And really, who can put a price on that? (Apparently, every accredited university and college in the nation can).

P.S. - Not kidding about option number 4, and the accompanied editing/writing service. Let me know if you need the help. I am an adjunct professor at Tunxis Community College in CT, and did work as a Rhetoric and Writing Prof. for the University of Hartford up unitl last year. Bonafide English teacher, right here. Step right up!