It looks like the 360 is going to have to sit a while. The trust fund in which my daughter has received money from for the past three years for her college scholarship is feeling the times as well. Instead of the normal $5000 per semester she normally receives there is only $1000 available for her final semester. Unless I pick up some paying side jobs the engine will have to wait. After three years of this down economy, making adjustments and trying to cut costs I still find myself uncertain about the days ahead.
This is not horrible by no means but it is more signs of the times.

You want a sign of the times........two of the more popular shows on T.V. revolve around a pawn shop and buying contents of storage facilities after the owners default on them.
You are doing the right thing of course.
We recently finished paying off our end of our Daughter's education.
She wanted to be a teacher.
What better way to prepare her for one of the lowest paying entry level jobs than to go to the most expensive private college around. ( Hamline university , St. Paul , Mn. )
She graduated years ago , taught for a while , and is now working in the financial industry and doing quite well.........so it was money well spent.
These days , without an education , you go to the back of a long list of qualified candidates for most jobs.
And the economy will sort itself out I think.
That , or it's back to a life of crime for me.

Goes without saying...........