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This morning I went in to talk to my financial aid officer for what I thought was going to be the last time. I went in to confirm my financial aid status because my partner and I had our son three months ago. When I originally filed it we hadn't had him yet so I didn't list him. When I went in there today I wanted to just let her know that we needed to include him in my financial aid consideration. When I told her about that she said it was fine and that because of him I would get the maximum possible loans if I need them. I think I will be taking all of the aid I can get just to make sure everything works after school ends. While I was in the office she also brought up something I didn't think I would have to consider with a year of college left. She asked me if I had ever thought about personal ways to eliminate debt. I told her I hadn't and by the way she said it I think she may have been a bit surprised by my lack of financial attentiveness. I don't mind though I mean I have been so busy with school and having the baby that I don't have time to really think any farther ahead than the next work schedule I have to write up. So when she started running me through various sets of scenarios for my own debt consolidation I was not really surprised that I couldn't seem to fit in to any one quite yet. I think I walked out of that meeting a lot more confused about the future than when I walked in. I thought that these things sort of just worked themselves out when you went out in to the workforce and started paying off loans and all the other bills. I was quite wrong. Now I have a lot of thinking and considering to do about one more issue. Debt consolidators. Though I think that this is a little more pressing than some of the things that manage to steal my attention away from what is really important.