Pay What You Owe

A friend of mine has really been there for me throughout all my latest financial woes.  She's the kind of person who is willing to lend me money knowing that she may never see it again.  Well after the loss of my job back in October, my running total was about $350.  Rather than stress over the money, she struck a deal for payback.  She was taking some online classes and really did not want to with writing the weekly essays and the term paper.  Solution - I wrote the essays and term paper in exchange for wiping out the debt I owed her.  Win-win situation because she ended up with an A in the class and I ended up paying what I owed.