iTunes?

I need some help with iTunes. Is there any way to fix the following problems?

1. Even though I have it set to both play AND record at the same volume, some songs are so quiet, relative to everything else on the resulting CD, that I can't even hear them. The timer clicks along showing something is playing but I can't hear it.

2. Sometimes on the recorded CD, the end of a song is cut off, even though when I play the same song on the computer it isn't.

Please, please tell me how to fix these things.

Yay! Hoo de hoo! Waaaaaahoooootie!

I just opened a letter saying the state's approved the extension of my short-term disability till Dec 13. Yay!!! Because earlier today I got email from BCBS saying that they've reviewed my application and yes, they'll sell me health insurance for only $620/month. I spent all day trying to figure out (in the back of my head between taking notes in class and carrying on conversations and stuff) which meds I could drop if I can't afford insurance. So, YAY with the extension. Which includes insurance.

In other, less exciting news, the class I started today seems like it will be much less labor intensive than the Wednesday class. Whew, since the other one has 9 articles and 2 chapters to read for next week, plus a 3-page paper to write. Yowsa.