Whew!

Sorry, it's been so long. I figure this is more therapy for me than for the two people who read this.

Life is pretty busy. I am taking five credits from now until the end of June, working full time until June 8, trying to find time to clean our house, grading, reading, grading, reading, etc. The good news is that I will have my Master's by Christmas and then my focus will totally be on R and sweet little M.

Today was a very weird day. I was literally screamed at by a parent and I actually hung up. This isn't the first time I have been screamed at by said parent and I wasn't going to let it happen again. Then, after feeling like dirt, a former student came in and told myself and another teacher that she just graduated with her Associate's in Art and would be going on to an art school for further study. She came in to say that she really learned from us and was even crying. I was so happy to see her. I hadn't seen her in years and knew that the last time I saw her, she was very sad for a whole bunch of reasons. She is a success story without a doubt and she made my day.

For several weeks and months, R and I have been trying to figure out what to do with our current lease vehicle. It's due back next month and we are over by 7,000 miles, ouch, I know. The guy at the dealership really wasn't willing to understand what we could afford, so we decided to go with something smaller and more economically fitting. We have gone from a Buick Rendevous to a Ford Focus hatchback. Quite a switch, right? We needed to have a safe, good MPG, less expensive vehicle and it's really cute. Now, we have to figure out how we're going to pay for the miles over. Things always work out. I'm trying to be a more positive person. It helps my stress level and I'm not nagging R nearly as much. It works for me.

A HUGE congrats goes out to D and family at Family4Peace. New baby is just beautiful and D, you look amazing for having just given birth.

LOL,
CDR