Long Overdue

So, I wish I could write after three weeks and say my ear infection is gone, but, sadly, I cannot. Though better, my ears are still infected and I am supposed to go see an ear specialist on the 31st. I also wish I could say grad school was easy, it is not. Lots of work and time consuming, also a lot of money with daycare being $350 a week. Thankfully my mommy loves me and sent me the money we are short for the quarter for daycare. We just need to come up with $150 more. I am doing okay in classes and I am learning a lot but it’s just very overwhelming, especially since my house is a disaster because when I am home if the kids aren’t here I am doing homework and when the kids are here I play with them since Aiden is asleep by 7 (2.5 hours after coming home) and landen is usually asleep by 830 (4 hours after coming home) and I want to be able to snuggle and play when I can.

The kids are all right. Aiden no longer cries when going to daycare, landen has been lately, but turns out he is sick. He stayed home today because he had a fever, and as I was bringing Aiden into daycare Landen puked all over the driveway…then later today all over me. Yum. So, that means next week I will be home with Aiden also puking all over me! Hopefully not Tuesday because I have a midterm in my lab class.They are growing though!! It amazes me how much they learn at that place and how much the socialization is helping them develop and they play so well together now! I love it.

Other than that not much has been going on. I just go to class, do homework, never finish the readings, try and clean, and take care of my babies Overwhelmed usually, very stressed, especially about money (although a little less now thanks to my mommy) but lucky to have my babies whom I love even when they puke all over me and I have to drive all the way home covered in vomit.

Hope everyone has a great weekend! I will be working on e-mailing group members, a poster project, finishing another group paper and reading! Oh and dishes!

SICK!

OMG I feel like crap. I have that double ear infection, and i feel slightly better than I did yesterday in that respect. But now I have a crazy headache, I am dizzy, my throat hurts and I feel like going to bed but I have a disasterous house and 60 terms to define and cite, another short paper to write, an essay to read and defend and 8 chapters to read and I can’t concentrate at all. All I want to do is sit on the couch and nap.

I don’t really know what else to write, I am miserable and looking for sympathy.

The First Few Weeks of Class

So, graduate school is not easy. The reading is overwhelming though I have been told by second year part-time students and professors alike to skim the reading and partake in class and you will be fine – which is what I have had to do. Last week (the first week of classes) the schedule and expectations seemed overwhelming. Then, add onto that the fact that Aiden got sick and I had to be called into get him on Thursday (granted a day off, but one filled with homework) and then both boys were sick and stayed home Friday. Landen had a sinus infection and Aiden had a sinus infection that spread to his eyes and ears. Needless to say there was a lot of whining, crying, and sleeplessness. Then, Saturday we came home from our usual weekend outing and my throat was so sore I couldn’t swallow – then the sinus pressure and being drugged up the last couple days until 230am this morning when I woke up with excruciating pain in both my ears. I just got back from the dr and I have a severe double ear infection.

So there you have it – Aiden and I didn’t have great birthdays, but it’s all good. I still have a ton of homework, which I am about to get on, and I love my most of my classes. Social Policy is a bit boring, but I love research methods – so much so that I think I am going to look into the doctoral program and applying for the combined program where I would get my degrees in 3 years, and I plan on going through the summer to cut that time back. I will let you know more after I meet with my adviser.

Anyway, again no pictures. Maybe one day….