Another one bites the dust

So last week I finished my third grad class. Special Education kicked my butt. I figured that after that class the rest would be easy. Well I was certainly proved wrong. I am now in ESL 523...no breaks for me. I shouldn't say that it's really hard because it is only the first week, but 2 discussion questions with answers to all classmates and an introduction plus a journal and only an 800 word paper. One DQ due on Wednesday and the next on Friday. The rest is due on Sunday before midnight. To bad I'm in bed by 9 p.m., well I try any ways. So here I am on a Saturday night finishing up the paper and journal. One down and one to go. I did manage to get an 89% in SPE so hopefully that will help bring my GPA back up from a 3.1 I would really like to have a 3.5 or better. I feel like I didn't try hard enough the first time around.

All of this must be done because tomorrow we're heading up to Jim's little brother's new house by Baltimore for a housing warming party and his dad's birthday. Then it's back to his mom's house to celebrate Mother's Day with that side of the family. Jim has been gone since 2 p.m. and it is now 11 p.m. It seems we're always in different places these days. He works from home a lot so he wants to go out on the weekends, where I'm gone almost 13 hours a day and want to just relax at home. Maybe some day we'll met in the middle. He's pretty good about staying in and watching a movie with me on Friday nights, but not all the time. I'm also up by 6 a.m. most Saturdays for swim practice. Needless to say I need a nap by noon.

Overall things are going good. We could of course have more money, but that always seems to be the case. Some day, I'm sure. Jim's sitting for the Firefighters exam at the end of the month. Hopefully that goes well because their schedule rocks! 1 on and 3 off. He can totally keep his other job and make double the income! I can only dream of course.

Money is the root of all evil and I'm currently paying out the butt for grad school in order to keep my certification and make more money...3 down and many more to go!