Sep 07, 2006 00:38
Liam and I are back in MD. I already miss the Sarasota sunshine, but I know that getting my degree now is the best chance I'll ever have of being able to provide financial stability for my son. I'm going to UMBC, very busy but doing well so far. This is a very math heavy semester, which seems like it will be a good thing for my GPA. Liam and I are staying with my parents while I'm in school, for those of you who still remember it, I can be reached at my parents phone number now. We are building an apartment in the basement, which should be done not so long from now. Jessica and I are going to go choose flooring, paint colors, and all the fun details this weekend. We found a way to squeeze in some extra square feet in addition to what we had previously planned, this means maybe office space, extra play room for Liam, or some combination there of. It will still be small, but it will really have everything an apartment elsewhere would including its own doorbell, I will be paying lower rent than I would elsewhere, and there's free on-site day care. In 2-3 years I will be done with college and able to support Liam and myself, then I can think about what and where the best next step is.
This has been a very difficult time, I'm not going to post the details publicly. I hope that my discretion is understood to be the sign of a reasonable person doing their best not to make a bad situation worse. The support of friends and family has really been invaluable these past few months.