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Hello Live Journal Land!
I havent posted in forever. I have logged on a few times, but something is weird with my LJ account and I could only ever see the few most recent posts, and I could never go back to the previous posts. It got really frustrating so I just stopped checking in..Plus, it seems like I never have a minute with the computer when the kids aren't around and it is too hard to try to type something when they are here.
Anyway..
Sean's mom took both kids overnight last night and we are going to pick them up in a few minutes. So I thought I'd check in while I had a few minutes.
So crazy. I don't know the last time I wrote in here.
I am going to try to read through entries, hopefully LJ will let me scroll back through previous posts. Ugh. Why is it being so weird?
Things here are good. This past year (two years?) has been probably one of the toughest years I've ever had. Sean and I both have had really stressful work situations and we are making much less money than we used to while our expenses have gone wayyyy up, with day care and rent. It is crazy. We have gotten into some gnarly fights about money, working, expectations, all that fun stuff..but somehow we have come out the other end and we are closer and better. Marriage is crazy. We just celebrated our 8 year anniversary the other day. I think the 7 year mark was the toughest! I really hope things are starting to settle down and we won't have another difficult year for a while.
We have both been interviewing like crazy, trying to find better jobs with better money, adn I think things are going to work out for both of us. I don't want to jinx anything, but I have a big interview next week with another company, and I am talking to someone inside AT&T, so we'll see..I feel like the right opportunity will work out. Sean is still working with his dad and it's pretty terrible. His dad is such a jerk. I'm sorry..I just don't understand why he is the way he is. So Sean has been trying to find something else, and there is a biology firm that wants to hire him, and his dad, actually.. So he is meeting with them again this week and I think they'll present their job offer deal.
What we do know from all of this is that money problems suck, but we are happy we have each other, and as long as we keep talking through things and love each other, we can get through it. I know, sounds cheesy..But what other option do we have.
We have also had a tough time with Patrick and his daycare situation. Ugh. That is a long story. But we took him out of my friend's in-home daycare and basically I am not really friends with her anymore. Patrick was too difficult for her to deal with, and instead of saying it was too hard because she has all the kids by herself, she hinted that she thought Patrick had developmental issues, possibly autism or somehting, and we freaked out..and we took him to the doctor and got him checked out, and our doctor said that was ridiculous. So yeah..We switched him to the same daycare QUinn is at. We should have sent him there from the beginning, but they cost an extra $400.00/month, so we figured we'd send him to Christians..OH well..SO now he is at the more expensive place and we are definitely feeling it. But QUinn starts public school in the fall and that will save us some money, so we just need to get to September!
Patrick is having a hard time adjusting to the new day care but overall he is ok. This is the fourth daycare he has been too, so basically he has major anxiety about the whole thing. Sean and I feel terrible that we have changed things on him so many times and sometimes we worry that we broke him :( And when I think about it,I Start feeling terrible that I have to work in the first place, but I have no choice, so there is no point in going down that road. IT just sucks.
SO that has been a big stressor for us, too.
BUT, everything is getting better, and the new daycare is helping us work with Patrick so he is not as anxious and we are getting there.
Ok..Well, we gotta run. But that is what has been happening here! WIll try to read through updates and see how you are all doing.
I've missed you all!!
I havent posted in forever. I have logged on a few times, but something is weird with my LJ account and I could only ever see the few most recent posts, and I could never go back to the previous posts. It got really frustrating so I just stopped checking in..Plus, it seems like I never have a minute with the computer when the kids aren't around and it is too hard to try to type something when they are here.
Anyway..
Sean's mom took both kids overnight last night and we are going to pick them up in a few minutes. So I thought I'd check in while I had a few minutes.
So crazy. I don't know the last time I wrote in here.
I am going to try to read through entries, hopefully LJ will let me scroll back through previous posts. Ugh. Why is it being so weird?
Things here are good. This past year (two years?) has been probably one of the toughest years I've ever had. Sean and I both have had really stressful work situations and we are making much less money than we used to while our expenses have gone wayyyy up, with day care and rent. It is crazy. We have gotten into some gnarly fights about money, working, expectations, all that fun stuff..but somehow we have come out the other end and we are closer and better. Marriage is crazy. We just celebrated our 8 year anniversary the other day. I think the 7 year mark was the toughest! I really hope things are starting to settle down and we won't have another difficult year for a while.
We have both been interviewing like crazy, trying to find better jobs with better money, adn I think things are going to work out for both of us. I don't want to jinx anything, but I have a big interview next week with another company, and I am talking to someone inside AT&T, so we'll see..I feel like the right opportunity will work out. Sean is still working with his dad and it's pretty terrible. His dad is such a jerk. I'm sorry..I just don't understand why he is the way he is. So Sean has been trying to find something else, and there is a biology firm that wants to hire him, and his dad, actually.. So he is meeting with them again this week and I think they'll present their job offer deal.
What we do know from all of this is that money problems suck, but we are happy we have each other, and as long as we keep talking through things and love each other, we can get through it. I know, sounds cheesy..But what other option do we have.
We have also had a tough time with Patrick and his daycare situation. Ugh. That is a long story. But we took him out of my friend's in-home daycare and basically I am not really friends with her anymore. Patrick was too difficult for her to deal with, and instead of saying it was too hard because she has all the kids by herself, she hinted that she thought Patrick had developmental issues, possibly autism or somehting, and we freaked out..and we took him to the doctor and got him checked out, and our doctor said that was ridiculous. So yeah..We switched him to the same daycare QUinn is at. We should have sent him there from the beginning, but they cost an extra $400.00/month, so we figured we'd send him to Christians..OH well..SO now he is at the more expensive place and we are definitely feeling it. But QUinn starts public school in the fall and that will save us some money, so we just need to get to September!
Patrick is having a hard time adjusting to the new day care but overall he is ok. This is the fourth daycare he has been too, so basically he has major anxiety about the whole thing. Sean and I feel terrible that we have changed things on him so many times and sometimes we worry that we broke him :( And when I think about it,I Start feeling terrible that I have to work in the first place, but I have no choice, so there is no point in going down that road. IT just sucks.
SO that has been a big stressor for us, too.
BUT, everything is getting better, and the new daycare is helping us work with Patrick so he is not as anxious and we are getting there.
Ok..Well, we gotta run. But that is what has been happening here! WIll try to read through updates and see how you are all doing.
I've missed you all!!