Hm, what to say. Both Eric and I have been very busy with work and school. Also, I have an internship with Arizona Children's Association three times a week. We are holding up well. Cloee is doing well in Kindergarten; I think she is settling in and finally getting in to a routine. She finds a lot of the work easy because it is what we have been working on with her for over a year now, so she tends to get board and cause a distraction to the other children.

We have decided to stay in our rental home for now. We were going to move in to a nicer neighborhood/home, but then decided that the money we will spend to do that we could just save and use to buy a home in three years after we graduate. I think that is the best decision for us now, but it may change. Who knows where life will take us.

I'm struggling with my decision to continue working for CPS while obtaining my Master's degree. The stress of CPS is just completely overwhelming and I don't know how I can continue doing this while trying to get the most out of my education. I want to enjoy my internship and not rush through it. I'm currently looking to possibly take a slight pay cut, while staying within the social work field, but in to something that is not as stressful. We will see, I'll keep you all posted on that.

In the mean time, we are surviving. Cloee continues to grow at a crazy speed and is keeping us on our toes. We will get through all of this and will be better on the other side...we just have to GET there.

Semester's left to date:
Cassie: 3.5 semesters to Master's Degree
Eric: 2.5 semesters to Associate's, 4.5 semesters to Bachelor's


Our motivation:

Cloee's first day of Kinder