A Week In Review

For the past two weeks, we have been off our schedule. It seems like we have been going nonstop but have little to show for it. We are feeling the extent of our poverty this week and it is going to be a difficult one to get through. I know we will but, it ain't gonna be easy.

So far, the school semester has been going well. I am really enjoying my classes and have had the chance to step into the teaching role, something I love more with each opportunity.

We really want to move out of our apartment but won't have the money to do so for quite some time. We stepped down as building managers, even though the building doesn't seem to know it yet, after we realize that we just weren't made out to be apartment building managers. We went from being private occupiers of an apartment to being the building's parents. Some of these people living here should never have left home. Last night at 11 PM I was dealing with a feud between two neighbors, one who's music is too loud and the other who locks their puppy in the bathroom for hours and hours on end instead of properly house training it.

I am meeting today with an small independent business owner to talk about picking up a part-time job. Mostly weekends and evenings to help us with some more money. I have been fighting the need to get work but we recently realized that my not working isn't a realistic goal. So, it is off to work I go.

Val and I are both really ready to move on to the next stage of our life, we just need to really try and make it happen realistically. We want a house, a car and even a child. I hate to think that it is age, or that I have finally succumb to the American Dream, but these are the things that now occupy my mind more than anything. Maybe it is just a phase..

So, where do I go from here? Who the hell knows. Until then, I will be along for the journey and hope that some of you come along with me.

Shaych