Dad had triply bypass open heart surgery a week or so ago and that caused a bit of grief. I'm not mad at him, but all the driving around and going to do things and taking care of The Family led us to use a lot of time and money that put us in a bit of a position. I'm glad I was able to be there for him though. He came through fine and we're going over to celebrate his birthday later this evening.
School has been a bit rough on both of us. We have a lot of work to do and not much time to do it. We persevere, but it seems to get harder by the day. Some day, our peers will look back in amazement that we got good grades through graduation despite having two children, and that appreciation will make it worth it (Thank you to those of you who have already recognized this, you know who you are.)
Odin has been a bit of a trouble maker lately. He refuses to leave school and he never says goodbye. Also, he has no limit of energy and if you stop paying attention to him for even a second the rest of the evening is about thwarting his notorious deeds. It's trying but we're getting through it. Sometimes I think he doesn't like me.
I fell bad all the time because I fell like sometimes our kids are forced to take a backseat (literally and metaphorically) to the rest of the things we have to do to keep it all together, and that might be part of the reason why Odin keeps acting out. More on that later.
In the meantime, I've just finished adding some pictures to the Oct - Dec '09 album, including one of Freya we finally caught on camera!
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