Life Tends to Get Away From Us

I truly did not forget about this blog, but it seemed like there was always something going on. Writing here got pushed further and further down on the list of things to do. :(

There have been plenty of changes since I last wrote. I was working in a part time work-at-home position. It was very nice not having to leave home to work, but at the same time the schedule was difficult. My husband got a new job. HUGE yay because the pay and benefits are way above what he was getting. BUT, it's 3rd shift. We're making it work, but my work schedule wasn't. It came down to I had to quit for now or he'd end up losing his job due to not being able to sleep. I quit right before Christmas. I told them I might be interested in coming back for the summer only and may still do that since we wouldn't have Kierra's school schedule to work around.

As for other things, Kierra is more than half way through her first year of school. It has been very good for her. She's learning so much and becoming more independent. My baby girl is growing up! I'm managing it all fairly well. Michael helps me get them packed up in the late morning and then I drive to my mom's house. Kierra gets on the bus there and I wait there with Ali and Angie until Kierra gets off the bus around 4:30. It works well, but it is a bit annoying that I'm not home during the day to get stuff done. I often bring my schoolwork with me.

Which is the other bit of news...I'm back in school. I'm working on a technical diploma in the web developer field. I've always loved graphic arts, so I thought website design would be an easy way for me to get into that. And it also might be something I can do on the side for extra money from home. I'm also currently taking a medical terminology class to hopefully help my chances of eventually being hired into the healthcare field. I haven't forgotten my dream of working in medical art therapy. I've just prolonged it for a bit. ;)

I'm loving school so far, but it does take more time away from everything else I have going on, even if I'm only going part-time. I'm still finding bits of time here and there to do other things. I started a novel. I'm blogging about that to a select group of people right now. I also just started a "sister" blog to this one at http://kettlemorainemom.blogspot.com/ I wanted to post about local things, but also about my new fascination with Bento. I wanted to keep this blog more about my personal life, so I created the new blog for my new ideas. Yes, I realize I probably have bitten off way more than I can chew. We'll see how it goes for now.

Another very important, but also very sad, thing that happened since my last post is we lost my dear nephews, Collin and Alex. My sister had to have a c-section at only 24 weeks because she developed HELLP. The little angels put up a huge fight, living 9 (Alex) and 20 days (Collin). They were so tiny but also so gorgeous. It is unbelievable how those tiny little boys, in our lives for such a short time, could impact us so greatly. I think about them and miss them often. I'm sure my dad is watching over them for us now.

So, I'm very sorry I've been away for so long and hope anyone still reading this could find it in their hearts to forgive me. ;) I'm hoping to be better about writing again now.