i knew better...

Well, it seems that I totally and utterly wrecked that not jinxing plan.  This morning went well, until I was about to leave with the last child, Jewel, to go to her school and then my own.  The phone rang and it was the pediatrician telling me that the horrifying (to her) blood drawing had to be repeated.  After rushing to the lab, sitting for two hours to talk to the doctor about why, having the screaming, crying, begging blood letting repeat, and still not knowing what is wrong, I had to miss the hardest topic (Lorentz transformations) being covered in modern physics.  Now I am trying to teach myself without worrying about the lab results that should be available tomorrow, (the doc said she would call me right away).  However, I did remember that I haven't posted pics of my huge pumpkin plants and I haven't mentioned that Trevor can read, really read.  He read Hop on Pop by himself just last night!  Where does the time go?  Seriously, though, I don't have time, I need to memorize some convergence tests, finish lab homework, and teach myself relativity.  Geez!

week one and onward...

So we survived the first week back at school and it feels managable.  We did have to find an afterschool program for Trev.  I will have quite a few extra hours of campus time each day than I expected and that is an adjustment.  Overall the semester should go well though, I feel confident that I can handle the classes, although they will require a huge amount of work.  The kids all seem happy with school and are making things easy, minus the doctor visits for infection and the potty problem return that is.  Last week was insane and busy and things just keep popping up, but I believe it has all settled down.  I hate to say I hope, that will only jinx things.  (haha) I wish I believed in jinxes, because I could convince myself that there was a way to avoid the surprises.  I don't like surprises and sudden plan changes.  I suppose though that I have been forced to get used to them, so anyway, here's to a jinx free week.  I almost have the house clean and will be working to organize things around the new routine this week.  I am going to be studying a bit more than I have in previous semesters mostly because this is the first time that some of the material is completely new to me.  Well, at least I haven't had it in a class before, most of it I have at least read about in some way.  The math class has a fair amount of material that is review, but that requires practice and this is the first time I will not have formula sheets for anything.  I love my modern physics class because the topics covered are all the reasons that I became so interested in physics in the first place.  The lab will be fun but difficult, cool experiments to recreate, but a lot of writing.  Trent has started laying plastic on the farm and building the beds (under the plastic, duh)  so, the season really has begun for him.  They started Friday, and are working in the drizzle today.  I was thinking today, while mowing the yard, about our routine before I went to school and how much I loved it.  I love working toward my degree, and school, but I do miss the time we used to have together.  Especially now that our love is back and our relationship feels the way it did 6 years ago, before any hurt.  We have trust again, and we can both see the love again that we feel for each other.  It makes me so happy just to think about it being real, because I wanted it to be this way again for so long.  I don't want to say it feels too good to be true, because it is true and I can prove it, but it feels like a dream at the very least.  I am not saying that we aren't still on the look out for any trouble that could disturb our little haven, but we are both working toward the same things now and our combined efforts are wonderfully successful.  We make a great team, haha. So, although this isn't the relaxed life we once enjoyed we are doing all the things we want to be doing... Loving life, working hard, and looking forward, just the way we like it.