... do what you know.
What happens when you don't know what you know?
Life, I guess.
She works hard for the money...
Things have picked up at work, so that the pace is akin to that of a the Road Runner on crack, with a battery pack shoved up an inconvenient location. Seriously. We just hired a new Executive Director (after 6+ months without one), and lost our Management Analyst that same week. In a 3.5 FTE (full time employee) office, you tend to notice the changes a lot better than at a larger office. Since one employee is new and one is leaving, that puts a lot more on my plate than usual... and with a couple big events coming up (Exec. Committee Retreat on 1/13 - 1/15, Semi-Annual Meeting on 3/18, and PRIMA conference in Orlando, FL on 6/6 - 6/9). GAH!
Home life is... difficult.
Bruce is amazing, as always, and has started showing more and more personality. Whether he's being goofy to get a reaction, concentrating immensely on whatever game he created for himself, or throwing a tantrum of epic proportions when he can't communicate what he wants, I am so incredibly blessed to have him as my son.
Living with Steve's parents for the last year has proven to be a great decision. I know a lot of married couples couldn't imagine living with their in-laws for a weekend, let alone a year, but I honestly love Russ and LaVada as if they were my own parents. I notice more and more, however, some areas where we're all trying to parent Bruce... so that's going to be interesting to address.
Steve and I seem to be mired in a rough patch that just won't go away. Starting back in late-June/early-July, we thought we had worked through it enough in August after attending counseling (independently and together), but it's all still there, bubbling into something dark and sinister. We're putting extra effort into seeing what can and can't be fixed, with the deadline of March 31st of this year; at that point, we'll decide what we should do. While I'm not remotely pleased with this particular aspect of our lives, or the idea of sharing it with x-amount of people online... but I have to get things out or else I explode. It's just the way I am.
Derby Girls and Book Smarts
Roller derby hasn't taken as primary a role as I'd like, so that's why it's near the top of the list of things I want to get back into this year... along with school. Thanks to bills, starting classes was pushed back to Spring Quarter. Meh. I just want to get the next two years over with, education-wise, so I can start earning the kind of money needed to make some of my dreams a reality. *breathe*
Bowing out (not so) gracefully...
I'm focusing on the positive, and hoping that gets me where I need to go. Granted, I don't know "where" that is, but chances are it's better than here.
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