Studying is really for the young

OK, I realize that I am still "young" in comparison. But, I am certainly not as young as I once was. I used to be able to study until 2 or 3 am and still get up for an 8 am class. Now the thought of staying up until 2am makes me yawn. I did fairly well tonight. I read through 30+ pages of material and committed it to memory (or made an attempt to do so).

I have to take advantage of the time Katelyn is with her dad. When she gets back I will be back to trying to squeeze in cleaning, studying, showering and doing laundry all between the hours of 9pm and 11. Ugh!

On a fun note, Katelyn's daddy finally got a taste of what I have gone through for the past few months -- bonifide all out temper tantrums. I don't mean the little fits where one just throws oneself on the floor to scream or stomps around. I mean screaming at full decibels for an hour or more. Yes, my little Irish Puerto-Rican is stubborn (go figure... I don't know where she could possibly have gotten it from). The most recent wrong that was committed against her - not giving her the binky! Funny thing is, I don't really think it is a big deal. Just give her the stinking binky. She is staying at a house where she does not usually live and yes she is with her daddy (whom she sees every other month) and her Abuelita (who she last saw at Christmas time)... stressed out, anyone? At least now he will believe me... I say she is the little girl with a curl right in the middle of her forehead, and when she is good, she is very good, but when she is bad... she is horrid!

Case in point: Yes, she is rocking out on Tio Juan's Guitar Hero guitar!

She is the cutest, though, if I do say so myself :) Even if she is stubborn like her daddy... OK, maybe her mama, too.

Things are looking up

I am so much better at reading other people's blogs than writing my own. A clever excuse would be "I have been too busy living my life to write about it." It would be partially true. But, mostly I have been lazy and so super busy working -- not really living so much as I would like.

So much has happened since my last post, I am not sure where to begin. I went back home to Ohio for a vacation and to do some interviewing. And, as a result, I was given multiple job offers. I weighed all the options and chose one. I am very happy with my decision and I just know that I have made the right choice. I will be moving back to Ohio in November. I will be about half way between my mom and Katelyn's dad.

My call schedule will be much better - only one day in four and one weekend per month. AND, once they hire another partner (which should be around the time I start), I will have one day off per week. One day to spend with my daughter doing fun "stay at home mom" type activities-- minus the cleaning. It will be the one day I skip the housework and other minutia if possible and try to just live. In addition, I will get a raise, which definitely does not hurt given the fact that over the past few years I have gotten into a small hole. Particularly since I was out of work for two weeks last fall.

I was approved to sit for the boards and coincidentally was approved to take them in the same city where I will be living. And today I got the best news yet - I got my Ohio license!!! I didn't have to jump through fifty hoops like I did last time, which is spectacular. Praise God!

We dropped the price of our house for the millionth time and over the past few weeks we have shown the house over 10 times. I am praying for an offer in the next month. I have faith that it will sell in August.

On a slightly different note, Katelyn and I have been eating at Panda Express once a week (Chinese) and twice now in the past three weeks I have gotten fortunes in my cookie implying that I will be coming into a fortune (one actually said so, the other that a "windfall" would be coming my way). Maybe I should buy a lotto ticket:)

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Katelyn is currently with her daddy and Abuelita. I should be studying, so I am off. But I will leave a cute pic of Katelyn playing dress up... I love being the mommy of a sweet little princess!