Disappointed

We were hoping to go to Sarasota, Fl during my spring break on March 09 and then come back on the 17th. Sadly the money I was going to use for gas down and back will now be going to replace my hot water tank. I’m so sad and perimenopausal hormones are not helping the situation at all. We also need to replace the side door and as well as the screen door, which was the food money. So not only do I not get a vacation which I so desperately needed but I don’t get to see Jasmine, who went back to Fl and is going to school there. Did I say that I was devastated? It is so hard to coordinate my school schedule with the husband’s work schedule for 8 days off in a row, that I have no idea of when I might be able to try this again.

So my break/the husbands vacation will be spent working on the house and I’ll probably work on writing some extra credit papers for my one class as well as work on the final paper for that class, which will put me a bit ahead of the game but I would have rather gone to Fl. Sometimes I truly hate home ownership.

I’m planning on going to the Rain Forest as we haven’t been there for awhile now and thought of going to the history museum but the Ark is saying he doesn’t want to, so I’m trying to decide if I should force him or just leave him at home and let him miss out on a good time.

On a positive note we will be able to work on the kitchen without too much interruption. The husband and the boys have been stripping off wallpaper this past week, and will be taking down the rest of the ceiling to get ready to put up the new drywall. Then we can prime and paint the whole thing. So at least it will be nice looking for the lunch we are having for the Ark’s confirmation on May 06.

I”m truly looking forward to this semester being over, so I can work on studying for the GRE and making final decisions on which grad schools I”m applying to. Plus, I’m going to do some volunteer work. Trying to decide if I’m going to apply for the suicide or rape crisis hotline or if I’m going to volunteer at the crisis pregnancy center. So many decisions and so little time to get it together.

The Ark wrote his faith statement and we only have to finish his stole and then he has to write about why he choose to use the symbols he did!!! I can’t believe we made it through confirmation with the pastor we have……

The Princess Artist is doing great at her art classes, her teacher loves her and says she is finally getting the hand/eye coordination down to draw what she sees, we are very excited to see her skills growing. This painting she did a few weeks ago with out using any templates. It is a fur seal, not a polar bear. Which reminds me I owe a friend a framed picture that the artist did…..the friend promised to hang it up in her house

It has been much warmer this winter but I’m still very ready for lots of sunshine and warm temperatures.

Well, I really need to go write a paper and that is not easy when you really aren’t feeling like doing it at all.