Yesterday was such a good day. Patrick's parents came down from Indiana and my dad came up from Alabama to see us get inducted into the honor society. My whole family was there except my brother, Justin. Amanda and Christina came, they are such good friends. It was hotter than hell in that room where they held the ceremony but it was nice.

We all went out to dinner afterward and ate at Western Sizzlin'. Rose (my dad's wife) was feeding Maverick mashed potatoes. LOL. He was so cute. He really likes his Abuela. Rose spent most of the time teaching Dayanera new Spanish words, which she loved. I wish that she could spend more time with my Dad and Rose, I could end up with a bilingual kid. LOL.

Dad, Rose, Christina, Patrick, and I went out to Twilight Zone after all that. Patrick was happy, he got to sing all night long. He really is good, it's too bad there isn't a band he could be in around here. The only bad thing about last night is that Christina's headlight switch blew out on her car. She ended up having to spend the night here last night, caused her mom to miss work this morning (because she has Christina's kids), and Patrick is trying to fix it today. Of course Christina's mom is pretty mad.. sigh.. I called her to explain it to her, but she wasn't in the mood to be reasonable. The truth is that she would have had to leave here at 5 in the a.m. to make it to Vienna in time for Fay to make it to work. It's still dark at 5. I couldn't lend her my car today cause I need it. Hopefully she'll come around.

Am going over to my brother Jon's today for a command performance.. sigh.. he decided he was having a bbq today because my dad is in town. Am not exactly thrilled to have to drag the kids by myself over to Jon's. Patrick has to work. But if I didn't go I'd never hear the end of it. Jon and Michelle live an hour plus away, it sucks. I would have liked to spend the day with my Dad, not being stuck with the family get together thing, but what can you do?

I have a ton of homework I need to do this weekend so tomorrow I'll be working on it while I have Patrick home to take care of kids. I need to write 2 papers, do question/answer thing on Shakespere, do a take home test for history, a big test for Grammar and Style plus an assignment for that class, and read two books for Victorian Lit and African American Lit. Getting ready for all of our company this week has really put me behind. Am going to haul my books with me today and try to work on it at my brother's house. I could have my degrees in English and Writing with 8 more classes, it's that certification that's making me stay in school so much longer. I have all my education classes left to take except American School Systems. That's like 8 more classes on top of that. I could double up like I am this semester, but that's nearly killing me now. I'd have to really have the support from my Grandma to do it. She would probably help me out with babysitting etc. (I'd have to pay her), but I'd have to use a bunch of student loan money to pay for it. I'm thinking about it though.. I've known some people who have taken 8 classes at once that's the limit, as a matter of fact and you have to have permission from the dean, plus the GPA to back you up. I'd qualify for sure since my GPA is so high.

I just want to be done, you know? I'm impatient to finish school and start my life over. I want to work. LOL. Goddess knows Patrick wants me to work. He wants me to work so he can take his last year off and just go to school full time. I'd actually like to do that for him. He deserves it. We couldn't afford for him to do it if I was just substituting cause with two kids you need a regular paycheck. Hell, I've wanted to sub every semester since I was eligible.. sigh.. haven't been able to. First time around I was pregnant with Maverick and had psyatica (sp?), the fall Ihad Wendy, this spring I'm too busy with my class load and being chauffer. It just doesn't ever seem to work out. Grandma is at her max on babysitting these days. She spends alot of time up here. I'm trying to line up some sub work in may and maybe during summer school. My mother is actually helping me with that. Guess we'll just have to see what the schedule looks like in the fall.

We are trying to get Patrick's crap in Indiana cleared up over the summer. 750$ for a lawyer on that one. But if it works out ok, then maybe he'll be able to drive by fall. That's our biggest obstacle. He can't drive right now. He's just been busted too many times for driving without a liscence. So I have to drive him everywhere. If he could drive then I could sub. Oh well, no sense in worrying about it right now. I need to go.. gotta start getting around so we can go over to my brother's today.

Blessings,

Natalie