Survived Part III

Just so you know I started this post yesterday. But once again I exceed my own expectations by coming back three times in one week. Has a new patterns started? Probably not but it's nice to dream. :)

The last few months was a big strain on Flash and I. We hardly ever saw each other between both work and school. A friend of mine, Waffle (so called because she waffles back and forth between decisions), moved in with us back in March. Waffle and I have been super close friends for about five years and I've always believed a true test of friendship is sharing living quarters. So far things have been great. Waffle is going to school to become a chef and we often come home to wonderful meals we normally would pay $20 a plate for at a restaurant. She also helps with the kids, baby-sitting when we both have classes or I have a class and Flash is late at work.

The interesting part is all three of us are going to college. If you were to come and visit some nights you would see all three of us doing homework in the living room while the kids are in bed. Being married and going to college feels a lot like...well when I was single and in college. It's kind of surreal. Like we're just a bunch of roommates trying to struggle though midterms, reading assignments, and finals. At night any way. During the day it's more complicated with kids, work, and house management.

Flash is currently working for a satellite installation company to help pay for the bills. It's not his dream job, we never know when he's going to be home, and weekends are no fun anymore because he works. One of the first things his boss said to him when he started working there was, "We have a high divorce rate in this job because the hours are hard on a marriage."

Nice.

Never fear, our marriage is far from that point and frankly we have a plan. This job was always meant to be temporary until something better came along. Flash is going back to school to learn accounting. That's right he's joining the family business. That's our plan. So...he's quitting his job...today actually. Giving two weeks notice and then it's full time school to learn. We'll be living on student loans and basically struggling for the next ten years to build our client base. In the long run it'll be worth the struggle. We both have other education and careers to fall back on and supplement whatever we don't make during tax season. But for the most part...I believe we're going to be just fine.

There's a lot more going on but I'll save it for other posts and other days.