Six Months Closer

Is there a such thing as playing hookie from blogging?  Cause that's where I've been for three glorious months... playing hookie.  And ya know what?  It feels reaaaally good.  But now I'm reaaaally behind in documenting our life for the kids.

Sometimes I wish I could play hookie from my own life as just getting through the day-to-day is exhausting at times (actually, just about every day when the clock strikes 3 I'm struck dumb and want to collapse).

but here we are... six months later... still unemployed.

And Curt's six months closer to graduating with his Master in Psych... (only 5 classes & a practicum)
...and six months closer to starting a PhD program.
Six months closer to Brayden's last year before high school
Six months closer to McKenzie's first year of middle school
And six months closer to Izzie's first year of school--period.
Six months closer to me losing my mind (I do still have some left).
And six months closer to me going back to school for my Masters in ????.

The other night in bed after another exhausting day of summer, I turned to Curt and said, "you realize we only have another 5 years with Brayden at home?"

And then I felt a little panicked.  Only five more years to teach him moral discipline, service, selflessness, teach him truths and consequences, teach him to love life fully, teach him about love and loss, sacrifice, and God.  And that's a heavy load.

So we'll see how long it takes me to load a gazillion pictures from my three-month hookie.  Cause life goes on in unemployment and we're six months closer to forever... living it one day at a time.