Almost There, Hon

We’re almost there.  As many of you know, the first six weeks of Jeff’s new job have overlapped with the last six weeks of Fall Semester, where he is taking a full load of classes including Greek II.  I was also finishing my class and internship.  We knew it’d be full, but also knew that you can do anything for six weeks, right?

I know I brag about my husband a lot on here, can I just do it one more time?  The last week and a half have been rough for me–I think our whole family is wearing thin in every area–sleep, patience, time.  Dutch has been missing his daddy, and kids seem to pick up on craziness. Last week Jeff had commitments almost every evening and Dutch would say cry “Dada” a hundred times at night.  He’s also definitely hit “the 2’s”, and while I love my son with all my heart, coupling his newfound personality (picture hitting and saying “No!” a thousand times a day), with being seven months pregnant, with a missing husband who’s up til all hours studying, with just an overflowing calendar (full of wonderful things!), by last night I was at the end of my rope.  When Jeff got home from work, he could see it, wonderful husband that he is. And even though he had at least five hours of work to do on a project due tomorrow, he insisted I take a 1/2 hour and go off somewhere, by myself, and regroup.  I hemmed and hawed, insisting I was fine, then finally gave in.  Oh the glory of 30 minutes by myself at Fred Meyer!  A $2 bottle of red nail polish and some ice cream…sometimes that’s all it takes. 🙂

So tonight I’m sure Jeff will pull an all-nighter after our staff Christmas Party, but tomorrow he will turn in his final project and be DONE!! DONE! DONE!  He won’t graduate, but he’s taking a year off to focus on his job and his family (that’s me!), and then only take one class each term after that, which is definitely doable.

I’m so proud of him, and of Dutch, for persevering through these last six weeks… We’re almost there, Hon.  You can do it!