Well, it's been almost a month since my last update, and coincidentally it's been a month since I started watching Dylan full time. I'm sure the two facts are completely unrelated.
I do apologize to all you grand and great-grandparents out there that have been missing out on Dylan pics, but I'll make sure to include several for ya. It's been a real adjustment to be home all day everyday. Those of you who have done this know already I guess, but it really quite tough to be 'alone' all day. I say 'alone' because I'm always with Dylan, but she doesn't exactly like to have intellectual (or nerdy) conversations yet; so it can feel a bit isolating at times. Please don't misunderstand, I love this chance I have to hang with Dylan. It's very possible that I will never get to be with her this much for a very long time. On those occasions when I feel exasperated that she's waking up after a long 15 minute nap, all it takes is to go in and see her little teary face and all those frustrations melt away anyway. Sarah's doing well, she wishes she was at home but unfortunately is too successful for us to be able to afford that seeing as she's making twice what I was before I went back to school. I really admire Sarah; I am home all day with Dylan just trying to make it to 5:30 sometimes and she has her on saturday while I work and has all the laundry done, floors mopped, bathroom cleaned, and important documents filed away. She's just able to accomplish so much that it baffles me. Meanwhile my porch needs redoing, my floors need laying, my wall sheetrocking, and my bathroom finishing...... Oh well, I hope to have all that done this summer. The semester went well, I took 'heat transfer' which is interesting enough, but my professor what difficult. I was expecting a 'C', and really worried about a 'D'. I have no problem with 'C's, but I haven't gotten one since returning to school and would have liked to keep it that way, but after a terrible first test I was just wanting to not have to retake the course. My subsequent tests were in the 80s, but I was digging my way out of a hole. Long story short, I would up with a 'B' which was just incredible. One more year and I'll finally have a degree!
Well, guess that's it right now, I'll try to update once a week with pictures if I can.
We love you all,
Charlie and fam.
