Few Small Steps

My posting is going down the tubes.  Mainly, I just don't think I have anything interesting to say.  When I think of a topic, I see a post from another blogger about it.  The topic is often covered better than I could have written.  As far as my life is concerned, I don't have anything terribly interesting happening.  That is both nice and depressing for someone who has always thrived on change.  I guess I could update with news on a few of the good things that have happened.

1. Both of my kids are in school -  This may seem like nothing, but after a horribly trying summer....it is best!!!  I can't tell you how happy I am to get a break.  I didn't have ANY this summer.  They didn't even have play-dates from the end of June until right before school started.  Most people escape the summer heat for that time period and our friends certainly did. I was working a LOT of hours, which made it worse.  I thought I was feeling extremely frazzled.  Once school started, my sanity started coming back.  I realized frazzled wasn't nearly a strong enough word for it.  I LOVE my kids, but I need some time to get things done and just breathe.  I also need to know that their brains are being stimulated and they are happy. 

2. Working Full Time - Near the end of the summer, my boss called to talk about going full time.  I worked a lot of hours this summer, but was still getting my regular part-time salary.  The part about being desperately poor and not having benefits wasn't a good thing either.  He gave me benefits and a salary bump.  The salary bump wasn't quite as much as I need, but he promised to revisit that topic in January when some of the money from the contracts we won over the summer starts flowing in. 

There you have it.  Not much, right?