March has been a whirlwind month so far for us.
I still say that it took me the entire month of February to catch up from January. Between both of us taking on a second job at H&R Block this year, our trip to Vegas during the end of January and a variety of other little things piling up, January was nuts. February was just plain crazy. March has been slightly calmer, but we've still had a lot going on.
I was offered a new job in the beginning of this month, and I accepted it. It's a state job at EvCC, and it's perfect for me. Robert and I have already seen the positive results of me moving out of the job I had and into this one. I absolutely love the new position, and the people I work with. Everyone is nice to me, helpful and so far we work well together.
Robert has decided that, after tax season is over, he's going to train to be a dinner server at Anthony's. I don't think there's a job he doesn't do at that place anymore. I fully support this endeavor for him, and I think it will be great for him.
Awana is winding down, which means - really - we're winding up. There is so much we have to do and get done before the end of the year, and the kids are busy, too. I feel like it never slows down.
For 3 weeks this month, I've been sick. It started out as just a runny nose, then it started draining which gave me a little cough. Then, one night, my stomach was so upset that I threw up a few times. After that, I started getting better for about 4 or 5 days (though it was slow), and then all of a sudden, I got a really bad runny nose and a scratchy throat again. Finally, I ended up with both my eyes red, itchy and goopy. It was disgusting. I called the doctor and made an appointment.
The appointment was weird. The doctor told me I had conjunctivitis - even though I didn't think I had it. The drops he gave me soothed my eyes, but didn't cure them (thus my continued thought that I didn't have it.) After 2 days, my throat was hurting so badly that I couldn't even swallow. Additionally, one night, I had 4 bloody noses in a matter of 6 hours. I was awake more than I slept. The last time it happened, I had to get out of bed because I ran out of tissues. So, I covered my nose and stumbled blindly into our bathroom (remember, my eyes are still glued shut when I wake up). I got blood EVERYWHERE. I finally had to scream for Robert to help me, but I hardly had a voice, and when he got up, he was a little spooked. I think he thought someone had gotten into the house and hurt me, because there was so much blood and my voice was so hoarse.
Early into the next week, I called the doctor again, and got some antibiotics prescribed the next day. Miraculously (not really), my eyes cleared up immediately! My throat only took 24 hours to feel better. Robert never had any symptoms of anything I had - yet another reason I was sure I had something like a sinus infection!
So, for many reasons, we're just exhausted right now. We still think that having two jobs is worth it, because we're getting so much money extra, and our savings is just growing more and more by the day. Lots of people have told us we are not wise to spend time apart, but we both prefer to work hard now so that we don't have to spend lots of time apart working later in life. We aren't tired of the work; we're just physically tired. And we both really enjoy working.
We've only got another month or so left of tax season, so here's to hoping life slows down a little bit!
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