stresses

Slowly but surely I am trying to catch up in school. I have gotten so far behind. It is very stressful. I don't do stress well.

Searching for a house is turning out to be very difficult. There are literally hundreds for sale in the general area in our price range, it should be easy. However, it sucks. After seeing what happened during Hurricane Katrina, it seems obvious that we should buy a home as far inland as possible. Right? Nothing that was flooded during that hurricane or any other. Right? There is a slight problem, all the houses that we want to buy are close to the ocean. We want Mandy and Lily to go to a good school, those schools are for the people living in houses practically on the beach. Plus, there is the commute thing. Do we want Jeff to have an hour commute? He already works ungodly hours here with a 10 minute commute. Add an extra 2 hours per day to him being gone.

Mostly I just feel so frustrated. We did find this lovely house, well it was lovely on the Internet. Big, beautiful, good schools, good commute, never flooded, however - one of Jeff's co-workers took a look and said the area was icky and run down. Part of me thinks, who cares if the neighbors mow their lawns or if the neighborhood is rundown and the house is old, who cares. Good schools, good commute, no flood. I guess now I have to add to the list neighbors who mow? Is that an important indication of their good neighborliness? Do your neighbors mow? Does your neighborhood ever look rough?

I better get my nose back in the books.

PS Lily is so potty trained! She came and got me while she was playing at an indoor play area, way up in the slide, she came and got me and told me to take her to the potty. Where she actually pooped, in a public restroom. So proud. Maybe someday I will let her out of the crib. Not!