Slowly But Surely

So I was beginning to think that I was just ready to completely throw in the towel, that I was just done. I was going to sell all my possessions and move to Jamaica and sell pot on the beach or something......sigh. However, I think things are beginning to look up. It doesn't get much worse than totalling your car at the beginning of finals week, especially when you are upside down in the car by six grand....ugh. However, I think it is working out for the better. We had gap insurance on the car and it will pay off the difference between what the insurance payout was and what we owe. THis is a beautiful thing. We will get out from under the car that we were so upside down in. Then yesterday I found an awesome deal on a used Subaru and we bought it today. It is a great family car that will work great for commuting back and forth to school for me. We got a great interest rate on our loan and are starting to feel much better about things. Its hard when life hits you with so many hard things all at the same time. Finals week is SOOO stressful for me and then to add the car accident on top of it...and a few personal problems, I didn't think I was going to make it. But here it is, only a few weeks later and I am feeling like things are beginning to look up :).
On to another issue. Aspen was waking up daily crying and crying and begging us not to take her to school. I forced her to go one more day and in the end decided she just wasn't old enough yet. Plus to be honest, I don't think the school was the right "fit" for us. I am not going to say anything bad about it here, but I just think it wasn't right for her or for what we are looking for. Since she is only two I didn't feel like there was any point in forcing her to go when she will still get 2 full years of preschool before kindergarten anyway. So this was another stressful thing we were going through durring my finals week. Our house was a giant ball of stress and tension...so thick you could cut it with a knife. We have since simplified and cut out a lot of the stressors and are feeling SOOOO much better about things.
I had a short break from school and have now started another quarter. This quarter I finally start clinicals which I am super excited about!! Finally some real hands on experience!! WOOHOO!!! I officially have 15 months left until I graduate. After this quarter I will be 1/2 way there already! It is keeping me so insanely busy that it is flying by so fast!
Aspen's birthday and Halloween are both approaching rapidly and I am SUPER excited for both! I havn't decided what I am going to do for her birthday...but something fun. She changes her mind daily about what she wants to be for Halloween and we have yet to find her a costume. So far she has been the most interested in being a butterfly, Tinkerbell and a witch. She was a witch last year, but she just keeps saying she wants to be one again, LOL!
Anyway, all in all, I think our family is over the hump and we are going to survive. We are looking forward to fabulous fall with our favorite thing in the WHOLE world: Sunday football days in a warm cozy house with yummy crockpot soups and stews in breadbowls.....its a tradition for us. There is NOTHING I look forward to more than spending those sunday afternoon and evenings with my fam. :)