July coming to an end....

Well, its been a long month but felt like it was short.

Beginning of the month course started out rough the loss of my grandmother. I still miss her and when we were packing up her apartment, I still can't grasp that she is gone. I haven't broken down because I was prepared for it but I still do not believe it. I took the first two weeks off to spend some time with family and go through her things.

Andrew started his correctional officer job on the 9th. He will be on his 3rd week of the academy out at Middleton and once he graduates he will be heading off to Colorado City to report to the Wallace unit for duty. He told me yesterday "Thank You for finding me this job". He actually enjoys what he does and get to yell at inmates. He seems to be happier. Just waiting to see the pounds come down since he has to stay in shape to keep up with inmates.

I have come to a decision to leave BCBS. After 6 1/2 years I am so burned out its not worth it anymore. I am not sure what else to do but it can't be a huge pay drop. I was thinking maybe as a correctional officer as well and I have been looking at the other positions that the Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice has posted. Andrew thinks that I might not like correctional officer but then again he really doesn't know me. I want to work down in Huntsville because I find that it would be an opportunity for us to finally be able to leave Abilene. Now its just convincing Andrew to allow me to go to get settled. My friend has offered me to stay rent free and I figured that could help us out on cost. I find that when we are not together much, we do not spend too much money.

I have pulled up all our bills and we are going to have to work hard. He wants to pay off our debt soon and start saving money. I would like to have a child but then again I'd like to pay off stuff as well as when we have a child,we would be spending more money.

My sister-in-law is living with us and things are ok. We told her that it is wise that she gets a job to help her out to get to know the real world. She might be here till February as my brother plans to find a house in Virginia where he is stationed at before moving her there. We shall see how that works out.

I am only 2 weeks away from obtaining my Associate's degree. I'm still concern about Bioethics but I have faith. I'm still trying to decide about my Bachelor's and then I find out Kaplan has offered another Bachelor's that seems interesting. Its called Bachelor of Science in Fire and Emergency Management. Basically it sounds like those who coordinate when disaster strikes or something. I also was thinking maybe a Bachelors in Liberal Arts or Psychology. I'll talk to my academic advisor more. I want Andrew to attend as well if he is enjoying his job. He might like to get one in criminal justice.

Well, that is about it for this month. I hope to maybe get to go to Sea World sometime in late August or September. We shall see.