Sleep is an elusive beast.

Since Michael has been born, sleep wasn't a big issue. He used to be able to sleep soundly at night leaving me and the wife to get a decent amount of sleep. Not anymore, unfortunately. He's gotten to a point where he wakes up every four or so hours - sometimes he's only asleep for an hour - before he's up for at least another hour. And, if someone isn't up and with him then he starts crying. 

Meaning that sleep has become precious. And since he keeps me up for an hour, my body wakes up and doesn't unwind again. So, I'm now running off of three to four hours now. I can manage, but it's gotten pretty stressful now. 

He's asleep right now. The boy has my number. 

Spring Break

Homework that was unnecessary, done. So, Spring Break is on! Kind of. The beauty of being an English major, always something to write. My Spring Break is going to deal with trying to get ahead as possible on that.

Let's hope Michael will cooperate. Michael has gotten into weird habits now. He gets up at 3 or 4 in the morning and throws a fit where he doesn't want anything. He's going to drive me to drinking.

Studying French

I'm about to take a French midterm. Oral half of it. Everyone always says that me knowing Spanish should make French easier. I guess but at the same time, I want to reply to everything in French with Spanish. Like my wires are crossed up between the languages.

I now know how to say I want a ham and cheese sandwich now.

Long Time

Haven't been able to post in a while. Having a  kid takes up a lot of time, who knew, right?

I believe that I haven't made the announcement here. Michael Allan was born October and he's a healthy boy. Four months old now.

I'll be sure to keep blogging again. Keep checking.

My Wife's Birthday

Today is my wife's 21st birthday. Happy Birthday to her. This will be the second birthday I will actually be spending with her. Very special. My only complaint is where her birthday falls. Unfortunately, I'm poor and my financial aid doesn't come in till a little later. So, I'm stuck here feeling a little guilty that I cannot afford anything my wife deserves for her birthday. She's okay with it, but I'm not. I'm trying to figure out the best way to make her birthday special. And I will. I have my plans. And, when I do get some money she will be getting something special.

This will also be the last birthday she will have before the baby comes. Kind of big. Not saying that the baby is a bad thing, but things are going to be different when the baby comes. Our marriage will change and soon it won't just be two of us but we'll be a family. Big things.

That's it, no more class.

until Fall begins. Summer has finally ended for me. The past two weeks have been harder on me than entirety of summer had been. I'm just glad it's more or less over.

Well, first things first, I've moved out of my place at Knight's Circle. Now that we are out of there, I can safely say a lot of things I had wanted to say. First, I've been living there illegally with my wife. Knight's Circle is an apartment complex just for students and charges rent on a room to room kinda deal. So, a 4 room apartment goes for $545 a month for each room. I was there for year before I got married. I couldn't get rid of the lease so we stayed there. And that place sucked! Maintenance came in almost every week because of remodeling, which blew because they came at inopportune times. The fire alarms were tested regularly and went off early in the morning while I tried to sleep. Overall, the management of the place was terrible. I pity people who have to stay there because it's the best that can be done. Sure, it is a good deal but there has to be something out there that's better. But, I moved out of there last week with my wife to a house ran by a nice fellow. Steve - my friend - stays here as well. Like 180, this house is far better than anything Knight's Circle offered. Nice and quiet with no loud neighbors.

But now, I have to worry about a few more things. My parents can no longer afford to put me through college. So, as I keep trying to find a job, I have to take out loans to pay for things like rent and the like. It's not the time for my wife to visit the doctor more often and that's a little taxing. It's getting a little harder balancing everything. Though, it is easier now that we're content in our new living arrangement.

I'm just glad classes are over for the time being. I had a grand total of 40 pages to write in the past two weeks for just two classes. That, regular class, moving, and taking my wife to the doctor every so often felt like I was spreading myself just a little too thin. But, that's over and I made it through.

Life Works in Mysterious Ways

Yesterday was my anniversary with my wife. We had a great time last night. Dinner, golf, and a movie. Doesn't seem like much but we had a great time and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Today, we decided to go spend a little on ourselves, like getting us some anniversary gifts of sorts. While we were out, I had a stroke of misfortune. My car's battery has been giving me a little bit of mouth but today, it finally died on me in front of CoolStuffGames. I was a little worried, thinking that no one in the store would have jumper cables to help us out. I was about to freak out thinking of a way to get back home. I had a dead car, first time it ever happened to me, and I have a pregnant wife. Luckily, some kind sumartian did help us out because he did have cables in his trunk.

I'm going to get a pair of those cables tomorrow along with a new battery.

I think Sam and I were extremely lucky that the car stalled 10 minutes from home. The universe works in mysterious ways. The more I think about it, it had been raining the past few days but on the day of our anniversary, it stopped. A little muggy, but over all fine. And my car held up even though I was all the way on the other side of Orlando. Only today, when I was so close from home, did my car give out on me. Lucky indeed.

Sure, I have to shell out for a new battery, but it's not the end of the world. And thank goodness that it happened when it did. I can't imagine trying to ask for a jump at Downtown Disney.

Alas, I have been busy with my summer classes and haven't been able to blog much for a bit. But, hopefully I can rectify that once my classes are over. They are wrapping up and I'm on the home stretch.