Oh Boy Oh Boy!

I bet you've noticed there hasn't been a blog entry in awhile. Well, I've been kinda busy... Everyone told me my life would change but you just have no concept until you're there. My whole life is dictated by someone else's bodily functions! I'm breastfeeding and my child has a voracious appetite so I am essentially stuck in a chair for what seems like hours on end of feeding and burping and spitting up and changing until Ian finally falls into a milk stupor for a few hours. At night he's a little nipper napper - he feeds for maybe 15 minutes and then falls back into a deep sleep. Sounds good except the deep sleep only lasts max an hour before he's hungry again and we do it all over. I asked my professor for an incomplete in Hydrology today. He granted it and said I could either finish the class in the summer or next fall. I checked and I will still be able to walk in the spring and go on to grad school with the incomplete and since I am staying at the University of Michigan for grad school I have some time to finish the class - no pressure. My department has been great about supporting me through all of this. One of the reasons I am staying on.

I think in my last entry I was having second thoughts about all of this grad school stuff. I got some great advice that if I am to error it should always be on the side of family. I heartily agree and so will stay at Michigan against the ruling thought. I never knew my grandparents and always thought I missed something special (like getting spoiled rotten) I don't want Ian to miss out on that. Besides Aaron loves his job and I am happy at UM. So I stay for at least a masters and then I'll decide on the next step when the time comes.