So lots of news in this post. First..the job I have been waiting to hear about.First a little back story. I have been talking to the kids about the possibility of moving. On one hand they were really excited. Especially Levi. Since his cousins would have been right there. Tess was 1/2 and 1/2. She was mostly concerned about starting over in a new school at this point.  Since I had no idea about the job I applied for I took extra time to really, really discuss it with her. The job my husband applied for is on hold by the company. We don’t know for how long, so that wasn’t an issue. If I got said job he could just transfer with his company.Tessa said that she really didn’t mind moving, but she didn’t want to switch schools. She said when she was done with 8th grade she would be happy too. Well that’s only a 1 1/2 away. Both kids have tons of friends. Tessa is really excelling in school and I really love her teachers and the staff. Levi is still younger and not much on the social part of school yet. Tess on the other hand has a very tight knit group of about 10 friends. I have spent the last two weeks doing nothing but thinking about this job and moving....more

My husband being out of town has made me realize that he is like a daily low-level dose of Valium, without which my inner crazy starts to emerge. You see, I have issues with being happy. If something great happens, I immediately panic that tragedy will strike within 24 hours to counterattack that happiness....more

In a recent session with my counselor Eleanor, she said something simple, but profound to me; “Nothing changes until you do.” She went on to say, “Mike, you keep trying to control and manipulate the situations, relationships, and outcomes in your life – thinking that if they changed in the way you want them to, you’d then change and things would be better. It actually works the other way around.”...more