What's Happening Lately...

I know in my last post, I said I had more to write so since my thoughts seems to be all over the place lately and lots of different stuff happening at the same time, here it is in bullet (star) points: * Hubby has decided not to continue to pursue his degree in computer sciences - long story short, this is his second try at passing Alegbra and it is a " no go". He has always struggled with complex math his entire life so I can't say I am totally surprised. He has gone for help at the math labs and still can't pass. So, he dropped the class last week. He also recently found out that the college is changing their requirements for the computer sciences courses and are now requiring alegbra and calculus as a pre-requisite to take further courses and increasing the cost of the courses as well. This didn't leave him with many options. We talked about it together and decided he is done - we don't see the point in spending more money if he can't pass the math courses to continue on. * Since he isn't going to pursue a degree anymore and still has his side business which brings in a decent income, we are going to put the business "back on the books", so to speak. We had done this when we lived in PA, but when we returned to CT he didn't apply for a business license here since we came back at a time when the economy was bad and the business wasn't bringing in that much income. * Once we get the business on the books - we will be looking into the requirements for mortgage options (with a self-employed spouse) for next year so we can hopefully purchase another home. We are so tired of renting. We are on a extended lease till August now with the hopes that our landlords will get their VISAs renewed so they can stay another year in London. * Starting to really think about how we can smartly plan for retirement and what monies we will need if we plan to retire by age 65 or even 62 (boy, that would be nice). Since we won't have child expenses or saving for college to think about in the next 25 years, we want to be financially able to live comfortably in our latter years. * I love, love, love my current job and my hours 7:30-3:30, but I am finding I want to do something more than I am doing with my free time after works hours. I am currently looking for a part-time job for a couple of days during the week and when I think about what I would like to do - I think of watching young children. So, I am on the hunt for a babysitting job (again). I am being alittle picky in what exactly I am looking for - the perfect situation would be only 2-3 days a week from about 4:30 or 5 p.m. till about 7-8 p.m. and just one child (preferably under the age of 4). I did respond to one posting this past Monday on a sitter site, that I have a profile on, that was asking for one day a week to pickup twin 3 year olds from daycare, feed, play and get them dressed for bed before Mom gets home in the next town over from where I live, but so far haven't heard anything back yet. I keep wondering if my age, which I stated in my response and is in my profile is hurting my chances - maybe these moms see that I am in my mid 40's and have no kids and wonder why the "hell" I want to babysit when I don't have any children of my own (I don't go into detail about why we have no kids in my profile so it leaves that big "?", I am sure.) I just figure if it comes up in talking (if I ever get that far), I would explain further. I also wonder if it is the fact that I have no current babysitting references since I haven't babysat in almost 11 years! I can provide personal references and I could give them names of those people who I did babysit for 11 years ago, whose kids are now teen-agers. I also wonder if being mature is a disadvantage in this case because I am competing against high school and college kids who are way younger and are more willing to take less in pay? I really don't know if this will come to pass or not...only time will tell. * Received some news that really "through me - out of the blue" this past Monday afternoon..I got a call at work from the Radiology place that did my needle biospy and the woman said there is a forum of doctors that review cases/films of patients each week and mine came up this past week. A doctor in that forum saw something that was different from my previous mammogram on right breast now and wants me to come back in for more pics...the woman who called said, there probably isn't anything to worry about - something about it could just be the way the tissue was laying and angle of image (no mention of a lump or calcium deposits like on the left breast). So, I am going back this coming Monday, April 23rd at 9 a.m. - I have the day off from work. I was alittle shocked to say the least at the phone call and it took me alittle bit to not get upset (I did cry alittle on the way home - just out of frustration and sheer SHOCK), but I am doing much better now. Boy oh boy, has this been one "hell" of a journey this year with my breasts, LOL!