Flynn Family

SO apparently we said Never once again. We were never going to move to Boise. Currently this is our goal and plan. There is a masters program I am trying to get into and it is available in Coeur d'Alene and Boise. Tried for CDA but it turns out Boise is more flexible to what I need. The program director was much more helpful and It is something I can apply for now and get in for this fall. Its crazy and scary and a little amazing. I just didn't think this was our answer and I was trying for Grad school in a year after I took my GRE. This program doesn't require it. Boise would get us closer to Kass and we would be able to be around for her last two years of college. It is about halfway between my mom and Pete's. A little out of our comfort zone, but that is how you grow, right? Currently just a plan but we are working on it and will need to be there by July right after Jackson's birthday. Fingers crossed, Prayers and all that for things to work out. It is time to be...

Its funny my mind is full of a million things running around in my head. Yet, I can't find the words I need or even the desire to express them. 1) There are good things, I have been working out more. I have been working out with the wii using the biggest loser challenge game. I have seen more inch loss than weight, but with the changes in diet, I am hoping. I have walked three miles about three times in this last week with Kari. That has been good and hurt good. I am able to do more now without getting as winded. 2) We have been stressing with Jackson. He has been having some challenges that have become more prevalent in the last year. We took him to a mental health service for children and got a diagnosis of ADHD. There was some suspicion of the Autism Spectrum. If there is any of that, it would be on the low end. He was initially tested by a social worker, which is fine since they are qualified counselors, I guess. Anyway, I have been waiting to get him in to see an actual Psych...

Thumper, from Bambi, had a saying - " If you can't say something nice, don't say nuttin' at all." I am really trying not to say something not nice, so I don't blog as of late. I will blog about what is going on in our lives soon. Right now I have some rage and some things I would like to say to someone to give them a piece of my mind. Unfortunately, I am in a biased position and she probably wouldn't listen anyway. What I will say is I am here to support my husband in any way I can and I hate to see others make him hurt.

We were sitting at dinner tonight. Jackson wasn't liking something I put on his plate. At that moment he couldn't see the things on his plate that he liked. I commented on this and mom said, "We all do that. When something is going wrong in our lives, we can't see what is going right so everything in our life seems bad." It is so true. When life happens all you can see is what is going wrong. I guess that is why we are told to count our blessings. Pete bought me a framed thought for Christmas. It said - "We should certainly count our blessings, but we should also make our blessings count." - Neal A. Maxwell

Okay so since the other job fell through I tried to hold on to my job at the school. Unfortunately enrollment dropped and they don't have the enrollment to keep me. This bites. That is probably the nicest way I know how to say it. On another note.... Well related... I told Wyatt I could take him to school tomorrow. He asked me why. I told him I didn't have a job anymore. He said, "You passed?" Leave it to a six year old to give you a little perspective.

So my job turned out to be a bust. I am unable to carry my own professional liability insurance and that is what this company requires, therefore I don't have the job anymore. I am hoping this is for the best and that something really great will come along but I am losing heart over the matter. I just need one break. Something that will hold us so we can be independent again. I understand trials and everything like that, but this one feels so ongoing! Keep on keeping on I guess.

So its been awhile. I am not even sure anyone is reading. So the news. I will be done with my job at Falls Valley Elementary on January 31. It is the first job I have left voluntarily since I left the copy center on the University of Idaho campus. I am excited for the next move. I will be working for Sullivan Mental Health Services in Idaho Falls. I am completely excited. I will be a PSR (Psycho-social Rehabilitation) Specialist. I will be starting with 2 clients but even that will give me at least what I am making now. The growth opportunities are great and it is right along the lines of what my goals are. I also have one person to give me a letter of reccomendation for grad school. This is starting to form into a real goal and a real plan. Maybe this will work out afterall. I know it is what I am supposed to do, it has to work out, right? Pete and the boys are good. We spent most of the last couple of weeks with the Jetta in the shop. Boy isn't that fun?