Well I have successfully completed Day 1 of my grad program.  Only nine million four hundred thousand and thirty-two days left!!!  That may be a slight overreaction however; I have to admit I am slightly overwhelmed right now.  I need to take a deep breath and just take things one step at a time but that is going to be tough with all the things currently going on in my life.  My two girls are growing up too fast and I’m not sure why I took my mom’s advice that “Now is the perfect time to get your masters!”  I agree with her that it is a better financial decision to do it now before I am paying towards my daughters’ education but at the same time it seems crazy to be managing the responsibilities of being a single dad with the expectations of completing a master’s degree.  Glad my mom offered to help take care of the girls on Tuesday nights!  Ava has dance class and Bella likes to do her homework while watching her older sister so that should help Grandma out.  It’s days like this that I really miss Clara.  It’s been 10 years since we passed away but sometimes it feels like yesterday.  The girls were just 2 and 5 when she was taken from us so they have very few memories but hopefully I am raising them in a way their mother would be proud of.  Anyways, girls are finally in bed so it times to hit the books so I can get some reading done before I fall asleep at my desk!