I'm sorry all that I haven't posted anything new lately. I really do need to explain:

1. I am currently in the middle of my masters program in Early Childhood Education and working on my research study - which I have to defend in front of three professors. I failed my first defense (all three have to pass me and I didn't live up to one of their expectations) but I have another shot by July 16th so I've been working hard on it.

2. Zoey is a very ACTIVE two n a half year old girl who is too damned clever for her own good. When I'm not studying and Grey's not about, I have to watch her like a hawk because she has a tendency to want to get anywhere she can where she is not supposed to be. Her current favorite is to get anything so she can climb up onto the kitchen island and color herself in markers and pens.... followed closely by getting into Grey's gaming area.. and surprised that she figured out how to play Tetris on the NES..

3. I have seven pages of Day of Zoey sketched and about another half dozen written so it is still there but just need time and my muse to agree.

4. There is a lot of upheaval at my job right now with the director being forced out next week and it is causing a lot of drama. The board of directors have called me up to their office and discussed with me the possibility of me being promoted to that position since I am the only one in the center with Administration III certification. That is a HUGE opportunity for me.. but still have to compete for the job so I am currently getting opinions from family right now regarding the pros n cons.

5. Hubs right now is going through a ton of upheaval in his job as well. Within the past month, they lost the night manager, three insiders, and over half of their drivers leaving them with a skeleton head crew (I know everyone knows what a skeleton crew is - i.e., just enough to run the place - so just imagine with only having a skeleton head of a crew... both shifts Lunch and Dinner are suffering bad and the owners are laying it really heavy on Grey and his GM to get numbers to improve WHILE keeping that crew (i.e., Don't hire anyone new unless they are willing to work for $6.25/hr as a driver since they get tips and $7.25 for inside crew (which used to be $7.25 for drivers and $7.75 for insiders... and NO hope for raises or bonuses under this plan at all...)

6. STRESS STRESS STRESS STRESS from all of the above... so I do try to play some video games when I can to break the stress since my muse don't like my arts when I'm that stressed and isn't being cooperative... though it does find a fancy every once in a while (i.e., Akela, n others)

So hopefully as things start to settle down a bit I can get things working again! I love yuns to death and please take care of yourselves till we meet again.