My Seussical Life for 2003 December 5 (entry 0)

(3) Fri Dec 05 2003 04:00 Life is Funny: I was just thinking about my neighbor, Rachel. I knew her back in Provo; we both lived in the same neighborhood a year or so after Dave and I got married. When I met Rachel, her baby, Matthew, was about 3 months old. I was about 6 months pregnant. Dave was finished with his bachelor's, and I was finishing up with mine so we could go on to a 3 year PhD program in Clinical Psychology. When Rachel told me her husband was barely a sophomore working on his bachelor's degree and was planning on graduate school, and I felt so sorry for her. She was going to be in school FOREVER!! I thought, "We'll be done with school for good just when RJ was finishing his undergraduate work." Now, here we are, neighbors again, my two sons play with her two sons, and it looks like our husbands will graduate with their PhDs at the exact same time.

Comments:

Posted by Kristen at Fri Dec 05 2003 03:57

Sounds like me! Smart move marrying a freshman with NO School, and he wants to go to Dental School!!!

Posted by Frances at Fri Dec 05 2003 05:49

That's why I always tell my kids I'd better see the diploma before I see an engagement ring. (So far so good.) I'm even more blunt with my students. I tell them they have to keep their pants zipped until after graduation.

I know how hard it it. I went to grad school when I had three little kids and a sick husband, and it was very difficult. Thank heaven for Uncle Justin!

Posted by Frances at Sun Dec 07 2003 07:34

Of course, I'm really glad you have those babies, Aly! They are cute! I know it's hard, but in the end they are worth it.