Another week down, where does the time go?

This week has been a good one, but stressful, and short. Brad took his final tonight in what we hope will be the LAST class that he has to take at UAB to get his Accounting degree. Most of you already know that Brad has a Business degree from Mississippi State. After college, he was blessed with a job as an accountant with Saks Incorporated. It was during his time at Saks that he realized that accounting was where his interests were and he was encouraged by his boss and friend Rod to go forward and receive his degree in Accounting. Like most occupations, accountants must have a degree in accounting in order to be paid what they are worth. Brad has been very blessed in the last four years to have received good accounting positions, with decent salaries without his degree. However, to advance in his career he had to finish this degree. It has been a very long four years for all of us, especially him. In the beginning, he only took one class at a time until he realized how many years it would take him to actually finish. Then he started taking two and three classes a semester, on top of a full time job and a family. I really do not know how he did it. I look back at all of the long nights he spent at work, and then came home to study and admire his determination. I would not have the patience that he has had to go through all of this for four years, but thankfully he is not like me. If he passes this last class, which I really believe he will, we will be free of text books and nights during the week without him while he is sitting in a classroom at UAB. I am praying that he will find out his grade soon, and that it will be good.
He and Tucker are downstairs right now watching Star Wars: The Clone Wars, that is their thing to do on Friday nights. I am supposed to be down there as well, but had to write for a few minutes. Tucker gave me permission to read my book and not watch the movie, but I must be in the chair down in the den with them. He really does not like it when I read, Connor doesn't like it either. I only grab my book when they are playing with each other or watching a movie. Somehow, they can be engrossed in their own activity, and the second I sit down in my chair, arrange my blanket across my legs and open my book, I have two little faces looking up at me inquiringly as if saying, "What do you think you are doing mommy?" Connor will go as far as to close my book on me, sometimes losing my place, which is pretty frustrating when you are reading a 1000 page book! That is why I reserve my serious reading for after 9:00 when the boys are in the bed and I am free from interruption. My own ritual gets me into trouble when I stay up too late reading, as I did last night until 1:00 in the morning when I have to get everyone up at 6:15. I can function on 5 hours of sleep for one night, but add two or three nights to that and my brain turn to oatmeal. My brain is really runny oatmeal tonight, so I am going to go ahead and stop blogging before I start being redundant, if I haven't started doing that already.

If you are reading this, and you are someone who loves and has faith in our Lord, and knows our family, please say a prayer for Brad tonight. Pray that he will have passed his class and will be finished with his accounting degree. I know that there are other things that you need to pray for as well, but just this once, pray for my sweet, precious, loving husband who deserves this degree more than anyone else I can think of.

God bless you all, and to you all a good night!
April