Recently....

Boy oh boy. May is almost here. Things have been going for us. The first week of March, Immer had some trouble with his car. Turns out, it was the engine. Yeah, it died. Once week after the 3 year warranty expired! Since we had already replaced the engine once, we decided it wasn't worth the risk to do it again. It's too expensive to maintain the Durango, and way too expensive for a new engine. So Immer regretfully said his good-byes, and we sold it. Luckily for us, it went quickly. Immer really misses his Durango, but has come to realize how expensive it really was. So for now, he is driving my van. We've looked at other vehicles, but it's just not in the budget for now. Plus, there's not much out there that can hold a 6ft ladder and get great gas mileage! As for Ascher and I, we are officially stay at home bodies. We stay home and play all day, and run our errands when Immer gets home or on the weekends. It is a little tough, but you gotta do what you gotta do! His business is picking up, but there is always more work than money. It's harder this time around because there is a partner, sales tax to pay, and payroll. So its a learning process for everyone, but we are slowly getting the hang of it! Hopefully the summer will pick up and things will get easier!

As for me...well, I am guaranteed to be home Monday-Friday! There have been quiet a few changes at work as well. They closed the Walter E. Smithe location in Schaumburg that I work at. That was hard. I worked the store closing, then was unsure of what would happen next. Luckily, there was a position available for me on the Corporate level. It's definitely different than what I'm used to! Usually I would work in a store organizing everything, cleaning up, and auditing vendors fabrics and catalogues. Now, I answer phones and schedule deliveries, away from the stores. I do miss the stores, and hopefully one day I will be back. But for now, the new position is different, and hopefully will grow on me!

And for Ascherman. Boy, is he a handful! He's getting to the point of not wanting to take a nap..but still really needs one or he is not fun! So we are trying to work the kinks out of this little problem. He's still really into his tag books too! His first pen is already full! I'm not sure if we should get another one, or just change out books. He's also into learning more lately. Again, not about normal things. More like, volcanoes, planets(he is very persistent that he can find the planet Earth in the sky!) and worms. It's interesting to hear his questions and really try to answer them. We are working on his temper, and trying to work nicely with others. Sometimes he does really good...and other days it just isn't working. He really has a hard time controlling his emotions. He will just let out yells and screams and throw his toys when he gets frustrated. So we are trying more quiet times, time outs and relaxing. Hopefully with summer eventually coming here, he will have more time outside to release his energy and work through this on his own!