We had such a good time last night! We went to Busch Gardens after Sean got home from work. My parents followed us, and amazingly we got parking places right next to eachother! Considering it was so busy they were parking cars at Adventure Island, I was thrilled.

We got to the park and headed to the grill to eat. We got to watch a show, then we headed to Jungula. Ian climbed everything in sight while we sat with Roo and just talked and had a few beers, then we headed to Dinosaur Land so Ian could play and we could watch the fireworks.

We were able to get out of the park without too much pushing and shoving, and both kids are sound asleep right now. It was one of those "perfect" family nights, and I'm looking forward to another one tonight with cooking out and swimming.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, AMERICA!!!

I'm beginning to wonder if I'm cut out for this MT stuff. You're supposed to have a 98% or better (if your main goal is to work from home), and I'm not close to that: I have a 92%. The unfortunate thing is that my grades are going down versus up, so to me it seems as if I may not be grasping all the things I'm supposed to be.

I've been working on it for almost a year, and I'm only finishing up session 8 (out of 18). I'm probably going to need some extensions! I thought I'd breeze through this stuff, but it's way different than I thought it was going to be. I suppose I was thinking that it was going to be like everything else I've done, like the real estate that was hard but rewarding after I threw myself into it.

I've always had a harder time doing things than most due to my dyslexia, but I've always managed to 'run with the pack' so to speak. I'd study twice as hard and get half the results as most, but I was still proud of what I accomplished. With this, it's hard to feel successful when the other students are getting 95% and 97%!