times like these

What will be will be. Not a heck of a lot lately. Pretty much finished with my dispensing course, just a couple more items and it needs to be signed off on. We finally got a new manager and hopefully as he gets settled in things will start to smooth out. Been a bit crazy lately so it needs to happen.

Daughter had her first private French lesson Thursday past, and loved it. She did brilliantly as well. If the French goes well we may start her on Spanish at the New Year. She has been doing well in school and choir especially is going well for her. She is doing a bit of caroling over the next few weeks, a couple care homes and the local Proctor and Gamble R/D office. And in January her group is doing some kind of performance at the O2 Arena. That is wicked!

Partner has been working her butt off. Rough finished a couple chapters, started some stuff and planned out a few conferences. She has also reworked her thesis to lessen the work load.

As well I have been practicing my cooking and have been following and even improvising a few recipies, though with my partner and daughters help.

On a more... somber (?) note, we have begun planning to return to the US. While nearly a year away, the likelihood of us being able to stay on is becoming slimmer and slimmer. Regardless of any inherent difficulty in being picked for the necessary grant thanks to usual academic competition, higher rates of joblessness has driven the difficulty up. Add to that the fact that the government here has recently issued massive cuts to higher education just worsens it. So while partner is trying her damnedest, in the end it may just not be meant to be. Staying on has been a major driving reason in me pursuing higher paying employment. While the three of us will be saddened, I will be extremely so... I really like it here. I miss my family and all but do not miss where I lived when in the US. I will deal with it as I have to and will strive to improve myself when I return to the States as I really feel that if I had educated myself years ago, like my partner strongly suggested, it would have increased the chances of us to stay.

I really doubt the fact has settled in for daughter. She has spent the last two years making friends and it will be hard for her. She is really starting to come in to her own and the school she goes to is really good if frustrating sometimes.

Peace... One Love