Example of why you ALWAYS need a Plan 'B'

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: "Life comes at you fast!" I just realized that I have NO idea who actually coined that phrase. I only recognize it from the Nationwide Insurance commercial.

In case you don't read this blog regularly, here's a quick summary of the current state of my life. My husband applied to law school early in 2006 thinking that due to his age, and a few other factors, he'd never actually get in. He just wanted to say that he had applied. During the Spring of 2006, he gets accepted into law school! Now, we realize that if he goes part time, it will take about 5 years. Spending 5 years in law school is just not an option at this point in our lives. At all. We determine that we can almost afford to live on my salary alone, and decide that he should try to go full time. The fact that my mom decided to retire around the same time and keep my daughter while my hubby was at school and I was at work confirmed that he had to go for it. Without the second daycare fee to pay for, we knew that we could manage.

We are now at the end of 2007, and my hubby has 4 weeks of class left in this semester, which means that he has gotten through 1/2 of his total time in law school. My grandmother began living with my mother late last year. This past week, my grandmother got very sick. So sick, that she ended up being hospitalized. They told us that they were keeping her overnight. That same evening, my mom was told that my grandmother had pneumonia. We just didn't see that one coming. The next evening (Friday), my mom was told that my grandmother didn't have pneumonia. Praise God! I was so relieved. I went to visit my grandmother in the hospital yesterday (Saturday). She seemed to be doing well, but she kept having episodes where she wasn't able to catch her breath. So at this point, I believe the doctors are running all the tests they can to rule everything out. If the tests reveal nothing that the doctors can remedy via a hospital stay, I know that eventually they will have to send her home. This will leave my mom caring for her full time for an indefinite amount of time.

So this leaves my hubby and I with some quick decisions to make. I can't keep working from home...I need to be in meetings with my colleagues...I need the mental stimulation of being around other people with various technical skills that I can bounce things off of...I need that second pair of eyes...and to be frank, they need me as well. So what do we do?

That remains to be seen... :-/ More later...