Life as I Know It (Right Now)

Ok, can I just say I'm a little overwhelmed with life right about now? I'm sick of waiting for Shutterfly to give me the credit they were supposed to for the last post (yeah, the one from December 3!) and I don't have any pictures on the computer I am posting from but I feel like I really need to get back into the habit of blogging, pictures or not.
Needless to say we are a busy, busy family right now. This semester in school is the most brutal yet-I am in school 4 days a week, including Mondays when I get to school by 9 am and get out of my last class at 8:30 pm. Yes, it's crazy. No, I didn't have a choice. I'm kind of in an interesting place in school right now. I still have 5 semesters left, including this one so I guess more like 4 1/2, which just about kills me to think about. I've been back in school for just over 5 semesters so I feel like I should be a lot closer to being done, and trust me, I'm ready. I've been killing myself getting straight A's (except two classes) since just after Maisy was born, while taking care of two kids and I am just TIRED.
We are still trying to make our kids' lives an adventure as much as we can so we are still trying to do a lot on weekends, which means we have fun together but that our house is always a disaster because I don't have the time or energy to get it done during the week after coming home from school and getting all of my homework done. Oh well, there are worse things than a messy house I guess, but it still stresses me out. Luckily for me and the kids we have my great family close by so the kids get to have a lot of fun and do a lot of crafts with Auntie A. I'll post pictures from our recent adventures when I can. One thing I don't have pictures from are our pizza parties. Once a week the kids and I have started to have a pizza party while Joey is working or at bowling league (what a geek right?). We pick out a movie and eat pizza on the living room floor. It's been fun for the kids and a relief for me since all I have to do it spread out a blanket on the floor and then throw the plates in the dishwasher when we're done. I know, it's not great for us, but we eat mostly all-natural and organic the rest of the week so I figure one night a week is ok!
It seems a little like Joey and I are living on different schedules right now, which is tough. I am gone Monday night for school and Tuesday night for dance, he usually works late Wednesday nights because it's auction day, and has bowling Thursday, some Fridays things come up too (last night he worked until 11:30). We are both gone during the day obviously so we don't see each other as much as we would like to. I can't complain too much because I have friends whose husbands are deployed, but I don't know how they do it, they are definitely stronger than I am! Anyway, Joey and I always say to each other as we say goodbye: "See you in 20 years" of course, it's a joke but it feels true sometimes. I'm looking forward to our camping adventures this summer, hopefully we can spend a lot more time together!
Like I said, no pics today but I'll try to post some, maybe next weekend if I have a chance again!
P.S. I'll try to change the blog background later today, guess it's not Christmas anymore!