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I cant believe I went almost three months without working. I had to get back into being a stay-at-home mom. Dont get me wrong, I love my time with the kids.... but sometimes mommy needs time with grown-ups too. And while I wasn't working, those times with grown-ups were scarce. I dont have many friends here in LA. My three closest, bestest friends that I do have all live in different states. Since Jennifer left, I didnt feel like "our" friends were "my" friends quite yet. I was always "Jennifer's sister." Its kinda tough being a young mom. Its hard to make friends and keep them since I never have to time to hang out. That's why I always look foward going to work. And last night after work, the old crew and me went out to eat at Johnnies. It was nice.

I have three more days until I dont have to pick up Joyce from school anymore. That was one of my stay-at-home tasks that I didnt like. I hated looking for parking and to find a close one to the school I had to get there 30 minutes before school ended. Around that time, it was Pax's nap time so he almost always fell asleep in the car. I wait 20 minutes in the car and then start walking to the school gate and wait ten more minutes usually carrying Pax. I have to be at the very front of the gate because Joyce gets really freaked out if she cant see me and thinks Im not there on time...hence why I have to be at the gate ten minutes before hand because thats when it starts to crowd up. The bell rings and I swear that her class is the last class to get out because Im still waiting another 10 minutes. will be no So, after Thanksgiving break, this more and I am GLAD.

Her and Pax will be at the afterschool program/pre-school til 6:30 and since I'll be at cosmetology school, David will be picking them up from there. And after Im done with school, its off to work I go. I know I wont see the kids that much but its a sacrifice I have to make to ensure a better career for myself.

And Im so pumped up for school not only because its something I've been wanting to do since I was 13, but whenever I mention to someone that that's what I'll be doing, they get so excited too that I can possibly do their hair in the future and that they will come to the student salon to support me. That's when it made me feel like "our" friends started to be "my" friends as well.