Studying and studying and studying...

The title of this blog pretty much says what my last few days have been like. I haven't been the one studying, my husband has. When Darling Husband and I met, we were 2 successful college graduates who were well-entrenched in the fields of our choice. After 8 years of being a sports writer for a major local paper, DH decided that he would never make enough money doing it and he hated his editor. So he quit. Almost 2 years ago. He didn't know what he wanted to do instead, but he knew he didn't want to stay at his job with the paper any longer. I guess you might need a little background here. . . Since DH and I met, I have always made more $$ than he has. I'm a nurse, and there's a nursing shortage right now, so I have luckily been able to cash in on that. I work about 20-25 hours a week and have been able to earn enough to keep us living in the style we had become accustomed to. The last year has been hard though. DH has taken a stab at a couple of things: technical writing, vending machines, delivering mail for the USPS none of which worked out. About Christmas time last year, he decided to go to paralegal school. It was a winner and he was very good at it. His teacher even had him substituting for his own courses! I was really looking forward to DH finishing school and having a steady job when his teacher put the law school bug in his ear. So now, he is studying endlessly for the LSAT, which he's taking on December 1st. We bought a new house recently and had a third child, so the burden on me has gotten progressively heavier. About 2 weeks ago DH announced that he needed $1200 for a prep course. Talk about heavy burdens. There was no way I could come up with that kind of money in 10 days! DH took it personally, like I didn't want him to take the class or something. Hellooo? We have bills to pay and 3 children to feed! It's just getting so frustrating that I am working so hard BY MYSELF to keep us afloat and DH seems to think that the only thing for him to do is study and play his computer games. I'll tell you what, Darling Husband, if I'm signing up for 3 years and $100,000 in debt for law school, I better not see another computer game until you graduate and pass the bar.