Sigh

So in 2003 after finishing my MS in Information Systems, I was already working at UIC.  One of the perks of working at a university is free tuition for employees.  So...I thought hey, I should get my PhD.  Why I thought that is anybody's guess.  In Summer 2004 I began work on my PhD in Educational Psychology with a concentration in Measurement, Evaluation, Statistics, and Assessment (MESA).  I got through all of my coursework, but not before I gave birth to Jake.  Life's focus seemed to change drastically once he came into our world.  Between doctors and therapy appointments, there didn't seem to be much time left for reading and writing.  I took a year off from my studies after he was born just to get a handle on things.  Then, I resumed.  But, I was stuck.  For the life of me I couldn't stick with a dissertation topic for very long.  Nothing grabbed my interest and attention.  I tried a couple different approaches to no avail.  After several semesters of screwing around and racking up a few incompletes and defers I am at the make or break point of my educational career.