Jan. 30th - 2nd day of school - This day, I received an email from Katie that it was going a little better. When I got home from work, she actually talked about the day and how her kids were very inquisitive - trying to find out if she were married and why she didn't turn pro at softball. She seemed to like her day much better but I did have to convince her to stay awake until 7:30 - then she went to bed.

Jan. 29th - Katie started her new job today, teaching 8th grade at Pioneer Jr. High in Upland. I wondered how the day went and I found out when I got home from work. She was upstairs vacuuming and when I asked her how her day was, she just shrugged and kept going. I asked if she talked about herself and she said, "yes." Notice, no elaboration. I decided, I better just leave her alone and cook dinner. By dinnertime, she did manage to make her way downstairs but she did not want to talk about work. As a matter of fact, if she would have been given the opportunity to quit right there and then, I'm very confident that she would have. She went to bed...7:45.