Life update

I know I haven't been around for a while, but I thought I'd give an update in my life.  I'm still living in Madison, and I have hopefully only two classes, and one semester left of college.  I'm heading into what will hopefully be my second to last finals week, at least for a while.


Where I work offered me a Network Engineer / Programming job, even before I graduate. I start that in about two weeks, and it seems like a pretty good opportunity, but I do still have a lot to learn to get ready for it.   


Professionally, it is good to have a job lined up for during the last months of school, and then after that.  


However, my family is still having issues around my nephew.  Namely, my brother still has not met him.  He seems distressed about this, but the simple request of the mother was that if he was going to meet Issac, it would be without his girlfriend.  He ( or they ) disagree, and refuse to compromise.  


The mother is mired in legal issues, mostly because of the inherent sexism in both the legality of marriage and children, and the Catholic Hospital where Issac was born.  


Apparently if you are in the middle of a divorce, a child makes it that much harder to sort things out, especially as the father of the child needs to be sorted before the divorce can be.  Furthermore, she has to fight for her right to raise the child by herself, as the system assumes she cannot.  


Furthermore, she is having issues changing Issac's last name, mostly because of the divorce.  The sexism on the part of the Catholic Hospital, is simply that they put down the mother's married name on the birth certificate despite her protests.  This reminds me of the reasons why my mom's grandparents left the Catholic church. It was also related to marriage and divorce.  


Bottom line, it's been more of the same.  My parents being parents again, and my brother still sticking to his guns.  


Now I'm heading into a summer where I will be sharing an apartment with my brother and his girlfriend again.  I'm not looking forward to it, but I should be kept fairly busy with work.