Baby Belly, Apartment, and School

Stephen here. This is my first post in a while. Hello everybody.

So we've got three quick items today: A couple cute baby-belly updates, a video of our new apartment, and a question about grad school.

The Baby Belly
Here are some updates of the cutest mom around:

Taken on Friday, at 24 weeks.

She's definitely showing now, although some people do still think it's just barely. I beg to differ--my son is definitely in there, and he's even made it so she can't fit into some of her non-elastic clothes, as shown below.

There is not supposed to be a wedge-shaped gap in the skirt.

It's pretty fun.

Our New Apartment
As we might have mentioned, we just recently moved (to get a bigger place for the baby). Here's a 2-minute video tour, if you happen to be interested.

Stephen's Grad School

So I really don't like grad school. I mean, in a sense, I'm glad I chose to do grad school--it's already helped me get a job (which I really enjoy), and it's and rounded out my education in some interesting ways.

But now, it's just making my life miserable. Seriously--it makes me unhappy, and it just seems utterly ridiculous to pay thousands to inflict unhappiness on myself. Since I work full time, my evenings are spent either going to class or doing homework for it. I seriously have no free time other than the metro, unless I slack off. Thus it's very hard for me to make time for the things that are important to me, such as dating my wife, being involved in church, working out regularly, and pursuing my writing (and, eventually, playing with my son). I know all students are busy, but this really surpasses any experience I had as an undergraduate. Plus, I'm not really that interested in school-learning anymore.

However, I'm committed to finishing--as a matter of principle, I'm going to finish this, and I do know (at some level) that completing the degree is good for me professionally. Lots of things that produce lasting good come at a heavy initial cost--this is one of them.

So there are two options:

1. Keep chugging along, and just plow through just to get it over with as soon as possible. This is nice because even though it stinks now, it means that soon, it will all just be done--no dragging it out.
2. Slow down, taking half the class-load but extending the amount of time I'm in school. I feel like this would be nice since I wouldn't be as stressed, and I might be able to live life a bit more, but it does kind of drag things out.

What do you think? Please let us know in the comments.