Life's CRAZY challenges

What an insane week.
That's the understatement of the year. I think I would've gone crazy if I had to work my friday shift (I got cancelled, yeah!!!) and not cleaned my house yesterday. I need a clean house to be able to think clearly. The thought of having a dirty house hovers over me like a black cloud.
My husband and I went on a date on tuesday night because we had to talk about some complicated matters, such as him going back to school in the spring part-time (which if he doesn't, then we'll start paying back his student loans and they're NOT cheap), about him finding a job with better pay and inexpensive benefits, about me going to part-time, and having another child, amongst other things. I feel like we have come to this fork on the road of our lives and because we have so many choices, it's vital that we make the right decision at this point not to screw up things down the road.
One of the things we considered is holding off on a baby for 10+ years, at least until I'm finishing up a residency. There are two reasons why we'd do it this way: first, we may have to downsize our insurance for next year if I go part-time (it will double when I go part-time and keep the same plan I have) and my husband can't find a job, and because of that, it'd be crazy to get pregnant and deliver in 2010. We'd be paying up the wazoo for it. It sucks that our son won't have sibling for a long time, but he wouldn't know any better. The problem with waiting that long is the chance of having a Trisomy-21 baby because of our age... These are such difficult decisions, I wish someone would come to me and tell me exactly what to do. haha
I'm very close to finishing up my research. I stayed up until 4:30am on wednesday night to get the majority of it done in time to ask my professor some questions before lab on friday. I'm hoping to get it done this morning after I get off work. It'd be quite the weight being lifted off my shoulders! I'm wanting to continue it next semester as independent research (and to count towards my pre-med requirements), but I'm still pondering about it.
I also found out this week that I'm getting a B+ in cell biology so far, which is quite disappointing considering the amount of work I've put into it. Oh well, I can only try harder I guess.
I have two papers due as finals in December. One is for Chemistry (I know, go figure?!) and another one for Anthropology. I just got the one for Chemistry done tonight, only because it's the easiest of the two. I'll be writing my Anthropology paper next weekend, this way I'm not cramming so many things into one week.
I was finally able to look up the classes I need to be taking next semester at the university I'm transfering to, and the times they offer them are horrible. I'm still puzzled as to how I'm going to find someone reliable enough to watch my son while I go to school during the day.
And the first real snow of the year fell yesterday... and because of the cold, a chip in my windshield turned into a whole crack. Now I have to replace the whole windshield. Not to mention my husband's car broke down on wednesday and I've been having to drive him to work, and we also have to take that car in to get the engine looked at. *sigh* :'(
When it rains, it pours, doesn't it?