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Everybody needs a break

We went to Hawaii and I held off on the app for a few months. Baby was learning to walk, not to mention the sleep regressions and rapid fire changes. We bought a house, so now there's some structure to the day moreso than before. I found a really cool internet/babysitting cafe that I'm beginning to integrate into our routine. 

Things are really beginning to take form. Even though I took a step back from the app, I've been picking at it every day, and I even built a new version for Ukulele with updated design. Looking at the original app, it feels rudimentary compared to how it is now. This upgrade will take a lot of time to integrate across all of the platforms I've built, but it'll get done. She doesn't nap as long as she use to, but I can still work when she's sleeping or during the hour or two a day she does nap. 

I feel like I'm in a place now to have this career I'm dreaming of. I think once I have my app looking uniform, and once I get some footing on another freelance project of mine, things will start to become more clear. 

It has been a hell of a lot and I still don't know how I'm going to make it till June and get my subscription paid but that won't stop me. I'm pretty hellbent to get this done. 

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