Okay, so this is what, my 3rd blog in 8 months? What a challenge this blank space is!! I love reading my children's blogs. I learn so much about their lives and what is happening, what they think about things and how they're doing. Yet when faced with my own empty space my mind goes blank!
It's summer and I love it. I love to get up in the mornings and go sit outside with my dogs, pull up my pajama pant legs and pull up my sleeves and get a little sun. It just makes me happy. I put on my hat; bring out my breakfast and a book. I pet my dogs for a while, usually not as long as they think I should. Then read a little while I eat my breakfast (usually a slim fast or a Luna bar). I don't stay out there very long, but it helps to get my day started.
After that I really should get busy, there is so much to do, but dang it all, it's summer! Shouldn't there be time to read, play on the computer, exercise, rest and relax? So I keep doing that and don't get my "TO DO" list done.
Next fall, I will be working full time and taking 9 credit hours of graduate school. I know that if I don't get things done now my life will be way more stressful and it's going to be bad enough! In the last 2 years I've noticed that I've gotten sick a lot more than is normal for me. I'm sure it is because I'm stressed by graduate school. Then to top it all off I got shingles which is a for sure sign of high stress. So I NEED to get some things organized for fall.
I think the problem is that the list is so long I sometimes feel like it will never go away and I might as well play or there will never be a chance. I have 3 categories. School - meaning things to do for High School; Personal - things to do around the house, exercise, hobbies, etc; and Graduate School - things to finish up from last semester when I had shingles and getting ready for my senior recital in February. Some things overlap. Music I pick for my graduate recital will be sung by my high school students, so I need to plan for that. A quilt I want to make will hang at school if I can ever get it done. As I organize things in my house I find things I need for my notebook for last semester, although I've lost some papers and can't find them anywhere, so I finally broke down and redid them. So, you get the idea.
I'd rather sit in the sun, cuddle my dogs and read a book!
I'm amazed you blogged! Wowsers!
ReplyDeleteI got you hooked on Luna bars 'eh? That's what I had for breakfast this morning myself. Good stuff.
I inherited your desire to have leisure time. It sure sounds like more fun. Luckily I can kick it into high gear and usually get things done in time.
Graduate school is almost over! Hooray!
yey for blogging! You're getting close to being done with graduate school, just hang in there.
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