10thApril

Eight weeks

That’s how much school we have left. I think I can…I think I can…. Things always look a lot better on Friday.

I got the RV cleaned and restocked yesterday evening. Little brother and his family should be arriving early this afternoon and DH and DS are going to drive the RV down to my sister’s so they can stay in it this weekend. I cleaned everything…rugs, towels, sheets, scrubbed the entire bathroom, cleaned out the closets and all the drawers, stove, refrigerator, etc…wouldn’t it be nice if we could do a deep cleaning on the house in just four hours?

After cleaning Manny, it was getting late but I managed to make a couple dozen summer rolls for today’s pot luck at school. I mentioned to some teachers that I was making them for Easter dinner and they said they sounded delicious so I decided to roll up a few for today.

After this weekend, which is going to be really busy, I need to do some serious soul searching. I feel like crap and I haven’t been eating right or exercising. Why can’t I get back into the routine? Most days, I work late, come home and deal with homework, housework, dinner, or schoolwork, flop down on the couch and watch TV for a couple of hours and then hit the bed. Speaking of TV, did anyone see that horrendous performance by Kelly Pickler on American Idol this week?

6:00 - It’s so quiet.  I don’t have the house to myself very often.  Actually, I don’t have it to myself right now, either, but the boys are upstairs taking a nap and DS and DH took Manny to my sister’s house a couple of hours ago.  They should be gone for at least another hour.  I got to put on my PJs, hook up the speakers to my laptop and watch the last two episodes of Hell’s Kitchen that I missed.  There must be something wrong with the TiVo.  It’s deleting shows that I tape within just a couple of days.  It used to keep them for about a week.  Must be some setting that’s gotten changed.

I listened, Joy and Brandi.  I heard you and I’ll keep your suggestions in mind as I do my soul searching this weekend.  I get to relax tomorrow and then we have to go to my sister’s for Easter.  I’ve got to do something to make myself feel better and find more time.

2 Comments

Joy says 10th April @ 6:22

You and me both sistah Pat! I have got to get to the bottom of why I let it get out of control. (not eating right or working out as much as I should) We WILL get it together again. This school year for ‘you’ seemed filled with more stress and it seemed like waaaaaay more was on your shoulders than the last year. It looked like a ton of the weekends did not even give you a chance to breath with extra work. You have so much on your plate. Anyhooo that is a outsiders perspective. Soory if that was a unwanted opinion.
8 weeks!!! That is not too bad right??? You CAN do this! I know you can.
I wish my home only took 4 hours to clean! ;) That would be wonderful. However to clean Manny on top of your already hectic life must have been tiring. Then you made summer rolls on top of that. Try to relax this weekend. Catch your breath. Sit in the hot tub till you are a prune. :)
Take care
Joy

brseay says 10th April @ 16:51

Single-digit weeks until summer, that’s fantastic! I think we’re about the same distance away, maybe 9.

As far as figuring things out, as far as I can tell there are probably 2 ways to think about it. One, make eating right and exercise a priority and schedule everything else around that. I know, much easier said than done. Option #2 (the one I am choosing) figure out a way to make a small amount of progress between now and summer and then kick it into high gear over the summer. If I can lose 5 pounds in April and May I’ll be thrilled and then I’ll shoot for 8-10 pounds/month over the summer, maybe more.

Did you ever have the conversation w/your principal about the extra responsibilities she wants you to take on? I don’t remember the details but I think it had something to do w/the newsletter and she told you to tell her what you needed to make it work. This could be a good time to re-examine that situation if you haven’t already. Try to think about what it would take to make your schedule less hectic next school year so that you can keep yourself as a priority. It is because you are so competent that people keep wanting you to do more and more but all of us have our breaking points.

Hang in there, Patty! Summer will come eventually :)


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