Does anyone feel like they have any “free time” anymore? I have to say that it feels like I haven’t had a minute of peace to myself since maybe August, and I can’t even confirm that. It seems like my days are now filled with work, running to school, studying for a test (okay, I am having a hard time getting back on that band wagon, but that is what I should be doing if I found the time), and tackling all the other things that come up. My week days are packed with things to do, and they seem to spill right over into my weekends! Just when I think I am going to have some time to get things done (like laundry for instance) I have 14 more things come up that need to be done, and I am left wondering how I am going to fit it all in.
Ahhhhhhhhhhh! Anyone know of a good time management class in the area? Or a nice place to vacation inexpensively? Believe me, I know I have things pretty good, and I shouldn’t complain, but a little break from reality would be nice right about now. Is anyone else in?
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
One year older, but am I any wiser too?
Does anyone remember that wonderful Primary birthday song which says “One year older and wiser too… Happy Birthday to you!’? For some odd reason I have been thinking about that a lot this year as I prepared to celebrate yet another birthday (how can 366 days go by so fast?).
A special shout out to my oldest niece who was kind enough to call me yesterday to wish me a Happy Birthday and said, “So, are you 42 now or what?” She knows how old I really am and was just trying to be funny, but it can still be a bit of a shock to your system to be accused of such a thing at this age.
Life seems to have thrown a lot of different experiences at me this past year, and I can’t help but wonder if I gleaned all the lessons from them that I should have. There were high points and low points, and plenty of in between points on the spectrum. Did I make the most of my time and make the progress I was supposed to, or was there something really important I missed out on?
Does anyone else ever feel that way?
A special shout out to my oldest niece who was kind enough to call me yesterday to wish me a Happy Birthday and said, “So, are you 42 now or what?” She knows how old I really am and was just trying to be funny, but it can still be a bit of a shock to your system to be accused of such a thing at this age.
Life seems to have thrown a lot of different experiences at me this past year, and I can’t help but wonder if I gleaned all the lessons from them that I should have. There were high points and low points, and plenty of in between points on the spectrum. Did I make the most of my time and make the progress I was supposed to, or was there something really important I missed out on?
Does anyone else ever feel that way?
Monday, October 20, 2008
Where did the time go?
Holy cow! It has been a really long time since I posted anything on here! It seems like I have had some sort of new adventure every week since I wrote last that has been keeping me busy. Here are some of the highlights…
Shortly after my last post I thought it would be a really good idea to severely sprain my right ankle playing volleyball at church. Here it is two months later and I am still not completely healed. I am doing much better, but it is still something I have to babysit up to a point. The best part is that I can say that I was just aggravating an old Trek injury (though what I did to my ankle on the Trek doesn’t even begin to compare to the volleyball injury). Needless to say I have officially announced my retirement from all church sanctioned volleyball activities since the last time I played volleyball at church (while I was on my mission) I severely sprained my left ankle! Now at least I have a matching set of slightly deformed ankles! My brother took this picture of my ankle after I took the splint off the first time. This was when the bruising was pretty mild. Both sides of my ankle was bruised, and I even had bruising down on my toes. It was really a sight to behold!
Shortly after my last post I thought it would be a really good idea to severely sprain my right ankle playing volleyball at church. Here it is two months later and I am still not completely healed. I am doing much better, but it is still something I have to babysit up to a point. The best part is that I can say that I was just aggravating an old Trek injury (though what I did to my ankle on the Trek doesn’t even begin to compare to the volleyball injury). Needless to say I have officially announced my retirement from all church sanctioned volleyball activities since the last time I played volleyball at church (while I was on my mission) I severely sprained my left ankle! Now at least I have a matching set of slightly deformed ankles! My brother took this picture of my ankle after I took the splint off the first time. This was when the bruising was pretty mild. Both sides of my ankle was bruised, and I even had bruising down on my toes. It was really a sight to behold!
I also enrolled in a couple of classes at CGCC for this semester, and have been having fun adjusting to going to school four days a week after putting in a full day’s work. Thankfully they aren’t what I would call a real class, so it is pretty low stress.
September had to have been the craziest month for me this year. Not only was I recuperating from a sprained ankle, I was cramming for a test at work, and celebrating the birthdays of three nieces, a sister-in-law, and my Mom all while preparing to move! Talk about too much fun all at once!
The end of September/beginning of October I moved in with a girl in my ward, and things are off to a good start. Between work and school it doesn’t seem like I have had much time to unpack, but little by little I am getting a little more settled. I can’t wait until I feel like I have more free time again. I am studying for another test at work, and I am beginning to question if there is light at the end of the tunnel for the designation I am working towards, but I am sure it is still there somewhere!
Well, I am sure there are 400 other things I would have blogged about by now if I could only remember what they were. Hopefully things have calmed down enough though that I can stay on top of things now, a girl can hope, right?
September had to have been the craziest month for me this year. Not only was I recuperating from a sprained ankle, I was cramming for a test at work, and celebrating the birthdays of three nieces, a sister-in-law, and my Mom all while preparing to move! Talk about too much fun all at once!
The end of September/beginning of October I moved in with a girl in my ward, and things are off to a good start. Between work and school it doesn’t seem like I have had much time to unpack, but little by little I am getting a little more settled. I can’t wait until I feel like I have more free time again. I am studying for another test at work, and I am beginning to question if there is light at the end of the tunnel for the designation I am working towards, but I am sure it is still there somewhere!
Well, I am sure there are 400 other things I would have blogged about by now if I could only remember what they were. Hopefully things have calmed down enough though that I can stay on top of things now, a girl can hope, right?
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