I don’t know about you, but I’m feeling especially grateful for a long weekend. Having tomorrow off is allowing my mind to relax, just a bit.
Thank goodness.
When this school year rolled around, I was determined to be a bit more balanced.
Good intentions went right out the window as I found myself immersed in the world of lesson planning, paperwork, and professional development.
I know this is the plight of new teachers and that things eventually get easier…especially once you’ve been teaching the same subject for a few years.
I’m not at that point yet and, thus, find myself quite unbalanced (no jokes from the peanut gallery…and you know who you are).
By the time Fridays roll around, I am exhausted and simply cannot seem to get enough sleep.
Grocery shopping…once a thing I took pride in (namely the couponing part of it) has gone out the window. We’ve been getting take-out…often. The Mr. pops into the grocery store every once in a while to pick up necessities such as toilet paper and deli sandwiches.
Housecleaning? What in the world is that? Oh yeah. It’s whatever Rooster finds himself having time to do. Thank goodness for chore lists or else we’d be swimming in dog hair.
A tiny part of me misses the old days, when my life was a bit more organized, and we had somewhat homecooked meals a few times a week.
However, if I reflect honestly, I can’t say that my life has ever been very balanced at all.
I tend to jump into things 110%, focusing the bulk of my energy and attention on whatever is right in front of me.
During the eight years that I stayed home full-time, I was gung-ho into the volunteering that I did at school. The Mr. often found me laboring over volunteer spreadsheets or on the phone begging moms to fill in slots for such events as Olympics and Book Fair.
I thought that as my children got older, things would slow down a bit…especially with one child in college and the other one soon on his way.
Ha!
I think life laughed at me a bit when I even dared entertain those thoughts.
I know that I’m not the only person who struggles with finding balance in my life. If I were to poll all three of my readers, I think it’s safe to say that the results would probably show 100% agreement in this area.
I guess I might as well just own up to the fact that I’ll probably stay unbalanced until I have the luxury of retiring. Of course, if Grand Pooba and Coupon Queen are any indication, life doesn’t slow down just because you don’t have to get up at o’dark thirty anymore. They continue live life on-the-go.
What about you? Are you running through life at some crazy pace too, or am I fooling myself by thinking that I’m not the only one doing this.
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