You know when all you want to do is cozy up in a place like this...
...with a great guy and about ten pillows? And because life is sometimes the way it is--bills need to be paid, trips to Canada need to be funded-- and we're forced to do the dreaded tasks that take up so much precious time...
...and you need to keep reminding yourself that you're Super Duper just to get through it before ten pm...
...but you feel less and less like a star and more and more like a...well, not a shining star, let's put it that way.
I've been feeling quite disconnected to certain things lately: writing; sharing what's going on in my life; my friends...the list goes on and on. Kat remarked the other night (when she slept over mid-week! How fun was that?!) that my blog was dangerously underutilized as of late (though I think the dramatization of that statement was of my own volition), so I'm making a concerted effort to post the things that need to be posted; to take the time, MAKE the time to write; to get a bit more sleep. The work will always be there; will always turn from one unmarked assignment into a pile 45-deep within a short, few-hours span; will constantly need my attention. It's okay to just turn it off for a bit. What a great realization.
My mom asked me, "What story do you want to tell about this time? Do you want it to be of anxiety, of feeling frantic, of being stressed out?
Or do you want it to be a tale of how you organized really well, planned every day as well as you could, and breezed through it with minimal effort?"
Since I want my story to be a positive one (and because Steven told me on the ride home today that I whinge and moan a LOT lately), I'm doing my best to turn it all around.
In the interim, the piles of books still need to be marked, but hey, there's time for that. And the old backpack is getting quite the workout as of late...but that is what it was built for, right? It's time to buck up.
On an only-slightly-related note, I was gifted and carded this weekend, thanks to Steven and Calum, as they congratulated me on a little stepping stone that I'll share just as soon as I can.
Gifts are such a delightful thing to get, aren't they? And a Jamie Oliver cookbook that I don't yet have? Yes, please!
In preparation for the four-day week ahead, I'm armed with some candy as gifts
in the hopes that it will sweeten the kiddies up a little bit!
I hope you all had a fantastic weekend.
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