Whether it be socially, financially, or even just daily, it is proving a difficult task to find balance in my life.
For instance: This has been the first time in two months I have even thought about posting to my blog. Obviously I'm not going to be condemned or even missed if I do not continue to make timely posts, but I took up this hobby and I would like to have time for it.
So here is a run down about what has been happening over the last couple months. Long story short, I have a job... sort of. All I really know is that until December I have a long term substitute job as a Special Education teacher. I have been working with K-2 students, and I am absolutely in love with this job. Yes I come home tired and achy on
Having this job has been wonderful! I have had the chance to work with and befriend some pretty incredible colleagues. I have somewhere to go when I wake up every morning, and I am able to be productive throughout the course of my day. I feel like a fully functioning adult now... in most areas.
There are some downsides, which is why my whole balancing act is becoming a chore. I come home after a productive day, and I am exhausted, so much that I am finding it a struggle to stay up past 10 p.m. (ok let's be honest... it's a struggle past 9 p.m.) This is the time where the hubby and I usually settle in to watch one of our shows together, and that had been a pretty regular thing until lately I have been giving the ol' "not tonight, I'm too tired" routine. I hate to be that way, but I am having trouble finding that... yep you guessed it... BALANCE.
The same problem hits me on the weekends. This is the area in the 7 days of the week where I actually have free time! (What in the heck is that?!) Because I see these two days of nothing to do, I automatically assume that I should book the hours up full with things Nate and I should do, people Nate and I should see, and spur of the moment errands Nate and I should run. I am finding myself feeling that since I am so tired during the week that I should make up for it on the weekends with doing ALL OF THE THINGS!!!!!1 I have recently learned that that is the absolute wrong thing to do. When ferociously scheduling numerous weekend activities, I am setting myself up to be even more at the mercy of exhaustion. I am slowly learning that I need to just sit back and relax on the weekends with maybe one or two fun things to do with the husband.
I guess I just need to keep moving forward in life and try to figure out what to balance with what. Life is all about trial and error, and I'd like to think I have time to figure something out.
And to end this post on a fun note, here are...
Other fun tidbits from the last two months:
- Nate and I purchased our first family pet: A ball python that Alice lovingly named Bouncy.
- I got new tags put on my new car.
- I got a library card... finally! (I had one as a kid, but who knows where that is)
- I made my first ever cheesecake.
- I bought a DLSR camera... to try out a different hobby.
- I have been putting together fun things with our wedding photos.
Mrs. Imparato
