- Considering I woke up Tuesday thinking I was still sick, I feel ok now. Working through whatever junk this is. I don’t feel bad I just have some lingering congestion. It would be fantastic if the weather could stop switching between cold and warm because my body doesn’t do well with that!
- I’m blasting through grading, since I won’t have my normal Friday morning time; my parents are coming later today. The plan is we will go to trivia tonight, probably a meal without kids tomorrow while they’re at school, then Isaac has a game Saturday.
- This also means I am CLEANING! I know my parents don’t really care but you know how it goes. I want it to look tidy at least. My house always looks “lived in” but it could use some tidying. I am putting stuff away, sweeping, etc.
- So I walked with a friend of mine Tuesday and one of the things she related was that they signed a lease for their son – also a senior – to move into a house with baseball buddies across town. She said it’s so awful to live with him right now and you know, I completely identify with this. I won’t lie: I have been holding my breath for my oldest, thinking that if we can just get him graduated and onto a job somewhere, I’ll feel so much better. This kid barely tries. In fact, if I had a gun to my head and forced to list his admirable traits, I’d be hard-pressed. He does go to work on time but that’s about it. He’s not generally thoughtful, he barely interacts with the family but when he does, it’s not terrible. He goes through phases of wanting to watch movies with us but his life is mostly going to school, work, and out with friends. I barely know him. Which, ok, he’s a senior so it’s time for him to fly but still. It’s definitely adding stress to my life.
- One way I am mitigating stress this week is list-making. In fact, I am working on one RIGHT NOW. There’s so much going on in my classes leading up to Spring break that I am just here, there, and everywhere!
- Has anyone else noticed their Facebook sending more notifications that aren’t just replies to comments or posts? I keep getting ones from pages that are merely suggested for me, saying I “may have missed this post”. Um, no. If I missed it, that was intentional. Sounds like more engineering to monopolize my time! No thanks, Social Media.
- In our attempt to watch (almost) all 2024 nominated films, we viewed The Girl With the Needle last night. I had zero idea what it was about, then I thought it was just about hardships in Denmark post WW1 but no, it was so much darker than that! It was not for the faint of heart, especially if you are a mom. Do not recommend. Unless you’re tough as nails because the concept, based on a real person no less, was awful.
- Yesterday was definitely feeling like an “I need a beer” kind of day, but we’ve held strong. This is week 3 of only drinking on the weekend. Ok, well, 3 days a week anyway. I’m glad we committed to it. I feel much better already.
- I think often about how much more I need to stretch, then I immediately forget about it. How do you start infusing something into your life when you can’t even remember to do it?
- I just realized a conflict we have next week and now I am all stressed. I need to do some deep breathing techniques, me-thinks.
- OK, I am feeling a lot less stressed since I got my 10 miles in but still, there’s a part of me that is wound tight right now, feeling like I could snap any second. I still have one gazillions papers to get graded in the next 3 hours. It’s about to be a whirlwind session!
- Of course, if I weren’t: grade one paper, play a round of Bejeweled Blitz, write a bullet point, then I’d be more ahead!
- OK, I just got SO many taken care of so I’m gonna finish up, get dressed, and go to both Costco and Publix. Moving right along!
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After reading your post, I feel stressed for you :-). Regarding parents coming to visit — if you clean the bathroom they will be using and your kitchen and put clean sheets on the bed where they will be sleeping, you are golden (in my book).
True story. Best part is: they are bringing their own sheets! We got a new pull out couch and all my queen sheets are old so that solves that problem!
TBH, I feel the same way (stressed for you!). You truly have a lot of plates in the air right now. I’m impressed that you make the time to write- I am glad that you do, don’t get me wrong, and I hope that it helps you to process some of what’s going on. I hope you have a great visit with your parents!
Yes, writing does help my stress. I feel like everything is squeezed into a tiny window but if I focus on just one thing, I get too overwhelmed.