Ok so it isn't January 1st but it is the start of the school year. My entire life I've lived by the academic schedule. Both of my parents were teachers (otherwise known as saints) so when I was little their work schedule was the same as our school schedule. As an adult I have always worked for a Performing Arts Organization whose schedule also followed the time frame of an academic schedule. The season typically runs September to May with the summer months off or at least different employment for June, July and August. So September always feels more like a new year and time for fresh starts.
Thus this time of year always leads to a few personal and sometimes professional resolutions. Many of which I fail to complete just like the average New Year's Resolution. Research has shown that telling people about your resolutions will help you keep them so I'm sharing them all with you (in no particular order).
1. Workout during the season: Usually once work ramps up my workouts become non-existent. Well now that Baby Chang has to be at school at 7:45 a.m. (yep Baby Chang is in Pre-School don't' ask me how that's possible I DON'T KNOW) it means I can be to the gym by 8:00 and to work by 9:15. This summer I have been averaging 4 workouts a week right now my goal is to just maintain that...
2. Cut back the amount of Diet Soda I drink: I don't drink coffee and I'm not a huge fan of tea so soda is my go to caffeine source. I'm not ready to completely cut out caffeine but I wouldn't mind giving up the chemicals in diet soda. Over the last couple months I have cut back but not nearly as much as I'd like.
3. Find Me Time: As a working Mom I often have guilt about taking me time when I have so few hours with Baby Chang. However, I know I'm a better parent and a better partner when I make time for myself.
4. Create a Realistic Budget: Having and following a budget are things I've attempted multiple times but I don't think it's ever been realistic. So I'm working to find a balance.
6. Nurture Friendships: Like my workouts, friendships get a little left behind during the season. I have been lucky to make new friends this summer which I don't want to see fade because of my work schedule. It makes it easier that they all have daughters Baby Chang's age, that allows me to combine time with Baby Chang and time with my friends.
7. Blog More: Enough said!
This should be enough until the New Year at least. How about you does your New Year begin with the start of Fall? Have you ever had any success with resolutions?
Friday, August 30, 2013
Tuesday, August 6, 2013
End of Summer
Do you remember as a kid how summer used to drag on forever? By August you were so bored you couldn't possibly think of anything else to do so you were wishing for school to start. Ok maybe that was just me...
Well, somehow I have fallen into a job where I still have a school schedule and I'm not even a teacher! Let me tell you summers as an adult don't drag on nearly long enough. Though I really enjoy my job I am not ready to go back (I still have a couple weeks but somehow that seems like it's too soon). There are too many things I want to get done and not one of them involves listening or watching opera!
We've had an amazing summer. Prairie Dad has been home for most of it, which is unheard of. We bought a house in December and have been slowly working on the yard, removing bamboo (if you ever have to do this start with a chainsaw and a pick axe it will save you and your back), planting orange and cherry trees, still designing a garden. The summer has also been filled with ballet lessons, gymnastics, hours and hours at the pool with new friends, potato festivals, sunflower festivals, llama rides, pony rides, blueberry and raspberry picking. So you might be wondering what else could there be to do...
SLEEP that is what there is left to do. I want nothing more than to disappear for a few days with a good book and a comfortable bed where I can sleep until noon ALONE. Yes ALONE.
Instead we will be finishing the paint job inside the house (hopefully), cleaning out the junk room otherwise known as our guest bedroom, school shopping, research for a project I hope to write about soon and spending as many hours with Baby Chang's friends as possible.
Maybe, just maybe I'll find a few precious hours alone, with a good book but I don't think sleeping until noon is going to happen anytime in the near future.
Well, somehow I have fallen into a job where I still have a school schedule and I'm not even a teacher! Let me tell you summers as an adult don't drag on nearly long enough. Though I really enjoy my job I am not ready to go back (I still have a couple weeks but somehow that seems like it's too soon). There are too many things I want to get done and not one of them involves listening or watching opera!
We've had an amazing summer. Prairie Dad has been home for most of it, which is unheard of. We bought a house in December and have been slowly working on the yard, removing bamboo (if you ever have to do this start with a chainsaw and a pick axe it will save you and your back), planting orange and cherry trees, still designing a garden. The summer has also been filled with ballet lessons, gymnastics, hours and hours at the pool with new friends, potato festivals, sunflower festivals, llama rides, pony rides, blueberry and raspberry picking. So you might be wondering what else could there be to do...
SLEEP that is what there is left to do. I want nothing more than to disappear for a few days with a good book and a comfortable bed where I can sleep until noon ALONE. Yes ALONE.
Instead we will be finishing the paint job inside the house (hopefully), cleaning out the junk room otherwise known as our guest bedroom, school shopping, research for a project I hope to write about soon and spending as many hours with Baby Chang's friends as possible.
Maybe, just maybe I'll find a few precious hours alone, with a good book but I don't think sleeping until noon is going to happen anytime in the near future.
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