Wednesday, March 20, 2013

Needig to Vent my Stress!

I am starting to feel very overwhelmed lately. I am wrapping up my last couple of lesson plans for the semester, and the topics I have turned out to be some tough themes to plan activities for! I have had to get really creative! I also have to make several more materials for my lessons i.e. a flip book story, an illustrated recipe, felt board story...and more! I also have to compile a video of like a bajillion little video clips to show certain examples of things in preschool. I then need to catch up on my policy book for my administrative issues class which is going to HOURS! I have so much homework to do and it is SO hard to do when Paxton starts banging on the keyboard or complaining because he want me to hold him. Since he has been sick he has become very clingy once I am home from school. Normally  I would just eat that up! I love getting to hold him and play with him and that is ALL I want to do! But the sooner I can finish school the sooner I can have that! I. JUST. NEED. TO. GET. MY. HOMEWORK DONE!!!  I don't know how I am going to do it. I have a feeling that I have a lot of late nights ahead of me. So that's my stress with school...My grandpa also passed away last Friday, which isn't super stressful, but it's still there in my mind, thinking about him and and wondering how my grandma is doing without him. I also just found out that my best friend is going to be moving back to Caldwell in the Spring (May) which really upsets me since I go to her to talk to her about pretty much anything and everything. I don't know how I am going to get through next semester without her! :( Paxton got over having RSV a week ago. Our car is also on it's last leg, so we are trying to find a good deal on a car that we can make payments on. My brother is helping us out on that one since he sells cars. Ugh! Can I just take a break from being a grown up? Can I just be a carefree child again! Can I just have someone make me my meals, buy me my clothes and help me with my homework again? Man! I sure took those years for granted! Psh! And I thought I wanted to grow up SO fast! Ok, ok...I really love getting to have my own rules and my own little family. It can just be so overwhelming at times! If you actually read through all of this, I am sorry. You really didn't have to, but it shows that you care and that really means something to me, especially right now. I guess I am feeling a little lonely these days since I leave in the morning for school and don't get to see Tyler until the evening when he gets home from work, and even then we don't get much time together because it gives me an opportunity to have him watch Paxton while I can give my homework my full attention. Ugh! Homework is ruining my life! (Ok, there is my juvenile teenager rant for you)...but seriously..I am SO ready for a break! Thanks again to those of you who cared to read especially with no pictures ;) I promise I will get something more uplifting up on the next post. I still need to post about my preschool trip! :)

1 comment:

  1. I feel your pain, Lacie! I remember feeling all the way through college like I would never have a decent night's sleep again! I took a full load of courses, changed majors in my junior year, thereby taking 5 1/2 years to complete my Bachelor's degree, worked 2 jobs during the year and 3 jobs every summer, driving a used moped through some of the worst parts of town until my hands and feet took an hour to thaw out, at which point I rode the bus during the worst of the winter months.

    The next vehicle, a 1976 Chevy Vega, stalled every time I hit the brakes, requiring me to get out, lift the hood, and wiggle the carberator. On my first day of student internship, I had to call in late because the driver's side door had literally fallen off!. Sad but true!

    The next chariot, a 1974 Pinto wagon that I named Flipper because she looked like a dolphin with the doors and hatch open, was literally held together with Bondo duct tape, the engine caught fire, and had a Flintstones hole large enough for two legs in the passenger floorboard! I sold it for $25 to a friend of a friend after 3 years.

    Grandpa and I would happily babysit if we were closer. You can take us up on that anytime you're in Boise.

    Trust me, life does get better! At the time it was not funny, but a few years later I was able to look back and laugh at those character building experiences that ultimately supported my family for the next 20 years!

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