I don't know how Julie did it...

So I watched this movie the day before I turned 30...you may have heard of it. Julie and Julia. After seeing the movie, I thought, it would be cool to blog about turning 30. I mean Julie blogged about cooking with Julia Child. Now I am just going by the movie because I haven't read the book (I know...shame, shame)but I can't seem to find the time to blog once a week let alone everyday like she did! And that on top of cooking some gourmet meal! Nevertheless, I am back.

So, where have I been? What have I done? What amazing things have happened to me?
Well...I have started back to work.(I teach preschool). I recently received my purple belt in Taekwondo (That is half way to a black belt!) . Wednesdays have resumed at the church I go to. I have been peed on. My son just turned 7 and my daughter is about to turn 9.

What is that you ask? Oh yes, you read that right. I was peed on by a little boy in my T/Th class. Yes Yes. Mrs. Crissy was lovingly rocking him to sleep and he peed right through his pullup! The ol' lap was wet for the afternoon because, surprisingly, I don't bring a change of clothes with me but maybe now I will. Hmmmmm.....

At home, we are back in full swing on busyness. Homework, practice, cooking, cleaning, washing uniforms, church lessons, school lessons, meetings, p/t conferences etc. etc. etc.

I will tell you, although not in full detail, that a burden has been lifted off of my shoulders recently. I can breathe again. And now I am working on restoring my relationship with God that has suffered not necessarily because of the burden, but from the distraction of it. That right there is the best feeling. Finding your way back, when sometimes you didn't even know you were gone and discovering that He has been right there waiting with open arms! He is so good!

Now back to my statement. I wasn't sure how Julie was able to cook some amazing meal after being at work all day and then still be able to blog about it. Well, according to the movie, it was just her and her husband. And there you have it. She was Julie at the office and Julie the wife. Whereas I am wife, mom, teacher, chauffeur, cook, housekeeper, special guest reader, coach and the list could go on and on. Now I don't want to end this blog saying Julie had it easy. Like she didn't have an apartment to clean or people to take care of. I just realized it is much different when there are three small people added to the mix with little lives of their own that still need to be managed in part by someone else. And that someone else is me.

Until next time....

Time Wasted

I have a dirty little secret.

I am a big time time waster.

There I said it.

Whew!

I mean I like to "pretty" it up with the word procrastinator, but let's just call it what it is that way I can deal with it. I am discovering things about me that I already knew but I actually had myself convinced otherwise.

Did that last sentence even make sense?

Oh well, I know what I mean.

This is something MAJOR I need to correct. This is huge. I am wasting time. That is something you don't get back. Take the last two days for instance. I have had two full days off and I didn't get half of what I should have done. Every thing suffers because of this nasty little habit of mine. My house, my health, the kids school, my job, the things I do at church and the list goes on. What really makes me angry at myself is that I want to be excellent and have been quick in the past to point out when others were not being "excellent". Talk about yankin' on a major plank in my eye!

How do I go about fixing this? This is something that is ingrained in me. It may be part of my DNA. Sometimes it is just lack of motivation, sometimes it is just pure laziness and sometimes I wonder if something is just wrong with me.

Well, whatever it is, it must be fixed. There is no way I am going to better myself this year unless this is nipped in the bud!

Now, if you will excuse me, I have a school lesson to prepare.