Holy. Schmoly.
July?...
Really?...
Dang. That Sucks.
What can I say but that I've been a busy lady. Quick and dirty update...ready...GO!
- Became a Girl Scout Troop Leader to 9 amazing Fourth Graders in August
- Had an Immigration Interview for The Husband in Montreal in October - He passed!
- Picked up The Husband from Canada in November
- Nursed The Husband through, then caught Bronchitis around Thanksgiving
- Helped Find Homes for the 4 kittens of Creeper the 'Ho
- Holidaze (ha!) Haziness...
And now we're all caught up til now! Wow, really, not much to talk about, eh? ;)
Actually, I could probably fill seventy blogs with what I have done and dealt with in the past several months, but I would have trouble trying to remember everything that occurred and in the proper order, so I had best just focus on the present and do what needs doing.
Doing what needs doing has been what I have come to realize needs to be priority number one for me. Lord knows I have always been the biggest procrastinator...pretty much ever. This is not much of a surprise for those that know me well. But, with my recent bad habit of scheduling myself full to capacity, things started to fall. Fall far and land hard through the tiny cracks of time in my schedule. This blog was the first to go. (Obviously.)
Blogging was not the only thing to disappear when my time became crunched. I can't even tell you how large the stack of journals has become. Prayer journals, food journals, dream and goal journals... yeah, The Husband has no idea what they are all for. And I am sure he wants the pile to shrink.
I also feel like I haven't been able to keep in contact with some of my closest and best friends. Especially the ones that live nearby. Ladies, for the record, I think about you ALL THE TIME. The time just disappears on me... whooooo there it goes! Please do not take my silence as disinterest. Please, hit me up with an email or text at any time. (God Bless Android Smartphones.)
Then, with The Husband finally coming home, I feel like I haven't spent even enough time with him because I have something planned 5 out of the 7 days in a week. And I am not talking about work! I mean after work (Bible Study Mondays, Glee Tuesdays, Girl Scout Meeting Planning Wednesday, Girl Scout Meeting Thursday, Laundry on Sunday). It is like a never-ending list of commitments that I find difficult to manage and organize.
Perhaps the difficulty stems from not maintaining control over my living space. My bedroom, Our bedroom, is a disaster. Piles of things I wanted to organize before he got home are still sitting...piled on his desk. It is ridiculous. I feel like a hoarder. Seriously. I think it stems from not having an actual 'place' to put things. I have so much stuff in one tiny bedroom it is just too much. It has to be my storage for things I don't use everyday, my place to get ready in the morning, my desk, my book storage, place for all my clothes, place for Medusa's box, and house a queen-sized bed. Really, I don't know how this poor room can take it anymore. When things don't have an actual 'home' to be placed in... they just pile. Ugh. I can't even describe how much it totally grosses me out. Some of it is laziness, I will admit, but most of it is lack of usable space. My goals get lost in the piles. Not even kidding, found a list last night of 'dreams to accomplish' that was in with my income financials. Yeah. You tell me, friends. You tell ME what is going on in this messed up crazy brain. I sure in the heck don't know.
In order to end on a high note, I would like to say that my budgeting skillz are going to be put the test now that The Husband is home and on the job hunt. My income is going to have to float two. And I have figured out a way to do it, but there is not going to be any debt reduction besides my minimum payments for a while. Cash is not really flowing here, it's kinda trickling (like the water pressure here at the house for a while), and we're going to make due until my Partner-in-Crime joins me on the income side of the budget sheet. We are, together, GOING to make it Closer to Fine.
