I'm finally waving the white flag! I am spread too thin! There is so much going on, I can't keep up! With work, church responsibilities, kids, house stuff, I'm exhausted! I always seem to over commit myself! So right now all I can do is read my new tattoo and know I'll get through all of it!
I LOVE my job! For those of you that don't know I am an Early Childhood Special Educator! I work with children ages birth-5 who need some extra help in some area of development. I work with kiddos at their home, at daycares and preschools. At the beginning of the year I started with 12 kiddos in 3 schools, now I have 26 kids and 5 more referrals I am working on in 4 towns. If you know me at all, you know I'm an emotional person. I love every single one of those kids I serve. I want to to everything in my power to help them! Right now, I feel like that's not even possible. There are so many kids and so much paperwork that I can't do my job well! This year I've been working part time (3 days a week) but I went to my boss about having me go full time. I love working part time, but when I spend my days off doing work stuff at home & I'm not able serve the kiddos the way I need to, I knew it was time to ask my boss for full time. He goes in front of the board on Tuesday for them to approve me going full time. It will be a huge weight lifted off my shoulders if it's approved! I can give my kiddos the time they deserve!
I also LOVE that we have become more active in our church. We have an amazing pastor and enjoy listening to him on Sunday! Our "church family" is also growing with some new, younger people starting to attend our church! We had a "young adult" night last weekend with no kids! We went out to eat and bowling with 3 other couples who have kiddos our age. I used to bowl on a league but because of expenses I stopped last year. So I was able to bowl (Bowled a 174!) and have soo much fun! I've also taken on the task of being the VBS director! It's something right up my alley & I love planning and organizing. Our pastor is also in school to become ordained so I am serving on the internship committee. So I am busy with meetings at least once a week. I also am formatting bulletins for service during lent. I'm finishing up the church directory where I took all the pics, edited them and added info to each picture. I'll be ordering the prints today! Once again, I love helping out and being a part of it, but there is A LOT going on!
And of course there are everyday things, like laundry and cooking and dishes and meeting the needs of all my children!
So....Even though I love everything I do, it's too much. My New Years resolution is to not be so uptight, stop worrying about everything...It's to spend time with family & friends. That part of my life is great! I've spent lots of time with friends! We have people more often, we go out and socialize more. On Friday we had our first Mama's Night Out! It was a success! We had 20 ladies who came to my house. We had a Passion Party consultant here and there were tons of laughs and chatter! Girl time is sooo important & am so glad everyone came! The party was a success! about $1400 was spent! Who says were in a recession? :)
Blah-Blah-Blah-Blah! I feel like I'm just rambling! So, what am I going to do about all this? I'm gonna work my butt off today to get caught up with everything I need to do & start fresh come Monday. I'll take one day at a time & get done what I can. And what I cant get done....well, it will just have to wait. I'm going to try to remember what is important! My friends! My family! Those I love!!!
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