I want to say I’m getting used to work, but I think I’m getting more exhausted with each passing day. Thank goodness for labor day! I’m trying to keep myself sane this year and I’ve adopted a few new practices to help. Back when I started my school psych internship, I actually made this list of ways to improve the work day. It’s an ever-evolving list, but the little things really do help: Last year, I got in the habit…
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Knock, Knock. Who’s there? Orange. Orange, who? Orange you glad Monday’s over?!! I am. — I’m trying to stay positive about starting work, but I’m definitely feeling that what-was-I-thinking feeling. I’ve doubted this career so many times!! Hopefully that feeling goes away soon. It sure is nice going home at the end of the day! I finally got around to doing some things around the house and even worked on addressing save-the-dates! And then I went to spinning for the…
I’m back to a normal person again – the end of summer vacation was a rude awakening, literally. It was tough transitioning from Colorado time to a 6am wake-up on Monday, but I’m finally feeling like myself again. As for the new job – to say I feel overwhelmed is an understatement. Of course it’s only been two days, but the whole working in three different schools thing is a bit more confusing than I had anticipated. Let’s hope I…
When I quit my job last year, I was pumped to find out about the concept of ‘vacation payout.’ I’m quitting and you’re giving me money? Sweet. At that time, I decided it was only appropriate that I use my vacation payout to go on vacation! A great deal on a flight, off-season hotel prices, and six months of savings later, and a trip to Colorado was born. Matt and I enjoyed going out west so much last year, that…
Today, I babysat the little munchkin from 7 to 7. We went on three walks, he took two naps, and I got peed on once:) And I’m pooped. Not so much because I was that active, but because it’s been a while since I had to get up at 6. I forgot how terrible that makes me feel. The realization that I have 3 more weeks of summer really hit home today. But, boy am I ready for that first…
From the freezer, with love. These guys are actually great – they’ve become a staple for my packed lunches because I just throw them in a tupperware container with rice or quinoa and salsa and heat at work. They are black bean btw. My office has been packed up. I have three meetings and one end-of-year performance review to go. My brain is tired. I’m pumped for summer. Sleep is awesome.…
This is what happens when you come home ravenous and are trying to clean out the cabinets. I made it a cereal night because I was especially hungry by 5pm today. No time for cooking! I’ve been so hungry since I got back from Atlanta and I’m wondering if the ~8 miles of walking just caught up with me? My doctor says my blood sugar is low so I’m curious to find out what that’s all about too. I found…
Sometimes, I get tired of people (and Doctors) telling me that I’m stressed. I mean, I went to school – stress is that feeling when you have a million exams and tests piled up, right? I haven’t had that school-stressed-out feeling in a while, so I just assumed that I don’t get stressed much anymore. But lately, I’ve been re-thinking that. Perhaps stress just feels different now, especially because I stress about different types of things? I think I can…
It was one of those days were I just wanted to come home from work, sit on the couch, and eat. So I did! It’s ok to eat dinner at 5:05, right? I heated up some leftover sweet potato and black bean enchiladas. I swear everything we made for our fiesta tastes better days later. Yum. I battled the urge to fall asleep for almost an hour, and finally let myself take a ten minute nap. I just crash after…