I am getting closer and closer to the end of my spring break. I am seriously wishing I could have another week off. I would really like a week off and have everyone else go back to work. I don’t mean it quite like it sounds. I just mean I sure would like about a week alone to completely clean and organize my house. I have not had much of a chance to get the things done I have wanted to do. I also haven’t been motivated to do anything with everyone being home all the time. (Well everyone except SAM who is out of town with a friend.) I guess I will just have to make do for a little while longer.
The next two weeks are going to be really difficult because of how busy they are going to be. Nothing says end of spring break like back to school, baseball games, dance recital week and prom! Whew – I get tired just typing it all. For the next several weeks Kevin will be on 2nd shift. I am really hating it too because I will be left alone to face getting everyone where they need to be each night. Dance recital week means there will be dance practice every night except for one. It means there will be two days of recitals next weekend. Then there is prom squeezed in-between both of those days. We will need time to get hair and nails done somewhere in there. That means I will have to go begging for help with getting Jesse to the ball games. Luckily he only has one game next week. Another good thing is we have a week off from Bible study next week so that will be one less thing I have to organize around. However, dance SAM will have dance recitals for the next two weeks. Oh My!
I don’t mind trying to get it all done. I am kind of used to that. I am a little worried about how I am going to get it all done and keep us all fed. It sounds to me like this schedule ahead of me will require quite a bit of eating out. That is one thing that can devastate this diet plan I am on. There isn’t so much I can eat while eating out without eating salads the whole week. I am just going to have to have a plan. I really wished my plan included a completely clean and organized home. However, I am going to just have to make do with that. I am going to have to make a workable plan for my evening meals. I may even have to do several salads. I guess what I need to do is go ahead and print out a calendar and start making my plan now. Maybe there will be some health left-overs from Easter lunch that I can drag into my next week’s plan. Either way – I must have a plan! Even if I don’t stick to it completely I must have a plan. Now that I think about it I will also need a plan to get my work outs in too. I may have to get up and do some early morning workout stuff over the next few weeks.
OK – that is enough worrying about next week. I am going to let it go for now. I am going to get my list going with several columns – like meals, exercise times, and who in the world can I enlist to help me out. Then I am going to do my best and see how each day works out. God knows what He has in store for me and I need to just not get myself so worked up about it. I guess it is just what we women do. We want everything so put together. We want to run the world AND have everyone happy with what we accomplish. I guess over this next week I need to remember to live instead for an audience of One! That would be the One who has the power to make my crooked path straight; the One who is the Father of Creations and has everything in His strong and mighty hands; the One who is with me where ever I go; the One who will never leave me or abandon me; the One who promises I can do all things through Him; the One who says my needs are met in Him; and when all else fails the One I am hidden with Christ in. I guess I just need to lean on God and let Him guide me as I go through the next coming weeks. I need to tell Him all of this even before I tell all of you! I need to then listen as He whispers back directions, wisdom and love. After which I can share all of that with the rest of you!
Whew – now I feel a lot better. Funny how just reminding myself of who I am in Christ and what His word says about me can make things so much better then reminding myself all that I am expected to do.
Have a great rest of your day!
Today’s Meals so far – chocolate oatmeal with a few almonds (not a huge success but it was ok), roasted bbq chicken, home fried potatoes and veggies, strawberries
Not sure what is on menu for later.
Today’s exercise – planning on going for a run a little later today.
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