I know it’s been awhile and I want to apologize. Nursing school has been taking a lot of my time and it’s causing my family, my health and this blog to suffer.
Since my last post we celebrated Valentine’s Day.
Kbug’s birthday….
I’ve been doing a lot of this… (notice I’m studying about ulcers)
And not much of this….
I have great intentions and am looking around the world-wide-web for wonderful inspiration, but the stress is spinning me into this place where I just want to hide from the world with my chips and valentine candy, and pass out in a sugar-induced coma. I found a 5k run that I thought was that perfect thing that would break me out of my funk, which is at the end of June. This would be plenty of time for this out-of-shape, stressed-out nursing student to start training for a 5k without keeling over. It’s the Color Run and it looks like a lot of fun, but when I went to register they were full and were no longer taking applicants. I had even convinced my sister to do it with me, which was not an easy feat. I’m still looking to sign up for another 5k and was thinking about doing the 5k in 100 days program that I found while surfing the web.
I did pass my pharmacology test, which is a huge relief. Every test you have to score above a certain percent or they can kick you out of the program, nothing would suck more than being 2 months from graduation and getting kicked out. This explains the stress that I’m under to pass each of my tests. All of the studying has prevented me from doing much around the house but the absolute necessities, like washing a load of laundry because there isn’t any clean underwear. As I was sitting here I decided to create a mission statement for our home (I guess you can call this procrastinating from cleaning my house) It was out of a book I read, which I bought online quite awhile ago called, “31 Days to Clean. Having a Martha House the Mary Way”. Here’s the link if you’re interested http://31daystoclean.com/.
The first chapter talks about identifying reasons you want to make your home a haven, and this is the list that I came up with:
- Spend time with family
- Safe place to go
- Everyone’s happy
- Lots of hugs
- Feel loved
- Less stressed
- Enjoy each other
It then suggests making a short mission statement based on those reasons. It talks about how you can keep it as a list or be creative and write a short poem. I decided to write a poem. This is the Mission Statement I came up with for our family home from the list that I made above.
Our Home
Our home is not just a structure; it’s an inviting place where we can spend time with each other. A safe place to go to get out of the storm, filled with hugs and laughter which is always the norm. A place to kick off your shoes and unwind from the day, and know that you’re loved every step of the way.
“A house is made with walls and beams; a home is built with love and dreams.” ~ Unknown
I decided to add the quote at the end for that special little touch. I plan on printing it off and putting it in a special frame that I pick out with my girls. I would love to get that quote in vinyl for my wall. It really didn’t take me long to do this, and in the book it points out little things to do each day to get you closer to your goal. This would be a great way to work on getting healthy. Wow, getting healthy and organized one day at a time, what a concept. Little bites add up to a full meal deal. That might be the wrong analogy to use. I probably should stop procrastinating and start cleaning my house, which could also be considered a workout. I’m such a multi-tasker.
