The Lead Up

 Lead up. Lead up to what you say? Well-great question! It is here I hope to write, continuously, over the course of next year, 2023. Just a mere four days away. My goals? I have lots of them, not that anyone ever knows about them, nor am I ever really checking them off my perpetual list. Lists in my head, not on paper. I'd have lost that by now! Some would say I've lost my mind...but I digress...

As a full time stay at home mom for 14 years, I went back to work part time, into the classroom I swore I'd never return to...and taught preschool three days a week. While doing so, I realized I actually do love it and did miss it! Lightbulb moment came and I knew the classroom was where I belonged. Fast forward to the current school year, and I am now in the classroom full time, M-F until 3:15 pm.

And I'm exhausted!

And overweight.

Scatter brained.

Easily distracted.

Squirrel!

Just to name a few. I'm a 42 year old mom to three teenagers(tell me about it), a wife to my husband of soon to be 20 years(and soon to be together 26 years), and now, officially a *former* lose-all-the-sleep-make-no-money cookie decorator.

2023 is going to be my year. Year of what, I'm not entirely sure. Since self diagnosing myself with ADHD at the young age of 40-ish, I realize all my little quirks and what not's are there for a reason. And not to just drive myself, my kids, or my husband crazy! With this upcoming year, I'm hoping to put cookie decorating behind, leave more time for myself-that does not involve finger scrolling on an iPhone, ditch my second boyfriend Coca-Cola, and make feeble attempts at becoming healthier in the process.

As they say-life's a journey-let's see where this takes me!

Hopefully not straight to 2024.... ;) 

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Now What?

 Alright. It's been a week. Don't let the date fool you. I wrote that first post a week ago, on word press, and was totally inept on how to continue with more posts, that I left and came to blogger. When all else fails, jump ship?  So here we are four days into a new year. And here I sit, hoping it's a new year with a new me. But FOR me. Not anyone else. I'd like to say I'll write daily, but if you know me, you know I'll be lucky to write monthly..... This year I am hoping to make a few changes in my personal life, and at the end of the year, be able to look back and say, "I did it!" First up, was finding a new drink of choice. I was always a milk drinker. Loved my milk growing up. I have many memories of not being able to sleep at night...walk slowly through the darkened living room, through the dining room and into the kitchen. I'd open the fridge door, pray it didn't creak and wake my parents who's bedroom was 10 feet from where I was st
Read more

Time Flies

 Well. Somehow 13 days have passed between the last time I wrote and now. Oops! It's amazing how time just flies right under our nose! Let's dive right in!  How's the fasting going, you ask? Well, I'm assuming that's what you are wondering. In any case, I'd say fasting is going well in the sense that I find it "easy" to do, although days off of work make it a wee bit harder. And the weekends with the fluctuating dinner times don't help. Monday-Friday is honestly easy as pie. I end my fast anywhere between 7-9 pm, depending on the night and extracurriculars. I work until 3:15 pm, by the time I get home it's 3:30 pm or later. I will end my fast then. During the week I aim for 18 hour fasts, and on the weekend 16 hour fasts.  How's the soda intake? Well, we are 16 days into the new year, and I can count on one hand how many sodas I've had thus far! We've gone out to eat, and I'll have one, but not always. At home, I really try not
Read more