If I had to describe my life lately I would quickly settle on the words tired, rushed, busy, behind, did I say tired yet? I understand everyone is busy. Life is busy. It is part of #thestruggle. It is part of the #dailygrind. Our evenings are spent somewhere, doing something separately for school or an organization. I honestly cannot remember the last time that I was still. I cannot remember the last time that I actually cooked dinner or baked in my kitchen, simply for the fun of it.
While it has been wonderful to join organizations and meet new people this semester, I am slowing learning that our new life in the city is taking off like a rocket. I am slowly learning that I must set boundaries for commitments as well. I am extremely thankful for the opportunity to be involved in all the things that I am experiencing right now though. From classes, teaching/observation placements, organizations, and being a new wife, I am really learning a lot in a broad way. However, I am being stretched so thin that some days I do not perform as well as other days. My preparation is starting to slack, dinners are lacking enthusiasm, and I miss my husband time more so than ever.
For the most part I am enjoying having something to do or somewhere to be. I am enjoying being social, striving for the best in my classes, attending meetings for the betterment of others, and working in the community. All of these things are great, but I am slowly beginning to think that I am allowing each to consume me. I am too busy to get the important things done at the end of the day because I am so exhausted. I miss just being still and rolling through Instagram or Twitter without falling asleep. My days have been full of me rushing around to get from place to place and this week, I am planning to change a few things up.
On Friday I closed out the week with a little down time because I actually made the time despite what had to be accomplished. Instead of letting life overtake me, I made time to do absolutely nothing and it was beautiful. Husband and I had popcorn for dinner and watched the movie, What To Expect When You Are Expecting. If you have not see it, check out the trailer below. It was hilarious! We heard that it was not any good while it was in theaters. Well, I had to watch it for a child development class and found it to be one of the funniest movies I have seen to date! And, no- we are not expecting. Ha! Friday was such a glorious night with my sweet man.
On Friday I closed out the week with a little down time because I actually made the time despite what had to be accomplished. Instead of letting life overtake me, I made time to do absolutely nothing and it was beautiful. Husband and I had popcorn for dinner and watched the movie, What To Expect When You Are Expecting. If you have not see it, check out the trailer below. It was hilarious! We heard that it was not any good while it was in theaters. Well, I had to watch it for a child development class and found it to be one of the funniest movies I have seen to date! And, no- we are not expecting. Ha! Friday was such a glorious night with my sweet man.
We had lunch at a sweet little coffee and sandwich shop in downtown Birmingham called Urban Standard. At first, I truly felt that it may end in disaster since I had never "met" these ladies in real life. My husband feared for my life as well! I knew what each blogger looked like because I already follow their blogs and twitter accounts. But, as we all know, not everyone is who they say they are on the Internet... Manti Teo Scandal, anyone? Anyway, each of these ladies were amazing and have beautiful southern hearts. We all fit together like the pieces of a puzzle. It was such fun already knowing many things about each lady and just being comfortable enough to dive into regular everyday conversation. I cannot wait for our next blate!
TOP From Left to Right: Meet Lauren @ Simply Southern, Simply Lauren, Joy @ The Sowell Life, Lauren @ Simply Free, and Ashley @ Wannabe Green.
BOTTOM From Left to Right: Meet Nadine @ Life By Nadine Lynn, Kalyn (myself) @ Love.Laughter.Happily Ever After, and Heather @ From Here To There. (Heather is a MS blogger.)
Lauren and Lauren were swapping Cara Box goodies as part of Wifesessionals blogger exchange
Ashley won a recent giveaway from Heather's blog too!
Many people do not understand why I blog. Some think that is its crazy to share everything with others that I do not know. Well, blogging is actually a beautiful thing. These ladies and I share so many of the same common traits. From husbands, to blogs, to health concerns, and real life events- we are all completely normal. Yet, we just have this obsession of sharing our lives with others in a creative way. :) Plus, we all just so happen to live in driving distance of one another, which is a pure blessing! I would love to invite you check out their blogs and follow these new friends of mine on Twitter.
Nadine- Twitter
Heather- Twitter
Clara- Twitter
Jen- Twitter
Lauren L- Twitter
Lauren E- Twitter
Ashley- Twitter
Times like these are going to have to be arranged more often in the near future. Despite my schedule, if I need to schedule down time- you can better bet it will happen. At some point, if I need to say "no" I will. No to filling up my planner for worthless, time wasters. No to that extra errand that can wait until grocery day. Just a flat "no" is not going to always kill me. Unfortunately my Father and Husband get the short end of the deal while I am busy or always on the go. But, from here on out I plan to change that!
With a little rejuvenation from the hustle and bustle of like comes great strides of success. When I look back on my life in the coming year I hope to not see a blur. As I stated during a post at the beginning of the year, I just wanna live. I have been failing on this little so called resolution greatly. From here on out I plan to pursue even more just being intentional.
I want to laugh until my abs
Thanks for reading! I hope you all have a fabulous day!
As always, until next time- Happy Blogging!
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