Lately...

Lately I've been addicted to:

*Vitamin Water Zero- It is water that is flavored and has added essential vitamins and nutrients (and Zero has no calories).  I realize its been on the market for years but somehow I just jumped on this bandwagon.  Hello 24 ounces of water a day!

*The show Long Island Medium- It's a total guilty pleasure, I know.  Especially when it is finals season and I should be devoting all of my free time to studying, ahem.  But every single episode gives me chills and makes me teary.  Love it!

*Luna Bars- I eat one every day.  Such yummy flavors and, again, filled with vitamins and nutrients.

*(Attempting) to wear better outfits-  I have tried to steer away from the tired exercise pants and band t-shirts and am actually putting an ounce or two of effort into assembling a look each day.  Which is hard because due to my changing weight many of my things don't fit well, but I make do.

*Post-its-Everywhere I'm postin' it.  But this isn't really a new addiction.

*Instagram- And capturing adorable pictures of my Gemmy Love using it.  I love the treatments you can do to your photos.  When I really sit and think about the technology that is taking place it baffles me.

*Staying on top of things- I am going to improve on this.  When I have tasks to be done they will get done in a timely fashion.  (Repeat until brain believes and implements)

Leap Year

I said I was going to try to post once a week or so and it has been a few weeks since I have posted...I guess it is a good thing that I don't have any readers!  So today is Leap Year/Leap Day?...It's March 1st 2012 and I thought it would be a cool date to post on, since it only comes around once every four years and all.
Life has been the same, busybusybusybusy with school at night (and my extra online class and studying on the side for my algebra test) work during the day (Gemma is knees-deep in the Terrible 2's...everything people say about it is true) keeping time for friends (being a support for them with their drama issues stuff going on).  I'm also going through a weird sleeping pattern at the moment where I am mentally and physically exhausted all day, I even have to take a little nap sometimes during the day while the girls nap, my body is always fatigued but by the time I come home after class at night and get ready to sleep I lay awake and can't settle.  I've always had a hard time falling asleep but now I feel like I'm waking multiple times during the night also.  I'd estimate I'm getting about 5 hours a night.   All that with little things piled on top like the parking issue in my neighborhood is a nightmare or I am constantly forgetting to pay my bills on time (I bought a calendar to write the dates down in but then I forget to write the dates down) or my window levers keep breaking...ect.  Sometimes I feel like I just don't know how to manage life very well yet? (Which, I'm 25, so....time to wake up and get it!!)  I very literally had an emotional breakdown a few weeks ago, a panic attack if you will.  I just felt like there was no more room in my life for anything else.  The Inn is full!  So at this point I am attempting to earn a college education while trying to not go crazy at the same time.  I'll let you know if this is successful in the end.
But I want to stress that I am not complaining nor am I unhappy, Mother.....This is just where I am at right now in my life and these are my feelings that I am feeling and I need to vent them and if it is coming across as dramatic, well then, I suppose I just have a knack for drama.

So where have I been???

Yes, I took a bit of a blogging break. About a year and some change to be exact. After blogging every day for an entire year I think I shut my computer and went, "shewwww!" Not that I didn't love the blogging but it was time consuming. What I have found though is that it is very important to have a hobby/outlet/daily accountability. 2011 wasn't the smoothest of years and I think that without having my blog last year I fell off the accountability wagon a little bit, amongst other things, so I'm going to make it a habit again to post at least a few times a week.

This year is going to be super busy for me; it is my last year in school, I will be doing my professional fieldwork this fall and graduate in December! I'm still working full time during the day and while doing that and juggling school and a (semi-existent!) social life and my spiritual walk I'm really trying to remember to just live in the moment and take it day by day so I don't get overwhelmed or loose sight of the important things.