And we all float on okay...
Jul. 25th, 2012 09:37 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alee_grrlJust a quick update to let folks now that I'm still alive. :) I am conserving spoons and using them judiciously because my reserves are still very minimal. The good news is that those reserves are refreshing a bit more quickly. So instead of needing to think in terms of spoons needed for the whole week I can consider the spoons needed for a day or two (though I keep the rest of the week in mind, just in case). Plus I have been able to focus enough to get a shit ton of class reading done, despite the fact that it's that not so lovely time of the month which means cramps and headaches and blech. So I am happy to say that I am on an upswing. I am not calling my doc to tell him this though because there is no way I can deal with a herx this week or next. So I will wait til my next appointment, which is next week Friday.
I've been stressing a bit about the fact that I had a lot of things to get done by Friday. They need to be done by Friday because I have friends visiting this weekend and my three day intensive class starts Monday. The prof for that class specified that we are to do all the reading assignments before class starts. I also have two essays (one two page and one eight page) that I need to do to finish up my Negotiation class. Plus light house cleaning things that I would like to get done before my company arrives. So I was very freaked out the past couple of days.
But I managed to get about half of the reading done yesterday, and finished the other half today. Just having that done and taken care of makes me feel better. Plus knowing that I was able to sit down and read that much without my focus drifting too badly made me very happy. My goal is to work on the essays tomorrow. They are thankfully not formal legal academic work but reflective, creative essays focusing on the class and the negotiation process. I hope to get both done tomorrow, get them printed and turned in and out of my hair. They aren't actually due til August 6, but I have that other class which starts on Monday, July 30 and goes til Wednesday, August 2. That class will have written work due on August 4. I will need all the time I can to focus on that, so must get the Negotiation stuff done and off my desk.
Then on August 7 I will be flying out to Spokane to visit family for nearly two weeks. My life went from quiet and very laid back to OMG things must be done now! It's good prep for regular classes starting up again at the end of August I suppose. I'm remembering to breath and break things down into smaller issues and tasks. My dry erase board and a running to do list helps keep me sane. It feels so nice when you can erase something from the board. I'm alive and doing relatively well. Hopefully I'll start having more time to post soon. I still want to get back to my 100 things challenge. Haven't given up on that yet, thankfully there's no set time limit for getting it done. :)
I've been stressing a bit about the fact that I had a lot of things to get done by Friday. They need to be done by Friday because I have friends visiting this weekend and my three day intensive class starts Monday. The prof for that class specified that we are to do all the reading assignments before class starts. I also have two essays (one two page and one eight page) that I need to do to finish up my Negotiation class. Plus light house cleaning things that I would like to get done before my company arrives. So I was very freaked out the past couple of days.
But I managed to get about half of the reading done yesterday, and finished the other half today. Just having that done and taken care of makes me feel better. Plus knowing that I was able to sit down and read that much without my focus drifting too badly made me very happy. My goal is to work on the essays tomorrow. They are thankfully not formal legal academic work but reflective, creative essays focusing on the class and the negotiation process. I hope to get both done tomorrow, get them printed and turned in and out of my hair. They aren't actually due til August 6, but I have that other class which starts on Monday, July 30 and goes til Wednesday, August 2. That class will have written work due on August 4. I will need all the time I can to focus on that, so must get the Negotiation stuff done and off my desk.
Then on August 7 I will be flying out to Spokane to visit family for nearly two weeks. My life went from quiet and very laid back to OMG things must be done now! It's good prep for regular classes starting up again at the end of August I suppose. I'm remembering to breath and break things down into smaller issues and tasks. My dry erase board and a running to do list helps keep me sane. It feels so nice when you can erase something from the board. I'm alive and doing relatively well. Hopefully I'll start having more time to post soon. I still want to get back to my 100 things challenge. Haven't given up on that yet, thankfully there's no set time limit for getting it done. :)
