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Single Mama Troubles [two]:: "Me" Time

So I wrote a while back about one of the things I have had the most trouble with being a single parent. I wrote about the difficulty of making friends. You can read about it here.

Today I want to write about another area I struggle with as a single parent, and I know many other single parents struggle with, too. Today I want to write about having "me" time.

Five Things I Strongly Dislike About Summer

Summer is coming up quick! And I am really excited to have so much time to spend with my daughter! Well, as much time as I can while still working in finishing up my degree. I'm majorly confident I can get everything done that I want to, though, and still have time left over to enjoy myself. And maybe even eat and sleep on occasion. But anyways.

Even though I absolutely love summer time and all of the wonderful weather it brings my way, I was thinking the other day that there are still some things I really loathe about the onset of summer, too. So I decided to make a list and today I am going to share that list with all of you lovely people out there. Here it goes.

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A Young Man

A young man committed suicide this weekend.

I didn't know him. I didn't know his family. I hadn't seen him before in my life.

But a young man committed suicide this weekend.

"I Don't Want To Talk To Daddy Today"

I have had a few posts running through my head over the course of the last few days. And I'm still sitting here debating what to write about. Sometimes I have so much going on in my head that it's hard to really pin point one thing to focus on. But for now I think I will focus on KBug's Skype call with her father last week.

I wrote briefly that KBug wasn't enthusiastic about a call with her father last Wednesday. I had told her earlier in the afternoon that the call was set up and she just told me she didn't want to talk him that day.

Ok, we'll talk about it again later.

I Survived A Year As A Middle School Teacher

Today is my last day teaching my middle school students.

 

It's very sad for me to say that. Why? Because I love my students. And there are no guarantees I will have a position within the school next year. I am hoping that I will because I love working there and the position I applied for would work well with my home life, as well as my hope of completing a masters degree next year. But, if it isn't God's will, then I will find another path and end up where he intends for me to be.

I need to leave it all in His hands.

This and That

So if you read my So What Wednesday! post from earlier today, you know that I wasn't all that motivated this morning. But I have good news. I found my motivation!

Honestly? There wasn't any one thing that specifically motivated me to start getting things done. It was just that I needed to do it and I knew it. So I hopped up and started getting things done. Yay me!

Sometimes it's really easy at the end of a school term when I'm finished with my classes (Yay, I passed my marketing paper!) to get really lazy for a couple of weeks while I'm waiting for my next term to begin. So I usually slack off way more than I should, but I'm trying really hard to not do that with the next two and a half weeks. I am only 39 units away from graduation. And I could easily get the work done for 12 of those units in the next two and a half weeks. I wouldn't be able to submit my papers or schedule my test until after June 3rd, but I could be ready to do that as soon as I talked to my mentor. And that would put me at only 27 units left before graduation.

So What Wednesday!

 

It's been a while since I've participated in the So What Wednesday link-up over at Life After I "Dew", so I thought I would get one in today. It's a fabulous link-up that makes me feel better about not doing the things I know I should be doing. So today I am saying so WHAT if:

Homework This Week [KBug's and Mine]

So after spending the majority of my day working on this marketing paper I am very ready for this marketing paper to just be done and over already. Honestly, it's not that hard. But it's time consuming. And it's annoying. And I'm not even a Marketing student.

I understand why it would be important for me to have knowledge of the concepts of marketing and promotion. But why do I have to write an entire marketing plan? Wouldn't my time be better spent studying for me HUGE Human Resources exam I have to take in just two months time? Well, one would think. But nooooo.... Marketing plan first.

KBug's Night Owl Birthday Sleepover [Pictures]

Ok, let me break it down for you.

• It's been almost a full week since KBug's birthday party and I haven't written a post about it yet.
• I've spent the past several hours working on a Marketing paper.
• KBug will be home from school in just a few short hours.

Basically, I'm going to take this opportunity to write a blog post because, well, it's likely the only opportunity I will get for the next few days. Our lives have gotten so chaotic now that we are headed on towards summer and I love it! But it is leaving little time for things like my own schoolwork which completely puts blogging on the back burner. I'm going to do my best to keep it all up, though, even with extra time outside, yard work, more play dates and what seems like continuous baking for a couple of guys who now have no problems what-so-ever with my love of Pinterest because that's where I am getting all of my recipes.

Updates [Challenges for Me & No More Mr. Deployed]

I feel like I have been completely neglecting my blog, so I went back and looked back at the date for my last post.

5-2-13.

Has it really only been 5 days?

It feels like freaking forever...

 

But anyways. So I owe you all some updates and they really aren't all that good. I didn't get Insanity started up again last week, and I didn't start it up again this week. I'm such a slacker. But keep reading and you may understand the depths of my exhaustion which has led me to push Insanity off for just one more week...

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