THE PLAN - Step 1

Quick recap - the last time we were together, I stated that I don't do resolutions... but I do make plans. So it's time to take action and get the plan started. Something I really want to do this year is make more time for ME. I know, I know! If I had a nickel for every guru who told you that "me time" was the answer to all the world's problems, well, I'd have enough money to BUY "me time"!

But seriously, I really do need to work on that. I just found a list on my computer of "Things to Do When I Finish My Masters". I haven't done any of them.  None. Zip. Zero. Nada. A year and a half of ZILCH. Well, not that I've done nothing for all that time. I keep busy. I believe that God gifted me with a love of people and a servant nature. This has translated into a job teaching young children the joys of music, leading those children in performances, volunteering extra hours after school so kiddos can have a choir, leading church children's choir (yes, more small children singing), teaching youth Sunday School, singing in the choir and praise team,going on a mission project, leading two new mission projects, participating in a teachers' sorority, volunteering with Relay for Life, leading the talent show, being a wife and mother (ie: cooking, cleaning, laundry, groceries, guitar lessons, homework, playdates, sleepovers, haircuts, doctors, dentists).... tired yet?  I sure am! Sometime in there, I managed to pull off getting that masters degree - usually from 9pm-2am.

Time to implement THE PLAN. Step 1: Back out of some commitments. Done.  Did it hurt?  Yep.  Am I sorry?  Time will tell, but as of right now the answer is a resounding "NO", which is a word that I just learned.  Step 2: Cut out some of the technology addiction that wastes what precious little free time I have.  Last night, I closed my laptop and watched a new show with JC. I even played some X-Box with both my guys. (yes, that is still technology. but it was family technology. hush.) Tonight, though, I took a big step. I deleted all of the games that I play on Facebook.  No more farming. Life on the Frontier is over. I lost the Mafia War. I wonder if I'll have the shakes tomorrow?  Step 3: Find a hairdresser and get there asap. My current mane looks exactly like that - something that should be stuck to the rear of a horse. I already have a young man at church calling me "Grandma" and I currently have the white hair to back it up. (love you, Bunky!)

There are a lot more steps, but Rome wasn't built in a day.

P.S. Did you know that if you type "Feliz Año Nuevo", you wish someone a "Happy New Year"... but if you don't have a tilde and type "Feliz Ano Nuevo", you wish someone a "Happy New Anus"?  Yeah................ awkward.  For the record, I apologized to, well, pretty much everyone on Facebook.  I'm an idiot. :)