New start, very busy

So obviously, being that it's the beginning of September, life at any university is crazy.  Especially ours.

Lou got paid today.  I have to go home and pay our bills.  That's a time consuming process, because I keep track of things and write things down in pain-staking detail.

It's the first of the month, which means I get to spend 10 hours this weekend doing Lou's gma's MaryKay newsletter.  (Hey, I need the money.)

The first of the month is also when I switch out advertisers for my website, so I've been dealing with Paypal and e-mails and ad graphics a lot of the day.

Jake's birthday is in 12 days.  I should probably plan a party, eh?

You know, having an early January birthday, I get the unique perspective of not only starting out a New Year, but also starting out a new year of my life.  And Jake has the same uniqueness -- with an early September birthday, he gets a new year of life and the new school year.  He'll be starting "school" -- Mother's Day Out -- on Tuesday.  And as his mother, I feel that newness, too.

Last night Jake and I sat in his room and sorted through his dresser, closet, and three boxes of hand-me-downs to figure out what he had for the school year and to see what we needed to hand-down to someone else.  We're only 1/2 through, but it feels good to have started.

So I'm sitting here with the new month and the new year and all the things I'm working on, and I have been SO busy today, but it's a good busy.  I have a renewed sense of the things I need to get done and the work I need to do, and a resolve to make it work.

I've been slacking off lately.  Going to bed early.  Watching too much TV.  It's been nice.  But summer's over, and I have to start getting back in the swing of things.  Staying focused.  Working toward goals.  Being who I need to be.

Here's to a new year.

Comments

[Leslie]

How exciting that Jake is starting MDO. How many days a week is he going? He is going to have so much fun.

Try not to have too much fun w/the Mary Kay letter--it sounds very exciting!!!

Leslie

[Sue]

I'll be thinking of Jake on Tuesday, hope he has lots of fun!

Sept here is just another month, the school year starts in February. Sept 1 is the first day of Spring for us and that is GOOD :)