Life......is pretty crazy busy right now! It's great but I feel like it's busier than ever. Late last winter I constantly had this overwhelming feeling that my life could change quite a bit this year and that there were certain things that I needed to step down from because I wouldn't be able to handle them. I didn't understand what this was about but I trusted it and followed through. OH my I'm glad I did! I was just thinking tonight about how if I wouldn't have done that I don't know what I would have done! Of course, I miss those things that I was involved in that I'm not longer involved in but having sanity is pretty important too!
One of the biggest changes is my grad school work for my admin. lisc. I am on the accelerated track for this program so it's intense. I know that I'll look back one day and be glad that I did it this way but right now I question that. I'm taking 9 credit hours of graduate work right now and each class in itself is very intense....let alone three! I feel like on most days that I barely keep my head above water but I'm managing. I struggle with the balance of everything because I want to be the perfect teacher, student, daughter, sister, friend, girlfriend, etc. etc. etc. but something always has to give. I for sure don't have that balance down right now at all.
I have a super sweet class this year! I'm blessed to have this class with all that I have going on because I can't imagine dealing with lots of behavioral issues right now. I have taken on more leadership positions at our school and am continuing to tutor students in the morning. I love what I do though and am glad to have all the experiences that I can get.
I am running another half marathon with my sister in Fort Wayne this coming Saturday! I can't believe that it's here already! I feel like we're as ready as we'll ever be! I'm looking forward to it a lot. My body has become so used to the longer distance running that it cracks me up. I did a night run last week that would have in the past been tough but I did it without ever thinking twice about it. It's funny what your body can get used too... I'm highly contemplating running a full marathon on November 14th. I overtrained for this half marathon; therefore, I basically trained like I was training for a marathon. It wouldn't be fun but I could continue the training between this race and November 14th and be ready. Every Saturday or Sunday morning in October though would be filled with no so fun distances like 19 miles and such. It's something that I want to do though....who knows why! I think I like the challenge of it and with all that I have going on in my life those runs are something that I look forward to a lot I think it keeps me sane.
I feel like every weekend I have been somewhere fun and exciting. A few weeks ago I went to a Notre Dame football game with my boyfriend and two of his friends. Yesterday we went to a Purdue football game with two of my friends. Both games were lots of fun. I really enjoy athletic events like that! At yesterday's game we were surrounded by such fun people! Each of us had awesome people sitting beside us. The couple sitting beside me knew some of the same people that I did....crazy small world! I'm going to another Purdue game in October vs. Ohio State with my dad. I went on a fishing trip with my dad last weekend....too fun. We grew up fishing all the time with my dad so I went with him just the two of us. It was a lot of fun and we got to have really good conversation that we don't usually get to have because there are too many other people around.
