"Thanks-for-giving" me lessons I need

So it turns out...it's REALLY hard to get my blog updated as often as I'd like. I really am starting to believe and see that since everyone is individual, everyone has their own definition of what is "too much on the plate" and this past month I've found my definition! I hate to think way back to a conversation I once had with my mom where I said, "I want to be busy all the time, I think it'd be so fun!" ....WHAT THE HECK WAS I THINKING!??! Now I'm saying, "Oh my gosh....I want to have some down time, I think that would be SPECTACULAR!!" haha...oh, how times change! My lesson...be careful what you wish for!

Working full-time, being married to a full-time worker, being in graduate school, having a whole house to maintain, a dog to take care of and just simply keeping up with "life"...it's a lot sometimes (or a lot of the time!)! But I am thankful that I have all of those things to be busy with, I'm blessed and thankful!!!

While I know everyone has their plates full at different times or all the time, for me, I've truly been tested these past 6 weeks. I've had some major breakdowns and "why me" talks, and "I'm not sure I can keep living this way..." and the list goes on. But then eventually things start to take a turn for the better: the sun comes out, I go on a shopping spree, I finish writing papers faster than I expected to, Sadie does something totally funny, my students remind me why I love my job so much, Jack brings me home flowers just because, etc....

But it's those days that just aren't going well that I sometimes really forget all the good, and that it really will all work out. Maybe not in that moment of "AAHHHH", but all in do time, it will work out. I am really learning to trust in myself, God, and the Universe.
It takes time for things to be back on the "up swing" and it takes time for all of us to grow and learn life lessons and more about ourselves. So, while I don't always enjoying the process of learning a lesson in life or about myself, I do love the "end product" and how it turns out, for the most part!
For that, I am thankful!! :)

Here's to chuggin' along on the path called life and oh, what a glorious life it is!!! :)