School's Back in Session

I gave up my job and returned to college full time to get my 4-year in writing. I figured that I'd take the first week or two to get my pace on and then probably go ahead and apply for a part time job in all of my free time. I was going to take the opportunity to clean up my house - just 15-30 minutes a day, and it'll be done in no time. Get in shape and curb, then reverse, the 10 pounds overweight isn't much, 15 pounds overweight I should really do something...after this last taco and beer, 20 pounds, holy sh!t, I'm 20 pounds overweight??? So I figured, again, all this time that I have, I'd workout every day. Or at least every Mon-Fri day. Healthy breakfast every day. Oh, and since I'm home every day, I can make a healthy meal for the kids and I for supper every night. Getting the pattern?

It's funny how easy it is to forget how hard it is to be a student.

I am taking two online courses and one hybrid course with reduced seat time - a grand total of 6 Wednesday night classes over the whole semester. So I'm at home pretty much All. The Time. I don't even have to walk out to my car and then from my car to the office. I just walk downstairs, turn on the coffee, and plunk down in front of the computer. From 9 AM to 10 AM, during the time that I was going to do strength training and cardio one day followed by a nice yoga routine the next, I read my personal email, check in to FB, read the design blogs I like... Sometimes I even remember that I'm supposed to have breakfast with my coffee.

I worked in education for five years as a tutor. I helped students figure out how to balance their lives so that the schoolwork was getting done as well as family time. I helped them figure out how to schedule their homework time. I had wonderful advice such as "Start your research paper early. Then it won't be a whole bunch of work at the end of the semester when everything else is coming up due." Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha I'm so not taking my own advice.

I need to turn things around because I'm missing important things. I forget my friends' bday parties, I double book for social events, I'm missing assignments, the house isn't getting any cleaner, I'm not working out more than once a week, I'm not spending any time with my kids... I could keep going but won't.

And actually, that's just it. I could keep going like this, but I won't. I'm going to figure out how to get on track with this stuff. I don't really know how, but I"m going to make it happen.

After I check my favorite design sites and eat breakfast.