Scheduling Stress

The last week was extremely stressful, rewarding and tumultuous. 

Lets start with the rewarding aspects shall we? (Its like eating your dessert before your least favorite food) 

I am loving my new jobs as both a babysitter and a part-time nanny. The youngest of the children I am watching M, is completely precious. We watched lots of 'Baby Signing Time' videos (I've memorized all the songs already....) and eventually we snuggled on the couch watching Finding Nemo. Babysitting for M tomorrow night, handful, but what a sweet baby. The other family I am working for is entirely delightful. They have twins and an older daughter all under 5 years old. They are slowly getting used to me, and I to them. Its a challenge juggling three young children, but its completely worth it when they say cute things to me, or are sad when its time for me to leave! 

Also extremely rewarding is getting to see friends that I missed all summer! 

Lets move on to the stressful..... the celery of my life. 

The way the Sarah Lawrence system of class sign ups works is very complicated and really hard to explain. In the most simple form, you interview with professors whose classes you are interested in, and then you sign up for up to three of those classes (more if you opt to take a 'third') and then wait about 48 hours to find out if you actually got in to the classes you wanted. If you didn't (this is called getting bumped) you have to do the same process, really quickly, all over again. 

As I am sure you have surmised by now, I got BUMPED again this year. From not one, but two classes. Obviously upset, my saturday morning and early afternoon was pretty stressful, traumatic and aggravating. (I have now ended up in a course examining the historical evolution of psychological thought, and a course examining plays... I do love my college in the end) 

On the tumultuous side, trying to figure out how my schedule is going to work, how I am going to juggle my class load, my childcare jobs, my work as a tour guide, a few extracurriculars, and maybe even a 'smidge' of a social life....is nothing if not exhausting already. But on the flip side, I am happiest when I am busier! The key to juggling all of this, is getting enough sleep, eating right, taking care of myself, and being diligent about taking care of my Fibromyalgia symptoms. 

Even though it was a stressful week, I am so extremely excited to be beginning my second year of classes, and this newest chapter of my life!