A Happy Life Since The Big Changes

This past week has been such a good one. 1000x better than the week before, let me tell ya. I've been working a lot, sleeping a lot, settling into these two jobs, and my house. Well, kind of settling into my house. The overnight part-time job has me gone a lot, but it's worth it because it's easy money and a lot of money…At this point in my life, I'm ok with working a lot because I need the cash and I know that this is temporary. If I had the thought in the back of my head that this is what I'll be doing for a long period of time, I'd be much less inclined to keep doing it. I know that I'm only doing all of this for the next month and a half or so. After I get back from the holidays in January, I'll be working one job and only 4 days a week with regular hours. But the main difference in my stress and happiness levels is that I have a separate place to live when the day is done. I can leave and go to my own house where I know that no one is going to knock on my door and ask me to do something after I'm off work. I can't tell you how big of a deal it is. I know that all of you parents out there are thinking "wait 'til you have your own kids.." But, they're not my own kids. They're not my full-time life. I leave at the end of the day and I need it. When it is with my kids, I don't think I'll be able to even leave the room for more than a minute….

I worked my first day with my (eventual) full-time family this past Thursday and I can tell you that I absolutely made the right decision. I had actually interviewed for and was basically offered another job that's in SF that paid a good bit more, but they were asking for a lot more hours and commuting in and out of the city would be a pain…So, ultimately I chose what was best for me not based on income. I'm making and will be making plenty of money and with a much happier and well-suited job. I feel very blessed to have had these options and to have been able to make a decision based on my well-being rather than money. Not a lot of people are so lucky. The only thing that is suffering slightly at the moment is my eating and exercise habits. I'm having a hard time finding the time to get out and run or walk and I'm trying to eat what I should, but it ain't easy, yo. Honestly, I'm getting more exercise on the weekends when I go out with John and we walk everywhere. My life is  so different now, lol. But, I will be walking a good bit with the families when taking them to schools, classes, etc. That makes me feel better. I think I kind of let myself get into a mindset in which I'm not thinking about what I'm eating, I'm just thinking about getting food into my system. That's not a great way to think….

My goal for this coming week is to get myself back on track and focus more on what I'm putting into my body. I want to get out and run when I can and not worry so much about getting into a routine. Honestly, the chances of me getting a routine going are pretty slim. I'll be more able to once I go full-time in the new year, but for now I just have to do what I can when I can. I'm not going to stress myself out over it, though. I'm happy, y'all. And that's not something I've been able to say with complete honesty in a long time. My life came together in an awesome way, I have two great jobs, I have an awesome house with an awesome roommate, and a loving and supportive boyfriend. I don't know what else I could have at this point to make an improvement. Yeah, being closer to family would be tops, but in my situation, I've got just about everything I could ask for. All smiles from this girl :)