Having two weeks off of school was both fun and difficult. I am so addicted to studying that when I don't have any to do I tend to go a little crazy. However, it provided me the time to be able to finish a few gifts that I've been crocheting because one of my friends is having a baby, and the other is getting married soon. On top of that I've decided that I need to start an Etsy shop so that I can make a little bit of money while pursuing one of my favorite hobbies. Now I'm just finishing up the first week back in school and I'm wondering where in the world my last two weeks went.
I've started Educational Psychology, and so far the work is fun, though time consuming. The fact that it is more enjoyable means that I'm not procrastinating so much on it and I'm having more time for my son, husband, and housework. I'm actually able to start analyzing why it is that I can never keep the house clean (namely a one year old boy with the cleaning skills of a pig and more toys than any three children should have), and formulate ideas for how to make it easier to keep clean once I get it to that point. So far I've just started boxing up toys that aren't played with very often and I'll start rotating toys until I see him starting to out grow some of them.
Nap time has been my favorite time today. Three hours twice a day that I can sit and enjoy the quiet while studying or doing housework. I have tomorrow off work as well so I decided today will be trying to catch up on dishes so I can make more crock pot oatmeal for my son and for my cousin who is living with us while he goes to college around the corner from us. Tomorrow will be a laundry marathon during my breaks from homework, while tonight is homework as breaks from cleaning (its amazing how much homework you can get done in only an hour when you are actually sitting at a table to force focus). I will admit that now and then I can tell that someone is not sleeping, I'll either hear his glow worm start singing or I will hear his quiet howling that he loves so much to do and is SOOO cute.
On the crafting/Etsy front, I'm not even focusing on it all that much until after Thanksgiving because I have a lot on my plate already, and I don't want to over extend myself because I know that I will burn out too quickly if I do. I'm trying to find at least five things that I make to take good quality photos of before I open up my shop because I don't want to be the person that looks incredibly limited. So far I think I have four things as soon as I finish a stuffed animal for my already over-blessed son. I really wish I could put more time and effort into this endeavor because it is finally hitting my family that my husband working at Kmart with me is NOT going to make the bills all get paid every month. We make about $100-$200 less than we need just to meet all of our bills each month, and there's very little that we can shuffle around to make things work better. I'm sure that somehow it will work out, but at this point I have no idea how unless my Etsy shop takes off like a hornet.
My hour break is about to end, so I have to get back to doing dishes. I hope you all have a great day.
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