Tuesday/Wednesday Update...a Progress Report.

My first day back at school yesterday  was exhausting, since we had all our classroom stuff in the gym and had to haul it all back to the room during the first couple hours of the day--we had to do it by rooms because our school is small, and the hallways are two congested with more than a few kids hauling stuff.  I was towards the end of the line, and I have the MOST STUFF.  I've been thinning it out year by year.  But still, I have more books and binders and art supplies than anyone else because of the nature of my classes.  Next year I am going to ask that I get to start, since I have so darn much stuff.

I worked on the room and all my stuff all day--we had a shortened and odd schedule because of the reorganization in the morning--only half an hour per class.  I had my kids do assignments  that kept them busy and interested while I continued to sort and toss and file and organize.  We let the kids out at 2:10, and I continued to work on my classroom until 4 pm.  

I may have to take pictures and post them up on my livejournal.  Too bad I didn't take "Before" pictures.  The transformation is astonishing.  It makes me feel good to be in here when it is clean and tidy like this.

I was dog tired when I left school.

Fortunately, my carpooler, Susan, was working late too--but then she had some errands to run--so it was nearly 5:30 before we left Rochester.  We did stop at Papa Murphy's which is a take and bake pizza place.  I bought a vegetarian pizza (I don't care for meat on my pizza)--it was $12.99, but, I will get four meals out of it.

For $3.25 a meal, I figure that was pretty worth it. 

When I got home, I baked the pizza, ate two pieces of it, and divided the rest of it up into three servings, wrapped  them up and bagged them and put them in the fridge.  I'll have two pieces today for my school lunch (we have a microwave to heat stuff up). 

Then I did my dishes and tidied up my kitchen a bit. 

I posted my Christmas pictures up on my LiveJournal, which took a while.  Then I talked to some friends on IM for a little while.  There was an amazing dark ring around the moon last night.    

At this point I was freezing--my feet were so cold it was almost painful, so I crawled under the covers. 

I took all my meds and ate three good healthy meals.  I ate no sweets--cookies, candy, cake, or anything like that.   I had a craving for something sweet right at bedtime, but I resisted it.

I didn't go to the post office yesterday because Susan drove--but I drove  today, so I will get my mail today.  Post office wasn't open on Monday, of course.   I'm determined to get my mail and not let it pile up--the anxiety of getting a huge stack of mail and not knowing what sort of horrors are within it is too much.  If I get it every day--or at least every other day--the anxiety shouldn't build up quite so much.  I can keep better track of the bills that way too--and there should not be so many of them getting paid late because I am too stressed out to look at the bills, much less pay them.

The only thing I failed to do was spend 30 minutes cleaning my house.  I had started twice--both times the phone rang and distracted me.  I was good on the phone though!!  I talked less than 15 minutes both times.  One friend wanted to linger, but I told her I was too tired and just couldn't hang on the phone at the moment.  I'm trying to stop wasting my life on the phone, and on IM, too, for that matter.  I want to keep track of my friends--but not at the expense of it taking over my life and leaving me no time  to do the things I really need  to do.

I guess I just lost steam--anyhow--I didn't get my house cleaning done.  I cleaned for 2 hours after the kids left in my room at school though!  Does that count for something?

I've worked on the room as time has allowed today at school.  It is looking really nice in here.  And clean too, since I am cleaning everything (shelves, desk, tables, file cabinets, crates, etc) with 409 as I put things away.  I'm also going through some of the stuff and throwing out stuff I know I will never use again.  Little by little, things are getting more organized at school--and I always have been more organized at school than I have been at home.  Primarily because I have more places to put things--better containers and cupboards and file cabinets at school.  I wish I had a big file cabinet at home like I have at school--I could put all my patterns and pattern books in it and label the exterior regarding what is inside.  

I think getting organized at home IS possible.  It just takes so much time.  And there is no place to spread things out and sort them.  I'm thinking I might like to alter the second closet upstairs.  Instead of the clothes bar which I use only for a very few outfits which I don't wear any way, I would like to put shelves in.  Then I could put some of my craft and sewing stuff in there.  Maybe even MOST of it.  then, when I needed something, I could just open the door and pull it off the shelf.

So far today, I've been a very good girl--ate a healthy breakfast--oatmeal again--with a banana cooked into it this time.  Just a tiny sprinkle of brown sugar and a dash of cinnamon over the top.

My blood sugar was 6 points lower today than it was yesterday.  I'm doing great there.  It's always higher in the morning--so 130 is GREAT for me.  Last night before supper it was 117, which is right where it needs to be. 

I'm feeling good--lots of energy.  Also, I am actually HUNGRY at meal time, which generally means I am eating properly.   

I really want this to be the best year of my life--I want to get control of a lot of things  that have been out of control--in my body--in my mind--in my environment.  It's time.  

It's just time.