Stress

It is amazing how many places stress can come from. I have been just a bit over stressed as of late because of my extremely busy schedule. I may have bit-off-more-than-I-can-chew but I won't admit it yet! I have to give myself a bit more time to get used the the new routine.

I was so cranky this morning! I could feel my eyebrows getting lower and lower in my frown! I felt like the grumpy old troll on Dora the Explorer that was playing on our TV this morning. So my husband being the wonderful man that he is, took some of the stress from me and lightened my burden a bit. He was going to take care of the kids tonight and let me do my homework. I was feeling better and my day went on and I was looking forward to having uninterrupted time to do my homework (which I am WAY behind on). I came home to a quiet apartment and set to work getting a snack and doing some minor chores on the computer like checking email. I settled in to start my first assignment - reading and writing a one page response paper and then the family came home. This is when chaos ensued.

I think my husband has good intentions but he gets stressed at the way the kids are behaving and begins to yell and then I REALLY can't concentrate. I go down to lend a hand and it gets worse because I apparently added some more stress by telling the kids they had to do more homework that he wasn't planning on having them do. My 8 1/2 year old son begins to get worked up and starts crying about having to do his reading homework that is not due until Monday. We are busy all weekend and ALWAYS forget about it and end up doing it after church services on Sunday night. Not the ideal thing to do!!! In my husband's defense he is going to be cooking dinner and cleaning it up.

I have a full evening of work to do and when there is so much yelling and commotion I can't concentrate. It seems to have calmed down and I have turned up my music :) Nothing a little Josh Groban can't fix! Right now I'm listening to the Chess soundtrack...I love that play/concert!

Time

I am starting this entry without a title because I am unsure what it will be. My life is so busy and I feel like I am already behind. Classes started 2 weeks ago and I am so blessed to be able to do the things that I am doing. I just haven't gotten into the right rhythm yet and don't feel as productive as I should be.

I got my blood tests back after several weeks and the test showed that I am not allergic to any of the things they tested me for. This test proves a few things to me 1) I don't have any other food intolerances or issues and 2) I need to go back be tested for the genetic marker for celiac. I know for a fact that I cannot tolerate gluten or dairy because it does undesirable things to my digestive system and my face breaks out in acne. Not pretty when you are 30! I knew that the gluten or dairy allergies wouldn't show up because I have not eaten them in 6 months. I want to be sure that it isn't celiac. The genetic test will tell me whether I have the marker for it and whether I should go further into testing for it. I am so sensitive to gluten and have to be EXTREMELY careful not to 1) contaminate my food with gluten and 2) unknowingly eat something with gluten in it. I have been so careful and am feeling a ton better.

I talked to my best friend tonight and it is so difficult to keep in close touch because we live a gazillion miles apart and have a 3 hour time difference. Not to mention how jam packed our lives are. She lives in Mississippi and I am in Alaska. I (along with my family) will be in Indiana for 2 months so she is going to try to come up. That would be so fabulous! We haven't seen each other in about 4 years. I hadn't told her about my Dad dying in November and I even started crying. I haven't cried about it in awhile and telling her brought it back.

I am getting a little stressed about my schedule but I have to get in a good routine. Well I have to get busy doing something besides this :)