Balancing Act....HELP!

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QUOTE (gabelerman @ Oct 7 2003, 10:54 AM)
What about wink.gif Couple time, if you know what I mean?????? With 1 kid, 1 on the way, studying, work and other stuff, I just feel too pooped or overwhelmed.....

After being in the lab all day on the days I don't have class, tending to a 7 year old and cooking dinner/loading dishwasher, my SO and I usually manage to get time in from about 11:30 - 12:30 (sometimes talking, watching Leno/Letterman or other things that involve whipped cream) and again in the morning from about 5:30 - 6:00. There's nothing like starting the day with a smile on your face. biggrin.gif .
Without a doubt I'm tired but because I throughy enjoy what I'm doing now, it rarely think about it. That and Starbucks has become my new bestfriend. Plus I savor waking up at 8:00 on the weekends and like others on this thread, save most of the housework for that time.
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About the feeling tired part…sex and exercise have a lot in common.
Last year during my first year, I stopped going to the gym when I was sooooo close to an A in anatomy and I wanted to take that time to study. Well, after I didn’t get my A and we moved on to Biochem, I decided that I was going to find even more time for studying and continued to not workout. In the spring during Physiology I became soooooooooo stressed out just trying to pass that class (when they say a C is average in med school, they mean it) that I started running again (an activity I said I would never do again when I left the Army). It was the best thing I did.
During the summer I spent many hours on my road bike as well as continued to run. I feel like I have way more energy that last year when I wasn’t running. I get up 45 min early at 5:10am just to get a run in. If I need to cut something “out”, I do not let it be my run (or bike if it’s Saturday). I’m looking forward to the winter when I can walk a few blocks down to the harbor and ice skate during lunch.
Anyway, I guess my rambling here is to say that no matter how busy our schedules get, we should include those stress relief activities (my hubby’s gone on business a lot) and running and biking are my outlet that I won’t let slip away again.
Tara

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I invest at least 10 hours a week in my commute to and from school, and anywhere from 5 to 10 hours per week with household tasks like mowing the lawn, using fertilizer spreaders, painting the room that my son trashed, other painting jobs…on and on and on.
Great working in a lawn help in mind relief.

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I bought leather bag from the scotts. And its working perfect.