This is the new me...ugh!
Before I left Lexington, I was keeping myself super busy. I know that busyness can be unhealthy and distracting and I'm sure that at times it was, but at the same time, I loved everything that was filling my time. I rarely watched television and I was rarely at home for long, extended periods of time that didn't involve sleep.
...and then I moved...
at first, I was living in Louisville with my parents. Of course there wasn't a lot to do because I wasn't working (I was only going to be in Louisville for 2 short months, too short to try and get a job; although I did try to sub, that's another story). I was preparing for a wedding but honestly, at that point in the game, a lot of attention didn't need to be given to it (not until 2 weeks beforehand, anyhow). So that's Louisville - long days at home while my parents were at work spending the day with my precious pup, Rosie. Here is where the slug within me started to escape.
...and then I moved...
Chicago is now "home". Before I started grad-school, there were only 2 things on my daily agenda: writing thank you notes and getting the apartment cleaned and in order. Because the latter didn't really have a deadline assigned to it, I slugged my way through it. Now don't get me wrong, I did complete everything, I just did it at a much sloooooower pace than old Kari would've done.
Then, starting in January I began grad-school. Let me tell you a little bit about grad-school (for those of you who have gone or are in, you'll be able to relate) - they act as if you need to read everything that was ever written by any man at any time during the history of the world. I spend so much time reading things (and half the things I read, I don't fully understand) and most of the time I read it so sloooowly because I'm slow now (in case you missed that earlier).
But here's the thing that bothers me: I can do nothing but read all day long and I'm NOT okay with that. I get so much sleep and I'm still sleepy - WHY?! Because I'm exerting little amounts of physical activity during the day - in fact I'm really not doing much of anything. I NEED TO GET A GRIP ON MY LIFE! I need to DO things.
So today, I'm meeting a woman at 2pm at the Starbucks down the street from my apartment. I met this woman through Janet (her husband, Joel married Stephen and I) and she is looking for a new nanny for her three kids. Is this something that I'm definitely going to do? I'm not sure - I'm not sure that she'll want to work around my crazy class schedule (I go to class at night so 5-8, during the summer my classes will start at 4:30) but it is something that I think I need to do. I need to have a reason to move around during the day :).
My prayer request is that IF this ends up working out, I pray that the sluggish me can handle reading everything UNDER the sun and being a quality nanny for three precious little kids. I pray that a little bit of the old me can be revived and the slug in me will LEAVE!
I'll keep you posted my blogging friends - even if this nanny job doesn't pan out, I need to get out and about sometimes!
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