Me first.

These past few weeks have been rough on me. I have been busier than I ever imagined I would be at the end of the school year. Two of my four jobs are ending. One, I already quit (to move onto bigger and more full-time things, hopefully). The other will end after next Thursday. One is accompanying, the other, subbing. The summer currently looks relatively quiet, with piano lessons 2x/wk and church 1x/wk. Church choir is out for the summer after June 2, and the service moves to an earlier time, 9 am. I'm also looking for a summer job.

Nice peek into the future.

 Now back pedal with me to the present. I have multiple "things" going on each day. Sunday, it was a big church day because of Holy Communion, so it went from 10:30 to almost 12. Monday, I had accompanying from 8-1, recording from 3-3:45, and a concert from 6:30-9:30. Yesterday, I had a chance to work, but no sub was needed. The first piano lesson was cancelled, too, so my schedule was a bit empty. Today, I had a funeral from 11 to 11:45, then choir rehearsal from 7-9 tonight. Tomorrow, I have subbing from 7-3, then a piano lesson from 4:30-5. Friday, I'm working all day and then leaving at 3 for Marietta.
 OH YES. And during this whole week, I need to find time to pack for a weekend vacation, bake treats for said weekend vacay, apply for full-time jobs, and apply for summer work.

Needless to say, I'm feeling overwhelmed.

The thing I hate most about myself when it comes to scheduling is that in my eyes, if one thing "falls off" of my daily schedule, everything "falls off". Say, for example, that I forget to make my bed in the morning (or don't have time to). That just sets my whole day off wrong. Not that I have a bad day...I just can't follow a schedule for the whole day because of one thing not done in the morning. I used to be so paranoid that I would schedule EVERY MINUTE of a day:

5:45--wake up
5:50--shower
6:05--dress
6:20--hair
6:35--make-up
6:50-7:20--breakfast
7:20--prepare to leave
7:25--leave for work

On these days, if one thing ran over its time, the schedule would completely fall apart. I hate when I do that.

Even worse, the gym is super sporadic lately as I'm not working it into my schedule at all. I went yesterday, but I know that I have gained a lot of weight. And I don't weigh myself anymore. I'm too embarrassed.

It seems like everything is falling backwards. All of my hard work is failing because I am not taking good care of myself.

It's time to put me first.

Questions:

 1.) Any ideas of getting out of the schedule rut (scheduling every minute, one thing runs over, it falls apart)?

2.) What would you consider a "healthy breakfast"?

Slipping......away........

I hate days like this. Over the past week, I have noticed that I am DEFINITELY slipping away from my first day, ready-to-go, determined self. I feel like I've become complacent with my life and the schedule I have. Here is my schedule:

5:00 a.m.= wake up/take shower
5:15 a.m. = get dressed
5:30 a.m. = make-up
5:45 a.m. = breakfast (usually I watch the news during this time)
6:15 a.m. = brush teeth/get ready to leave for school
6:30 a.m. = leave for school
7:00 a.m. = make copies, get resources and room ready
7:25 a.m. = hall duty
8:00 a.m. = class
11:25 a.m. = leave for high school (I usually eat a packed lunch while on the road)
11:40ish a.m = arrive at high school
12:00 p.m. = class
2:30 p.m. = class done
3:30 p.m. (to 10:30 p.m.) = get home
4:00 p.m. = write lesson plan 1
5:00 p.m. = dinner
5:30 p.m. = write lesson plan 2
6:30 p.m. = write lesson plan 3
7:30 p.m. = break
8:00 p.m. = write lesson plan 4 (last for middle school in morning)
9:00 p.m. = get ready for bed
9:30 p.m. = read
10:00 p.m. = bed

So, there's my daily schedule. I follow it as much as I can. Notice that this leaves no time for lesson plans for the high school. Also, it leaves me VERY LITTLE TIME to DO anything other than schoolworkschoolwork. I have NO planning/free periods during the day--from one place to another, teaching all the time.

A little more background information on me: pop, that's one of my main downfalls. It is so convenient and easy to grab (hello drive-thrus!); my "meal plans" are not the best--any meals I don't like on the meal plan I use, I replace with whatever's on sale at the grocery store that week (which is usually frozen dinners, and not really the healthy ones), so it could use a lot of work. I (try to remember to) take a bottle of water with me to school each day to help my voice from all the singing.

Exercise is non-existent, as is obvious from my schedule. I don't know how people do it.

My own will control is very weak. I am working so hard on fixing this, but it seems like nothing's working.

Wednesdays, I have class from 4-5:30 p.m., and am usually not back until almost 6. That should be it.

Now it's your turn, few blog readers. WHAT can I possibly do to get back on track to a healthy lifestyle with a schedule like this? What can I do to make my life better/easier?