So here we are a few weeks later and I havent added a word to my blog page! UGH!! Ok so to keep you all up to date. I havent been great on the diet but better on the exercise part. I have been out walking a few days and fishing 3 different times. I went ice fishing with my dad and had a great time. Went fishing for pike with Kenz, Derek, Dad and Dale and had another great time. Last I went fishing with my friends and ran into my dad. I fish caught in all three trips but enjoyed my self my than I can say. Been trying to keep busy with job hunting and sewing. The weather has turned kind of bad so its been hard to get out for too long. So thats my progress. I guess Hiedee,Sherie and Marianne need to meet with me and we should go work out? Right????
I still am struggling with life at home. I worked 2 and sometimes 3 jobs at a time over the past 20 years and I feel so lost not working at all. I hope this makes sense when I say its kind of like loosing who you are. I guess for so long I have identified myself as "The Nurse". I gave myself importance because I was "The Nurse". Some where along the line I have lost me. Its crazy because I dont remember loosing me. I cant pin a date or time on it. I just know the me I thought I was is gone. So now my quest is either to find me again or develop a new one that can adapt to big changes in life and end up in the game some how. So any advice is very much wanted? Anyone that can identify with me, please share? If you have the secret for adapting to all these life changes, Im your biggest fan!!!!!
So please friends share??
Life can be a lonely place if you have to go it alone. Friends and family are important to everyday living and life. Support from those that love you can make the difference between life and living. So those of you that think your too busy, take the time to support and love your friends and family, spend time with them, love them, support them. Dont judge because you never know what life is like for the other until you have walked in there shoes. A little time means a lot. The relationships you build will enrich your life and make your journey in life just MORE...
I want to say thank you to all you that are my friends and family. I love you all more than I can say!! So please be patient with me and my ups and downs. I know that I can be very frustrating but dont give up on me?
To be continued...
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Saturday, December 31, 2011
Never perfect the first time!!
I made the mistake of not including all of my kiddos in my very first blog so here is the revised version. I have 3 daughters that I birthed, Sarah, Krista and Mackenzie and one daughter I adopted Sue. Horrible getting old!!
In the beginning...
It will be a brand New Year in just a few hours. A time for a redo, or a fresh do, or just a do. I have all of my fingers and toes crossed that this New Year will bring good changes in my life and the lives of the people around me.
So as a 46 yo mother of 3 that is suffering from the empty nest syndrome and being pre menopausal (UGH!!), I figured that I can share some of the goings on that I am experiencing in my life and hopefully I can find a kinship with other women that might be going through the same stuff, or just entertain you.
So in the past year my last baby Mackenzie was married and now all of my children are gone from home. I have 6 dogs which I think is because Im replacing my kids (LMAO). They are very good company though if you can speak dogenese which sadly I can report that Im getting better at!!
Currently I am working a very part time job with home health as a registered nurse case manager. I am looking for more work but Utah has an excess of nurses right now, so jobs are few and far between. At least 20 people for 1 job. Very frustrating.
I have decided however, that I cant leave all the changes I want to fate. So as this New Year approaches I have decided to help myself by making a few resolutions. Im not going to make these resolutions to myself in the wee hours of the early morning of January 1st 2012, but I am going to make a few public resolutions so I have some support and maybe some one remind me that they know what I promised to do too!!!
So first resolution is to get healthy! This insludes diet and exercise. Im tired of feeling tired, feeling old and run down. Time to loose the weight and to increase my endurance. My plan is to follow a low carb, higher protien diet, add some cardio and some weight lifting.
Second resolution is to walk out side at least 1 time a day. I think the sun and fresh air will help my mind and body.
Third is to take the steps to find out what I can do about starting school. Time to make myself more marketable in this job market. LOL sounds funny but its true. There is more job competetion than there has ever been. Im not the new grad with years to go, Im the more experienced nurse that has less time ahead of me to work than I have behind me. So I have to make myself more saleable. School will also help with my mind and spirit. Ill feel like Im actively doing something to improve me and my situation.
So there it is folks, me and my plans in a nut shell. I never imagined how hard getting older was. I have empathized a thousand times with my patient's but never really understood what they meant when they said getting older "SUCKS"!! LOL. Well now I know. I cant control the getting older part but I can control what I do along the way. So I hope you'll hope on board with me as I try to navigate the ups and downs of middle and late adulthood. I dont expect miracles but Im hoping for a few improvements in 2012. So feel free to add comments, critisim, ideas or just add some support. All of it is welcome.
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!
So as a 46 yo mother of 3 that is suffering from the empty nest syndrome and being pre menopausal (UGH!!), I figured that I can share some of the goings on that I am experiencing in my life and hopefully I can find a kinship with other women that might be going through the same stuff, or just entertain you.
So in the past year my last baby Mackenzie was married and now all of my children are gone from home. I have 6 dogs which I think is because Im replacing my kids (LMAO). They are very good company though if you can speak dogenese which sadly I can report that Im getting better at!!
Currently I am working a very part time job with home health as a registered nurse case manager. I am looking for more work but Utah has an excess of nurses right now, so jobs are few and far between. At least 20 people for 1 job. Very frustrating.
I have decided however, that I cant leave all the changes I want to fate. So as this New Year approaches I have decided to help myself by making a few resolutions. Im not going to make these resolutions to myself in the wee hours of the early morning of January 1st 2012, but I am going to make a few public resolutions so I have some support and maybe some one remind me that they know what I promised to do too!!!
So first resolution is to get healthy! This insludes diet and exercise. Im tired of feeling tired, feeling old and run down. Time to loose the weight and to increase my endurance. My plan is to follow a low carb, higher protien diet, add some cardio and some weight lifting.
Second resolution is to walk out side at least 1 time a day. I think the sun and fresh air will help my mind and body.
Third is to take the steps to find out what I can do about starting school. Time to make myself more marketable in this job market. LOL sounds funny but its true. There is more job competetion than there has ever been. Im not the new grad with years to go, Im the more experienced nurse that has less time ahead of me to work than I have behind me. So I have to make myself more saleable. School will also help with my mind and spirit. Ill feel like Im actively doing something to improve me and my situation.
So there it is folks, me and my plans in a nut shell. I never imagined how hard getting older was. I have empathized a thousand times with my patient's but never really understood what they meant when they said getting older "SUCKS"!! LOL. Well now I know. I cant control the getting older part but I can control what I do along the way. So I hope you'll hope on board with me as I try to navigate the ups and downs of middle and late adulthood. I dont expect miracles but Im hoping for a few improvements in 2012. So feel free to add comments, critisim, ideas or just add some support. All of it is welcome.
HAPPY NEW YEARS!!!!!!
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