QOTW - "Real" life -- where are you?

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QOTW - "Real" life -- where are you?
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Fri, 09-08-2006 - 12:12pm

This can be our QOTW -- or weekend, or into next week ...


Where are you in real life?  School life, home life, work life, family life, personal life or "other"? Oh!  And how could I forget - love life (I don't have one LOL)?  What are the challenges that face you today?  Besides food and weight ;o)


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~Diana~

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Registered: 11-16-2001
Mon, 09-18-2006 - 10:49am

  • My challenge is to become so small that no one can reach out and hurt me anymore.

The other option is to heal, take your power back, and become strong so that no one can hurt you anymore. Hiding and becoming small doesn't help, because we're giving out "I'm small, I wanna hide, I'm hurting, don't hurt me please" vibes. Those who are abusive have a 6th sense for those who are vulnerable.


Take your power back and start sending out "I am strong, I am my own person, and I won't let you step all over me or take me for granted. You have to treat me with dignity and respect" vibes.


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Registered: 09-06-2005

I understand how that feels, Shirley.

 

 

~Diana~

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Registered: 07-22-2006
Tue, 09-19-2006 - 11:39pm

I haven't been around for a while because, well, my "real" life is pretty hectic right now. I guess some might be a little triggerish so let that be my little warning.

school: I should be starting a new training course within the next two months or so. It is a correspondence course that will take at least 9 months to complete (that's how long the last one was, so I'm guessing that's how long this one will be). I'm looking forward to learning- I love to learn, but not really looking forward to putting forward to doing all the work while working full time and being a mom and wife. Hopefully I will be chock full of energy and be able to stay up late and get the work done while my family is asleep so I don't miss out on family time.

home: Well, my house is a mess. I would love for the painting to get finished. We were doing great and got the downstairs done, now we just need to do the three bedrooms and the upstairs bathroom. I'd like to do that before starting the training course I have to do. I'd like to do a better job at keeping up with the cleaning, too.

work: I survived "the move". Our school moved- that was fun. We had to delay the school year by 3 days because the renovations were not complete. I put in 130 extra hours in 4 weeks to get packed up, moved, unpacked and set up for the start of school. We moved over the holiday weekend and it went very well. The school is nice and I like my classroom. My kids are transitioning well and the 4 new students I have fit in very well. I have 15 students and 11 of them were with me last year. I have 1 fifth grader, 5 third graders and 9 second graders (Montessori, mixed age classroom). I also have a coteacher who is with me all but the last 1.5 hours of the day.

family: This area is a little rocky. The good: dd is having a birthday next week. The bad: I'm never home because of work. The ugly: ds and I are having some problems that are effecting the entire family.

personal: Hmm, this is the worst trigger part. I'm going through a lot with therapy right now: dealing with abuse issues from the past. The good thing is that I'm making progress, the bad thing is it is triggering old coping mechanisms and causing my mood disorder to be quite unstable. I've not been doing such a good job with eating well: either skipping breakfast, totally eating junk (literally just eating cake or icecream the whole day at work) or binge eating. My weight is still quite an issue. But, I'm in touch with pdoc to get meds worked out. Dh actually has a call in to tdoc to make sure he can be supportive. Which is nice, considering I know that I am very hard to live with right now.

love: well, all things considered, we're doing ok. We are trying to get back on track now that I am not working as much. I hope to get out on a date with dh soon, I miss him. With all that has been going on, we have actually had some really good, open conversation over the past two nights. It's not romantic, but it does help in the long run!

Probably more than you wanted to know...but there you have it. I will sort it out soon and get it all under control.

I hope everyone else is doing well.

Hugs,
Peg

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Registered: 11-16-2001

Hi Peg,


I've been thinking about you and wondering how you were doing. The word "hectic" doesn't quite fully describe it from what you've written - you have had and still have a full plate!


But it does look like you are coping well, albeit the difficult moments.


Hugs,


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Registered: 09-06-2005

Hi Peg!

 

 

~Diana~

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Registered: 11-08-2004
Fri, 10-13-2006 - 11:28pm

Hi Diana,


Things are going okay with me.

Heidi

see my pet rats below?  they are so cute and sweet.

 

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Registered: 09-06-2005

Have I got a board for you!

 

 

~Diana~

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Registered: 11-08-2004
Mon, 10-16-2006 - 10:06pm
Thank you! :-)


Heidi

see my pet rats below?  they are so cute and sweet.

 

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