Saturday - The First Saturday of Break...

It is Saturday morning - 4:40 am - and I am in the first day of my Spring Break time. I am surrounded by the mess that is my house, and I am not sure where to start as I look at a bit of time to fill up with home things and various appointments. I am reading through a dissertation written by a friend of mine (Hi, there, FRIEND) and am greatly enjoying this original and valuable contribution to our profession!! It meshes very well with things that I write about quite often about our profession of music therapy, so it is an absolute pleasure to read! I am going to do lots more reading in that document over the next two days.

Other than my reading, I have little that I have to get done this upcoming week. I have two appointments, three instances of church obligations, and the need for a day in my music therapy room to finish up some organization. That is all. Here at home, I have lots of things that I can be doing, but my goal is to install a toilet paper holder in the upstairs bathroom (how did this house survive without one for 34 years???) and add some towel holders in the downstairs bathroom (again - HOW??). That is all that I am trying to set into my goal list for this week so I am not particularly disappointed with myself at the end of this week.

I maimed my house a couple of weeks ago when I was trying to put some shelving up - the shelf slipped and knocked off a chunk of plaster off one of the hallway corners, so I have to get over the idea that I can't do things in my home that I couldn't do in my apartment - the fact is that I can. The plaster incident has helped me relax a little bit about drilling holes into the walls now. A little.

I am surprised how much anxiety I have over getting these projects finished. The responsibility of getting holes drilled right the first time is completely on me, so I am a bit nervous of something pretty easy to do. I have all the drill bits that I could ever need now, so there is plenty of reasons to get going on these projects. The only thing holding me back is my anxiety.

With projects like this, I know that the only thing to overcome my anxiety is to take a deep breath and just do it! The first drill is the most concerning for me - after I get that one finished, the rest tend to be easy. It is time to just get things done...

I need to spend some time making a grocery order to pickup tomorrow. I have all the fixings for my favorite treat meal, so I will make that at some point this week to savor and enjoy. I will also find some other things to eat this week. I have to go through the pantry to see what I need before making that order because I will double order some things and completely forget other things if I try to remember what I need.

I need to get going on my napping schedule and the guilt that I always place on myself for napping, but isn't that what breaks are for?? See you all tomorrow! 

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