Update

Let's see....I don't think I really have anything to update. I have been crazy busy with both my jobs. Competition is finally here, we are down to our last 3 practices!!!

I realized over the last few weeks that I have a crazy ass schedule.....

• I work nights in a busy unit at a busy hospital, where I work a schedule that includes every other weekend, and I am on a committee where I volunteer to take on more work.
• I usually only get 6 hours of very broken sleep a day.
• I work 4 days a week at a cheer gym coaching 85+ kids.
• I take those same 85+ kids to 10 competitions starting in November and ending in April. Remember 3 of those months have holidays in them, where I like to spend time with my family.
• Adding to the above note. I have a very close family who likes to spend lots of time together, so I try to spend lots of time with them, but after I do all of the above I usually have very little time to do so.
• I have tons of friends who I love dearly who all have parties, bridal showers, bachelorette parties, weddings, baby showers, birthday parties, candle parties, jewelry parties, etc.... and I try very hard to make all of my friends events.
• I try to maintain a social life, but again, after I do all of the above I have very little time to do so.
• I also have to try to maintain my apartment, laundry, car, health, friendships, etc.....And AGAIN after all of the above, these are the things that usually get pushed aside.

I was looking at my schedule for this week and it looks a bit like this:

Wednesday:

• Hospital meeting after only 4 hours of sleep 8am-4:30pm
• Cheer practice 7pm-8:30pm
• Try to maintain a social life, spend time with my dog & stay awake to get back on to a night shift schedule. 9:30pm-3:30am

Thursday:

• Wake up at 8am, try unsuccessfully to get back to sleep
• Get up at 4pm
• Cheer practice 5pm-8:30pm
• Work at hospital 9:30pm-7:30am

Friday:

• Run home to sleep at 7:30am
• Wake up at 4:30pm
• Visit with friends & their kids at the halloween stroll at 5pm
• Work at hospital 7pm-7:30am

Saturday:

• Try to stay awake 7:30am-9am
• Cheer practice 9am-5:30pm
• Try to sleep 6pm-10pm
• Work at hospital 11pm-7:30am

If you took the chance to read all that, I am thinking it is safe to say you agree that I am very very busy.

I got a second text from a friend today (cause I never responded to the original text, I was probably too busy) trying to set up our traditional "Ho Thanksgiving" they had picked 3 Saturdays that I could choose from to set it up. Nov 6th, 13th or 20th.....I had to sadly tell them NONE of those dates worked!!!! Nov 6th is our first cheer competition, I am working a 12 hour shift on Nov 13th, and My Sister Allison has already scheduled her Birthday celebration on Nov 20th. I also missed another friends Birthday dinner this last Tuesday because I was at cheer practice.

After all this I am not complaining....Really I'm not. Yes it makes me sad that I cannot do all the things I want to do, and It makes me sad that I can't always be as nurturing to all my friendships as I would like to be. But being busy like I am makes me very very happy. It keeps me out of trouble (kinda) and I love where I am in life.....AND I only want to make myself busier by furthering my education. I really am very very lucky to be this busy!!!

Sooooo with all that being said, I want to say a very BIG thank you to all my friends who stand by me even though I am sometimes too busy to call, text, facebook, or attend some of your events. I want to thank those same friends for being so understanding and not holding it against me when I am too busy and sometimes bad at keeping in touch. I want to thank you for continuing to invite me to your events even though I haven't been able to make all of them. I love you all for being able to pick our relationships up right where they left off and not giving me too much hell for being so busy =) I am so lucky that you are all on my side and in my corner when I need you all, and I hope you know that no matter how busy or crazy my life gets, I will always be on your side and in your corner when you need me. I hold all my friends very close to my heart and I am honored to call you all my friends. My true friends are the ones who are still standing by me when the dust settles, and for that I thank you all from the bottom of my busy ass heart!!!!!

I also want to say as a side note.....The phone, texts, facebook, etc.....work both ways......Then again my friends, you all know that =)