Mission: Organization

The countdown is on! One week from today I’ll be back to work full-time. I am looking forward to seeing everyone at work again, doing the show, and being part of a great team again. I’m NOT however, looking forward to waking up at 3:00am again.:) The past 8 weeks have flown by and it seems like just when I’m getting everything figured out, it’s about to change again.:) Thankfully though, the entire going-back-to work stress has been pretty much lifted altogether because my boss is allowing me to bring the baby to work for the first month. I am so grateful I work for such a wonderful company! Talk about a blessing! By the time I have to leave Garrett at home, Gabe will be just about in school again, so my mom will only have to watch the baby and Grant. So it looks like things are coming together. I wish I could say the same for my house! I’m trying really hard to turn over a new leaf and be Mrs. Organization (my friends are laughing at this right now). My entire life I have struggled with that, and although I’m good at house cleaning, etc. my weakness is keeping track of important papers and making sure all the files have a place. Thankfully Jim is excellent at being organized and we balance out.:) With school starting, 3 kids, and working full-time though, I really need to get my act together so that’s my new goal. If you have any tips to stay organized, I could sure use them!:) We have a big dry-erase calendar in the kitchen that helps a lot, but I’m looking for something a little bigger I think. If it’s too small I’ll just pass over it and probably ignore it completely so I need to find something I can’t miss! Lol. I went to the fly-lady website and I might get that calendar : http://www.flylady.com/pages/FlyShop.asp.
Speaking of goals, I’ve been doing pretty good with my running so far. I did 3 miles yesterday. I won’t win any speed records but as long as I keep my feet moving and continue running (albeit slow) I’ll be in good shape. I have a 5-mile race on July 29th so I think I’m on track and should be ready for that. I am so excited about my i POD too, I think the key is finding the music to get you going and it really can make the workout fun. It’s like Lance Armstrong says, you have good music and it takes an hour run and makes it feel like 30 minutes. I love “Dani California” by the Red Hot Chill Peppers, that is my new power song for running, it really gets you going! Well I better get going. Check back soon, I am going to post a new picture of Garrett since he has grown so much! I will try to do it by Tuesday for sure.