I’m feeling a little tired lately. Like I’m not getting enough free time and or sleep for all that I’m having to do while I’m awake. Before I go any further please understand that I’m not complaining about how much design work I’m doing as a freelancer. I consider it to be more fun than work. Moving on…

You might notice that most of my tweets occur after noon central time and they usually say something along the lines of “I just woke up…” I’m not going to lie, 4 out of 7 days I don’t wake up before 11am so my day doesn’t start until about noon. To some that may make me look lazy but that’s definitely not the case. I hardly ever get more than 8 hours or sleep. If you’re any good at math then you’ll know that means I don’t go to sleep before 3 am most nights mornings. I’m not sure when this came about but I work best during the night hours.

So assuming I get the average amount of sleep every night let’s move on to what my weeks look like:

Mondays: up at 6am, leave the house by 7:15, class from 8-10:30, home by 11, work for CC until about 3:30 when Neil gets home, spend time with him until he goes to work, leave house by 5:20, class from 6-9, weekly Walmart  trip after class, home around 10:30 (my mom is already at the house. she visits once a week), spend time with mom and Neil before they both go to bed, work on designs until about 1am.

Tuesdays: awake around 9am, most of the day doesn’t have a time line but we usually do the following: take a walk, shower, get ready, run ten thousand errands, study, work on designs or study, cook an elaborate dinner, watch a movie, get my hardcore study on, bed by 10pm.

Wednesdays: up at 6am, leave the house by 7:15, class from 8-10:30, stop at home to let the dogs out and grab a quick bit to eat, leave by 11:30, work at CC’s from 12-5, church (fellowship dinner, handbell choir practice, and church choir practice) from 5:30-8, go out with friends, at parents house by 10, work for CC until about 2am, sleep.

Thursdays: up by 9 or 10am, meetings and or appointments from 10:30-2:30, home by 3, laundry, pick up house from when Neil was by himself for more than a day, cook dinner, study, work on designs until about 2 or 3am.

Fridays: up by 11 or 12, work for CC until Neil get’s home around 2, spend time with him until he goes to work, work for CC until about 7pm, work on designs until Neil get home from work around 11pm, catch up on our DVR, work on designs, bed by 2 or 3am.

Saturdays: up by 10 or 11, clean the house, work on designs, bed by midnight.

Sundays: up by 8, leave the house by 9:15, church from 10-11:15,  spend time with family, back to Eddyville by 5, study, bed by 10pm.

Repeat.

Of course I have the daily tasks like bill paying and exercising and eating and whatever else normal people do everyday. A husband and two dogs to constantly take care of. Nursing school that demands a lot more time than any other college course ever would.

And then of course the main reason why I wrote this blog in the first place: the 15 phone conversations with my boss and at least one phone conference with clients a day. Working with IRL (real life) people in this industry is beginning to take a toll and I’m wondering if taking my passion of web design and turning it into a full time job was a mistake. I was having fun just designing a hand full of blogs a month and working like a every other person in an outside job. I’m beginning to miss it.

I’ve applied for a pharmacy technician position at a nearby CVS and if I get it I think I’ll go back to just designing for blogs and not IRL people. I don’t know if it will come to that; all I know is that I don’t want to get burnt out on my life as it is right now, as a designer. I love it too much to start hating it.

It’s Friday so here we go!

It’ OK to….

• not go to sleep the night (morning) before until 4am
• sleep until 11:30am
• wait until Friday to do the week’s house work
• pay all of your bills on one day
• not blog in a whole week
• call into work cuz you just don’t wanna go (OK, I’m not really calling into work, but I’d like to)
• go outside to get the mail in just your PJs
• want to go grocery shopping for chocolate only
• not shower because you did the day before and you’re not sweaty or stinky or anything
• want to go back to sleep right after publishing this blog
• not go back to sleep and just keep swimmin’

Thank you, all of my readers who still come to read. On a really exciting note, Love Rachie Designs is almost open for business. It’s so close I can taste the after taste!

I think there’s something wrong with me.

I am buying things I don’t need to spend our money on.

I am buying things I don’t need.

I am buying things.

I am

…

insane.

I have been slightly disappointed in my camera I got for Christmas. Basically, I want it to do more than it can. Apparently I am more of a photographer than I was aware and my wonderful-for-a-point-and-shoot-photographer camera is just not cutting it. I feel like my camera is holding me back. So what did I do?

I bought myself a brand new Canon EOS Rebel XSi. It comes with an 18-55mm lens (as you can see) but I wanted a lens for up close shots.

So I bought Macro lens too. Heh.

A while ago, when Neil was looking for a job, I decided to encourage him. I promised to reward him when he finally got a one. A job that is. The reward?

A brand new 42 in flat scren HDTV. Yes, I am a great wife. Thanks for asking.

There’s only one problem. He got a job. Now I actually have to buy the tv for him but it won’t fit in our entertainment center.

A new TV stand should remedy that. It’s only a plus that’s it’s a whole lot prettier than what’s holding our current TV now. And look how cute the side shelves are!

Neil and I have been visiting Bryan and Megan once a month ever since they moved to Louisville in July. Sometime before Christmas they got a DVR and Neil fell in love with it. I didn’t care too much about it but as I mentioned above, I am a great wife. What hubby wants, hubby gets. Sometimes.

Hello, TiVo. I can’t wait till you come in so I can watch Grey’s and Heros, etc.

And a new HDTV and TiVo doesn’t matter much if you don’t have a kick ass HD DVD player to go along with it.

The only thing I’ve order so far is my camera so it will get here before our new additions arrive and I can take pictures of them in the house. I can’t wait! Party at Rachie’s house!!