Handling life as a mother of two

A little spiritual enlightenment to start out my morning - I listened to this today. It was great! It really helped me. I have really been at the "edge of my knowledge" lately. But as they so eloquently put it in this radio clip, that's the secret to adulthood, we are always on the edge of our knowledge. It's OK that I don't know what to do, because I can make it a matter of prayer and scripture study and take it to the temple and the Lord will help me, the Lord will guide me! I love this comment, "What would a holy woman do? - A holy woman will give all that she has to the most important things." When I seek to do the most important things I am doing what I need to. I don't need to do everything, I just need to do the most important things, which happen to be my girls. They are more important than everything else.

I started back to school this week! I always over stress at the beginning of the semester. I've decided that it's actually kind of nice that I have to prepare a week in advance for my first day because I can get all the extra stress out of the way and have a little bit of a more relaxed day. I'm really excited for this semester because my all-day-school day is Tuesday and Jon has Tuesday's off. You know what that means, daddy gets to stay home and be with the girls while mommy goes to school. Veja was so funny on Tuesday. She was cuddling on the couch with Jon as I was getting ready to leave when I went over to say goodbye and tell her that I was going to school. Do you know what she tells me? "Go to school mom!" She was so happy to be with her daddy, and not sad at all about me leaving. This is going to be a good semester! :) The best part is coming home to my whole family! They all get big smiles on their faces and come give me the best loves! Being MOM is my favorite!

Anxious

I'm just slightly anxious about school starting next week! I have loved my vacation from school, but I'm afraid I got a little too comfortable with it. My first day of class is next Tuesday, but since I'm in the hybrid program that means I get to start listening to lectures and preparing for class now. Oh joy. I always seem to over stress at the beginning of the semester. I just want to do well and I really want to learn the material. I don't want to be a nurse that passed nursing school, I want to be a nurse that learned everything she possibly could while in school. I'm afraid I set my standards too high though because it is hard to be a fully dedicated student while I have two sweet little girls who depend on me every day. I guess I need to figure out how to relieve my stress and get everything done while still being the mom that I want to be and not making our home a crazy house. My goal this semester is to focus on my spiritual learning first, that way I can be worthy to have the spirit with me as I study and be mom.