Winding down...

It is really very strange to be teaching high school courses while fully invested in being a student at a post secondary institution at the same time.  It's been awhile since I have had to juggle two very different schedules.  Most of the semester I found it to be fairly easy (once my routine was established).  Right now, though, as the end of the postsecondary semester draws near I find myself needing time to slow down a little bit (or at least for me to speed up enough that I can get everything done)!

My psychology class ends this Sunday.  Luckily for me, I've got most of the work completed for the class.  I am very pleased where my grade is sitting, and could even opt out of completing anything else.  That sound like an amazing option -- but I'd have a really hard time just not completing the work.  We'll see how the rest of the week goes, and then I'll make that decision I suppose.

My Anatomy & Physiology class will be over a week from tomorrow.  I love the material and find it super interesting -- but I will be glad when I'm done and can say the semester is over.  As I've said before, I sometimes struggle with procrastination and lately it's almost gotten the better of me.  Somehow, I let myself take a "break" over the Thanksgiving holiday and then found myself behind.  It was my own fault...and it took awhile to get back into the swing of things.  As of right now, I'm done with my assignments for the week and let me tell you -- that feels great!

I've been up until at least midnight every night this week trying to get the work done.  I've had workbook assignments to complete, had to type them all into a document on my laptop so I could upload them to the professor, had a five-page case study to complete, and had a mini-test to take.  I can say one thing with absolute certainty:  I will sleep well tonight!

Speaking of sleeping, I wanted to update you all on how my fertility yoga is going.  I started on Sunday, November 24 (I think) and am very proud to say that I haven't missed a day yet.  No matter what time I finally am able to head down to bed, I take my 5 mg of melatonin (supposed to help with egg quality - and an added bonus is that it helps with sleep), and start my DVD.

The set I purchased, which you can find HERE, is wonderful.  It has four yoga routines.  So far, I've only been through two.  They appear to all be between 32-36 minutes long.  I was very concerned when I first began because I was a yoga novice.  When I'd looked at poses online (briefly) to research for fertility, some of the poses I saw were frightening.  I knew I was potentially in for some surprises (and disappointments when I couldn't do the poses) as well as some guaranteed laughs if the DVD resembled what I found online.  Lucky for me, it does no such thing.  The poses are relatively easy, though I can still definitely feel my body working.  The part I think I like the most about it all is how centered and relaxed I feel.  And, it totally holds me accountable that it's called "Fertility Yoga," because I feel incredibly guilty even thinking about skipping it! :)

It's currently "only" about 10:10 p.m.  I'm going to sign-off here and head down to center myself and relax.  So exciting that I might get to bed before midnight, ha!