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My Life Thus Far
2009-02-26 03:51:05 (UTC)

A Goal To Quell

I'm writing early tonight, because as soon as the kids are
asleep I fully plan on becoming engrossed in a nice thick
book :) I finished the book I was reading (and it was
worth every penny of the $12 I paid for it) so I went to
the library today and picked up a few more. I'm starting
Crossing To Safety tonight and my goal is to finish 2
books a week. Since I only get to read at night, I think 2
books a week is a doable goal. Which leads me to question
why I have to micro-manage everything, including my
pleasure reading. Oh well, that's just me. I've always got
a goal to quell.

I went online to transfer money into Snookums account
(he's going on a tour of Nagasaki tomorrow)and the direct
deposit notice said that Snookie's paycheck (which will be
deposited tomorrow night) is going to be $1,200 more than
usual. I'll have to check into that. I know Jason crossed
over into his 11th year of service on the 18th, but I
don't think his pay increase is $1,200. In fact I know it
isn't. It's probably hazardous duty pay, family separation
or his clothing allowance. Or all of the above. I just
like to be sure before I touch it. In the event that it's
wrong. The Navy has no problem yanking money out of your
account even if the error is their fault.

I've been under the false impression that I don't have
stress in my life. When I think of stress I think of
things like a job you don't like, financial troubles,
family issues, or problems with the law (all things I've
endured in the past), but I don't have any of these types
of stressors in my life now. This lead me to believe that
I don't have stress at all. It turns out I do. I came to
this realization at 5:59pm this evening. Annie had a
friend over and they were tearing through the house, Kiki
was asking for food (what's new), Keenan wanted to be
nursed, the timer was going off on the oven, my phone was
ringing, the cats were asking for their dinner, the dryer
was going off (I have to take my work pants out
immediately or they wrinkle)and in that moment of utter
chaos it dawned on me that I do have stress. I have
domestic stress! None of those events in and of themselves
are stressful (at least not to me), but when they all
converge on the same moment in time, that's stressful. So,
in my quest for continual personal growth. My goal is to
work on stress-management between the hours of 5pm and
8pm. The rest of my day is usually pretty tranquil.

It's 7:50pm and I need to get the kids in bed. Then, it's
off to literary paradise :) Ciao!




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