Today, and yesterday, I've been feeling overwhelmed and finding it very hard to concentrate (compounding the stress). Work, school, volunteering, life and now a 2nd life inside are making me feel like I need to slash some corners, relax, focus on myself, all that crap.
The main problem is that this is not really feasible at this point with the Center. I'm pulled in so many directions all the time with no one else to fall back on. I'm sure that an inability, or rather inexperience with delegating tasks is to blame as I usually feel personally responsible for every single project discussed.
I tabled at the Seattle University Non-profit Career fair today with 3 internship positions at the Center. What a joy it would be to have 3 warm bodies to pass work to without a feeling of guilt or inadequacy (as I feel towards asking Board members for assistance).
I also have class tonight and after an existential crisis over whether or not I can really handle this right now and consequently finding out that I would NOT receive any kind of partial refund for the class, I have decided to stick with the commitment and finish out the Certificate in Nonprofit Management. Class is tonight (god, it is 1 hour away) and I was actually successful in completing the homework. A small miracle, really.
Body news- I feel fine. I mean I feel more than fine. I hope that's alright; I'm certainly not stressing about it. Today marks week 6 which is exciting. According to babycenter.com, The nose, mouth, and ears that you'll spend so much time kissing in eight months are beginning to take shape. If you could see into your uterus, you'd find an oversize head and dark spots where your baby's eyes and nostrils are starting to form. His emerging ears are marked by small depressions on the sides of the head, and his arms and legs by protruding buds. His heart is beating about 100 to 160 times a minute -- almost twice as fast as yours -- and blood is beginning to course through his body. His intestines are developing, and the bud of tissue that will give rise to his lungs has appeared. His pituitary gland is forming, as are the rest of his brain, muscles, and bones. Right now, your baby is a quarter of an inch long, about the size of a lentil bean.
It is time for me to shovel some soybean succotash and fish sticks into my piehole then run, or rather sluggishly saunter over to class.
you eat fishsticks now?
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