Giehl & Co.

One semester closer to my dream. 👍🏻

Total and complete honesty here. My mental health is shit lately. I am almost hyper aware of everything around me and it is making me feel as though my nerves are raw. School is a struggle because of my kids being home and me being home. It makes it hard for anyone to get anything done let alone be able to set aside time for  lab work, final partner projects, PIE's, etc. I am trying so hard to make my time with my kids as happy and upbeat as I can because they deserve the best parts of me all the time. I feel frustrated that no matter what I do to try and get them situated so that I can attend a zoom class meeting they are always interrupting for any number of reasons. I just want to be done with the next 3 weeks and not have to worry about this for a while. I'm struggling and I want to enjoy the work I'm putting out but it feels like it's not the best it can be and that is very discouraging. 

I can't wait to be able to pick up a hobby, find free time to read, spend hours and hours with my kids without worrying about a deadline or if I should be studying/memorizing for a final project. I can't wait to wake up without worrying about what time it is or if I can fit time to study into my busy schedule.

So Quinn has set out to try and read 4 books a day for the next couple weeks. So far she's reading books that are assigned to her on her reading app from school. She usually reads at least 2 on there and then 2 from the bunch we have here at home. So far she read 5 yesterday and 5 today. She says she only did 4 but I caught her reading Go Dog Go to her best friend on video call today.

I'm so impressed with her love for learning.