Self care 5/1

[cam]

How are things going?

Challenge: Get some fresh air.

[auntie]

Ooh. I got this one.

DS and I cleaned the yard of all manner of downed tree limbs and burned them the other afternoon. I trimmed some landscaping, treated the lawn and got the first mow of the season in.

I even got a couple of walks in the park with DH.

[funchicken]

DH and I are feeling kind of frazzled--I guess that's kind of how everyone feels at the end of the school year. It would be manageable if DD1 weren't playing soccer. Her coach is an overachiever who always wants to have extra practice. I seriously can't wait for the season to end.

On a positive note, DD3 and I went for a leisurely walk to Starbucks today, and I'm definitely going to make time to do that more often.

[mightymaude]

I am working really hard on the self care front. It isn't showing yet. I have teacher martyr complex that I am trying to shed, but then someone else needs help and how can I say no to someone who needs help?!

It would be more acceptable if I at least got credit for the 15000 other things I do outside of my classroom, but nope. Got rated with all, "meets expectations" this year.

So. Self care is saying "Sorry, I can't help you with that." Even if said person is a non swimmer thrown into the deep end without a life jacket or even a Titanic door.

In the last month I,

I got a job in a different school gor next school year.

I planted bushes.

I went home on time instead of staying for tutoring every day.

[freezorburn]

I need to learn to say no. I’ve gotten roped into helping out with Bike to School month, as well as working on a grant to upgrade the school’s sports field. Upside is that it’s great to meet other parents at the school, and the grant project will actually draw on my professional expertise, so potentially I could use it for my portfolio when I start job hunting again.

Other than that, getting chores done and doing my career counseling homework feels like self care.

I need to go to bed earlier and maybe drink less wine.