Balancing Act

This past week like many others in the past has been filled with me trying to find a balance, a balance in doing all the things that need to be done and all the things I want to do. Is with any balancing act, it is extremely hard and when you lean too much to one side something is just bound to give. I probably, as I usually do, am putting too much on my plate. But I'm just going to keep trying. What is it I'm trying to balance you ask? Ok, well here's a general list in no particular order:

-being a loving, attentive wife
-being a loving, attentive mother
-going to Church (2 days a week plus a Ladies Bible Study)
-cleaning the apartment (trying to stick to a weekly chore schedule)
     -finish unpacking from my huge household goods shipment that came 3 weeks ago
-cooking/making 3 meals a day with only one night off a week (which I'm embarassed to say, but I'm still pretty new at cooking)
-working out esp. running (which can only be done before Phil leaves at 6am, meaning I have to get up before 5am to be back in time)
-prep the kids for school with a homeschool-like preschool program
-and the new one, flag football (2/3 nights a week plus soon one game a week)
-reading
-keeping in contact with family and friends back in the States, with a 13hr time difference
-blogging


aaanndd eventually I'm looking to add:
-Tristan possibly playing soccer
-the girls possibly doing dance
-learning Korean
-learning French (Phil speaks it)
-scrapbooking
-possibly training for a triathalon
-volunteering
-going to tourist spots in Korea
-teaching the kids Spanish, French and Korean

(((sigggghhhh))) and I'm sure many more things will come up that I want to do. I can't help it, I'm a dreamer like my dad. I look at the world with eyes wide open like a kid in a candy store and just want it ALL! It's just a matter of finding a balance, I know it. Like Phil constantly reminds me I have to master what I already have on my plate before I can add more to it. So I'm working on it. I just wish I didn't have to sleep! Those 5-6 hours of sleep plus the hour or two where I'm just dragging because of lack of sleep could really be used in other ways. Haha just kidding... kinda! :)

Well off to tackle the laundry and putting away clothes from our shipment.

Tata for now!
Jessi

P.S. You probably noticed, but to officially update you from my last post, I didn't get cut from football...but then again neither did anyone else. We all got split up on to 2 teams and I'm on the team that plays hard compared to the other team that has more finesse. I really like my team so far and I think I'm doing pretty well. So far it looks like I'll be playing the tight-end position but I don't know if I'll be starting on the first games or just warming the bench. I'll keep you updated.

Oh and in other good news, on Saturday we watched Phil's friend's kids and then hung out with him and his wife and few more friends and had a really great time playing board games. Looks like without planning my dream of having a weekly game night is becoming a reality. Oh and thanks to the little boy that we watched (who is proudly 4 years old) Tristan learned to pee standing up! Woo! Another victory in the continuous battle of potty training...soon we'll be onto tackling the pull-up battle at bedtime.

:)