January

Last month was a blur and that's okay with me. I have been in a funk the past few weeks. Aaron has started school again so he his gone all day everyday or so it seems. He is really only gone all day Monday through Friday. But our kids see him Sunday night then not till Friday afternoon. And this month Aaron has had three drill weekends to make up for past ones missed. So we really haven't seen a lot of him. I most certainly like having him home more but I am thankful he is working so hard. However I can feel myself getting burnt out. I watch three other children part time. So most of my days are filled with three 3 year old little girls and two baby boys. I wouldn't have it any other way but it does get old wiping little buns all day. So I have resolved to be a little less burnt out. My plan is this, no phone and read the Book of Mormon in the next 30 days. Our Relief Society is doing a reading challenge and I think its perfect timing for me. Since my evenings are kind of free, I generally have an hour after bedtime and before Aaron gets home to do whatever. Usually I unwind perusing through Facebook, Instagram, and Pinterest. Some nights I waste hours doing this. Its nice, in a way,to get out of my house through Facebook or Instagram and see whats going on in the world, but I think I do it too much. I do it more too when I don't want to do anything else. And lately since I have been feeling burnt out I am on my phone more than I should be. So I am taking a break, not cold turkey because I use Facebook for church stuff, but I am cutting back and the time I usually put towards meaningless Internet wondering I am going to read the Book of Mormon.