Alright, so it has been a little difficult to keep up with this blog during the first month of the year. Too much has been going on. But I will recap some of the things that have been going on for this week. I’ll try to make this one short and sweet…
Coming off what has been one of the worst weeks that I have experienced in a while made it a bit difficult to have a positive attitude coming into Monday. I feel frustrated because I am spending a lot more time doing things that I do not want to do, while everyone is doing things that they love to do. I would much rather be spending most of my time working out, improving on my side hustles, and working on my real estate projects. Unfortunately, I’m still spending a lot of time dealing with work issues. One of the nice things that took a lot of pressure off me was that they flew someone in to help me out. That allowed me to put in 55 hours of work instead of the usual 70-plus. I was able to start the gym this week and work on some of my Embalming course chapters with that extra time. I spent a few days working the second shift while one of the newer employees worked the morning shift with the help that they sent me. This allowed us to get caught up at work.
Next week there will be someone new helping, and I hope that it will be a lighter workload. Even though the work hours were less, I am not used to being up until 1 or 2 in the morning. Also, for a good portion of those hours, I was working by myself, which took a toll on me. This weekend I slept over 10 hours each day. My body was aching! I think some of that soreness was probably due to working out as well. I need to get my body used to taking that kind of abuse as well as changing my diet to aid in the muscle recovery process.
School
This week I’m going to focus on getting as much of my school assignments finished. I hope that the bookstore will have my school supplies this time around. I went last week and they did not have the required materials, but they said they should have it this week. We shall see.
I was not able to take the midterm for my pathology class like I wanted because I did not get a chance to study enough. I will shoot for next week. I need to get that done ASAP.
Will I Not Be Able to Get the House
It looks like I will not be able to buy the house with the help of my stepdad. I think that I have come up with a way to get it on my own. I just need to run the numbers through and look for a bank that is willing to give me the terms that I’m looking for. I will revisit this in mid-February once I take a few things off my plate.
Insurance Lawsuit
This week I have to get in contact with my lawyer to speak about this case. I think I have made my decision. Fingers crossed that everything works out for the best.
Car
My stepdad and I took my car for a spin and all the noises were gone! He kept looking at me like I was crazy, but I know my car was going through some issues. I’m going to have to take it late this week and keep using it until the noise comes back if they come back. I will not be using that car to go to St. Petersburg though. I don’t mind getting stranded in Orlando, but I refuse to be stranded out there in the Tampa area. The reason why I have to get it later instead of now is because my brother broke the passenger side mirror while playing basketball in the driveway. My parents said to leave it there because driving without that mirror is a safety hazard, especially since the review mirror doesn’t do much due to the weird dark glass in the rear windshield.
Balcony
Absolutely nothing was done with the balcony! I need to get on that this week.
Going forward
Going forward, this week is going to be a rough one. I need to make sure that I end the first month of the year on a strong note! We started the year with way too many problems and have only just kept adding to them. I have not been able to commit to the things I said I wanted to and that needs to change. I will have a word with my manager if I feel like I’m being pushed too much. I want to get on top of my other responsibilities to make sure I can reach my goals.
The things I’m looking to accomplish this week are the midterm for pathology, the balcony for the house, submitting all the normal classwork that is due, and all the quizzes that are due for my restorative arts class so I can get ahead.