October 19-November 23, 2011- Blogger’s Block

     Instead of writer’s block this last month, I’ve been experiencing blogger’s block.  This consists of all the life events that keep me from sitting down and writing, such as planning 2 sleep overs and one beach party for my sons’ 8^th and 10^th birthdays, leading the cub scout’s Wolf Den (in which my youngest son participates), carrying out my monthly 4-H Citizenship Club activities, teaching Sunday School, serving as the PTO (Parent Teacher Organization) secretary, celebrating Halloween, helping my oldest son through Scuba classes and attending their cub scout, basketball, and then flag football events, getting ready for Thanksgiving, and taking care of both my boys full time while their dad was away on a month long business/vacation trip back to the states.  Now that Thanksgiving is only a day away, I feel I have a moment to breathe before the next set of holidays starts up.  It’s been a little too much for me lately, but this is always how it happens. I think I’ve scheduled myself and my boys for just the right amount of activities, volunteering, sports, and so forth, but then when things finally ramp up, I realize it’s too much.  Balancing schedules is always more complicated then it seems like it will be. Oh well, we made it through and have hopefully learned a lesson for next time...Too many things on the schedule make for less time to rest and ensure we are staying on the right track with what’s most important in life, our health and happiness, and our relationships with family and friends and our God.