{"id":1160,"date":"2008-05-07T11:01:44","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T18:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2008-05-07T11:01:44","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T18:01:44","slug":"overwhelmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"Overwhelmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m feeling very discouraged&#8230;.no, scratch that&#8230;I feel very overwhelmed.\u00c2\u00a0 I can&#8217;t get a a handle on my life right now and it&#8217;s too much for me!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m the kind of person who enjoys my lists.\u00c2\u00a0 They help me know where I am and where I&#8217;m going.\u00c2\u00a0 Yes, I like maps too &#8211; I remember my first Atlas.\u00c2\u00a0 I planned many possible lives with that big book.<\/p>\n<p>Some of this is after 1 month with JGirl, I crave a return to a schedule.\u00c2\u00a0 But then Eric is still home on break &#8211; and as much as I&#8217;ll miss him and J3 once school starts again &#8211; I&#8217;m ready to return to a &#8220;normal&#8221; schedule again.<\/p>\n<p>My list is overwhelming&#8230;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Write thank you notes<\/li>\n<li>Plan lesson plans for remainder of our school year<\/li>\n<li>Follow up on various therapists who have yet to return my call<\/li>\n<li>&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, everything is interrupted.\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;ve yet to really finish anything!\u00c2\u00a0 Darn, I hate whining&#8230;and I really hate it when it&#8217;s ME doing the whining!!\u00c2\u00a0 I&#8217;m sorry!<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1160\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1160&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Overwhelmed\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1160\" data-text=\"Overwhelmed\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Overwhelmed\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1160\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1160\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Overwhelmed&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1160&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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