On Getting Caught Up

I am so behind. I'm behind at work and I'm behind at home. There aren't enough hours in the day for me to fully catch up and even if there were, I don't have enough energy. I used to be able to give my classes "busy work" and get some grading done, but with the honeymoon, assigning a research paper to one class, and preparing to start reading novels, it just isn't happening that way anymore. I don't want to bring work home because things there aren't much better. Until just yesterday, we had baskets full of laundry that needed to be washed. The kitchen has dishes in the sink (we do them daily though) and the living room/dining room...let's not even go there.

Yesterday I decided to take matters into my own hands. We had done 5 loads of laundry at the laundromat Sunday, but still had more at home so I ventured to the laundry facilities at my apartment complex and did 5 more loads! I did most of them myself, but my husband is wonderful and helped to switch and carry some of the loads once he got home. I managed to fold/hang about half of it and plan to finish it today.

I have decided to make small, attainable goals for each day until we are caught up. Today's goals are to finish putting away the laundry, empty the dishwasher, and vacuum the apartment. Anything more than that is just icing on the cake! Of course, I still need to make dinner and get my husbands coffee and lunch ready for tomorrow, but those things only take a few minutes.

I'm really not sure how long it will take until I am completely caught up, but if I can do a little bit every day, I will eventually get there.