Case of the Mondays?

Yes please.

I'll take this case of the Mondays forever and ever.

Today was the beginning of what I like to call my new and improved life.

No lie. My life has flipped a literal 180 degrees.

Last week at this time, I was running from event to event, fighting with my arch nemesis insomnia, spending zero time with Mr. Ruby, and developing an average of two-three fine lines and wrinkles a day.

Today?

• Woke up at 7:00 a.m....SEVEN O'FRICKIN CLOCK!
• Actually had time to watch 20 minutes of Saved by the Bell while eating Special K Protein Cereal.
• Drove to my new nanny job. (I'm babysitting part-time for a kindergartner. Love her!)
• Drove home.
  
• Ate lunch outside in the 60 degree weather with my pups.
• Called several schools to see if I could complete my observation hours for teaching.
• SCORE! I am meeting with a school on Friday - their administrator approved my pre-clinical field experience requirements.
• Spoke with the Y - I will be starting my after-school care coordinator position tomorrow!
• Went shopping: Picked up a bridal shower gift, saved lots of money at Old Navy, and spent WAY too much money on tea. **Side note: I know nothing about tea, and so the sales people duped me into spending $68.00 on tea gadgets. I am such a sucker.
  
• Came home and took the pups for a walk.
• Cooked dinner.
• Started a paper.
• Getting ready to go spend TIME with Mr. Ruby. Yep...I actually have time!!!

Just in case you missed it a couple of months back - I decided to go back to school to pursue my masters in teaching. Sadly, I could not keep up with the pace of my corporate life of travel and go into the classroom for field experience work.

So.

I made the difficult decision to quit my wonderful, well-paying, fun and some-what glamorous job to focus on my passion: TEACHING!

Now?

I'm a part-time nanny and making minimum wage at the local YMCA.

Poor? Yes.

Do I care? No.

Loving my life? Yes.

I can feel the fine lines and wrinkles fading as we speak...