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My dog had her second surgery last Thursday, which I know may seem ridiculous to some. Maybe the picture will express how lovely she is, and without children, Bailey is my little girl. Anyway, back to the point. Bailey needed to get her cast removed on Monday, which requires going to the vet and then staying with her throughout the day. Although I had a long to-do list and was planning to spend the entire day on campus, I am the one without the pre-determined schedule so I naturally had to adjust my schedule. Of course, I would do anything for Bailey and I understand that my husband has a REAL job that does not allow for the flexibility that grad school does. However, that does not make it any easier to get back on track with the never ending to-do list. Does anyone else share the role of schedule-adjuster when things come up?

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Posted by Heather Dubbeldee at 08:27 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

I have spent my life acting years older than I really am and getting praised for being more mature than other people my age (well most of the time). But now that I am almost 25 (Feb. 26th) I am going through this phase where I want to embrace my 20's. This really is a great time, no kids, no full-time job, but being in graduate school is arguably just as demanding and it often works as a guilt trip to prevent me from playing and enjoying life. Usually the saying goes, "Work Hard, Play Hard" but I personally do not have the time, energy, or flexible personality to do both successfully right now. I have gotten on a really great schedule this semester, one were I go to bed at 9pm. But this made it quite difficult to enjoy my husbands work party last weekend where he stayed up about six hours past longer. I made it until 11:30 and went to bed feeling like a responsible loser because my excuse was that I needed to function the next day because I naturally had a lot of studying to do on Sunday. Well, of course, I was nearly worthless anyway because I stayed up passed my bedtime and got less sleep than normal. I just don't know how to balance these two worlds of work and play, is anyone successful at it?

Posted by Heather Dubbeldee at 06:38 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)