Sartober 10th
I have been having a rough week. I have chosen not to post for a few days because I needed to not flood the internet with negativity. I am still trying to get into a positive mindset and have been searching for a counselor. I don't think I am being successful at making it work on my own.
I started off this morning with a fun stomach bug, but I was feeling a little better when I finally got out of bed at 8am so I met my grandparents for breakfast. It is always nice to spend time with them. I am blessed to live close enough to them that they've been an integral part of my life since I was little. Grandpa always has a little comic or article or something he has saved for me when I see him. It always makes me feel better to see them and know that they've been thinking about me. I hate that I don't get to spend more time with them, but I do treasure our Saturday morning breakfasts when I get to go.
After that, I was supposed to have an art lesson. I had contacted the parent of my new art student this morning and asked if we could just move the lesson back a half hour (as I was feeling gross this morning and just wanted a little extra time to get the house together before they showed up). I never heard anything back and they didn't show up. I am beginning getting discouraged about trying to do private art lessons. Do any of you out there who give lessons have this problem? I find that a lot of times, when people find out that I don't have kids, they just assume that I sit around and do nothing a lot. At times, this can be true (at least on the weekends), but I don't think that my time is any less valuable than anyone else's. I am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt - maybe something came up or maybe their phone died, I have no idea. It just seems to be happening more frequently than not. I do think that maybe hosting lessons in a studio space makes it slightly easier to hold people accountable. If I had a "business" and a contract of some sort perhaps it would make it easier to not waste my time waiting around. I am just trying to involve myself in things that make me feel happy and fulfilled, but I don't want it to become and additional source of stress.
Anyway, I am going to try not to dwell on all of that. I am so happy that the weather truly feels like Fall today. My windows are open, my pumpkin candle is burning and I am going to focus on trying to stay positive today. I have a lot of grading to catch up on this weekend, but I am looking forward to getting to spend some time with my husband and get some chores done around the house that we haven't had time for during the week. I hope you have a good Saturday too.
I started off this morning with a fun stomach bug, but I was feeling a little better when I finally got out of bed at 8am so I met my grandparents for breakfast. It is always nice to spend time with them. I am blessed to live close enough to them that they've been an integral part of my life since I was little. Grandpa always has a little comic or article or something he has saved for me when I see him. It always makes me feel better to see them and know that they've been thinking about me. I hate that I don't get to spend more time with them, but I do treasure our Saturday morning breakfasts when I get to go.
After that, I was supposed to have an art lesson. I had contacted the parent of my new art student this morning and asked if we could just move the lesson back a half hour (as I was feeling gross this morning and just wanted a little extra time to get the house together before they showed up). I never heard anything back and they didn't show up. I am beginning getting discouraged about trying to do private art lessons. Do any of you out there who give lessons have this problem? I find that a lot of times, when people find out that I don't have kids, they just assume that I sit around and do nothing a lot. At times, this can be true (at least on the weekends), but I don't think that my time is any less valuable than anyone else's. I am trying to give them the benefit of the doubt - maybe something came up or maybe their phone died, I have no idea. It just seems to be happening more frequently than not. I do think that maybe hosting lessons in a studio space makes it slightly easier to hold people accountable. If I had a "business" and a contract of some sort perhaps it would make it easier to not waste my time waiting around. I am just trying to involve myself in things that make me feel happy and fulfilled, but I don't want it to become and additional source of stress.
Anyway, I am going to try not to dwell on all of that. I am so happy that the weather truly feels like Fall today. My windows are open, my pumpkin candle is burning and I am going to focus on trying to stay positive today. I have a lot of grading to catch up on this weekend, but I am looking forward to getting to spend some time with my husband and get some chores done around the house that we haven't had time for during the week. I hope you have a good Saturday too.
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