I have decided that I have officially entered a transition period.
Transition periods lack excitement.
However, transition periods are full of anticipation.
Transition periods make me itchy, they stir up all kinds of icky, nervous, feelings.
It has been awhile since I went through a major life transition. There have been a few, but the last major transition was the nine months before I became a mom.
The whole nine months where you work, prepare, and wonder what is going to happen. Wonder what life is going to be like? Wonder if you really have what it takes to make it work?
Then I became a mom and the whole wonder was over, and there was just day-to-day life. Oh, and the miracle of actually making it work.
At least I think I (well, Brent and I) have made it work. I have four pretty great kids and most days I am pretty darn happy with this life I have. I will even go as far as to say I am pretty darn blessed.
I looked up the word Grateful in the thesaurus and all of those words sum up how I feel about my life.
On the other hand there is those itchy, icky, I don’t know quite what to do with myself feelings.
I have actually spent the last couple of days weeks months trying to figure out where all those itchy feelings are coming from.
I have driven myself half insane trying to figure it out. I even found myself at the bookstore today trying to figure it out. Unfortunately, there was not a single book called, “How to rid yourself of itchy, icky, anticipating, feelings.”
Not ONE!
So, unfair!
Books that came close included one on hormones that included a method for eliminating mood swings. (Maybe) Then there were a whole slew of depression books. (Possibly, except for the whole I feel happy thing) Then there was the Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura section. (mmmm)
I did end up with one book titled, “From Panic to Power, Proven Techniques to Calm your anxieties, conquer your fears, and put you in control of your life.” I have no idea if this is the book for me, but if there is some way to diminish these itchy feelings I’m willing to try it.
At the end of the day I think I have to just accept that my life is under transition. All of the monsters are getting bigger and my staring role in their lives is becoming more secondary. I still get a billing but I’m getting bumped a little. Then there is the whole school thing. I will have to quit my job next year in order to student teach and that makes me sad, happy, nervous all at the exact same time.
Life is changing and as much as I don’t like change and it makes me feel crazy I’m going to have to accept that nothing stays the same.
I just have to remind myself I had these feelings when I was pregnant with S. and look how awesome that turned out.
Transition periods lack excitement.
However, transition periods are full of anticipation.
Transition periods make me itchy, they stir up all kinds of icky, nervous, feelings.
It has been awhile since I went through a major life transition. There have been a few, but the last major transition was the nine months before I became a mom.
The whole nine months where you work, prepare, and wonder what is going to happen. Wonder what life is going to be like? Wonder if you really have what it takes to make it work?
Then I became a mom and the whole wonder was over, and there was just day-to-day life. Oh, and the miracle of actually making it work.
At least I think I (well, Brent and I) have made it work. I have four pretty great kids and most days I am pretty darn happy with this life I have. I will even go as far as to say I am pretty darn blessed.
I looked up the word Grateful in the thesaurus and all of those words sum up how I feel about my life.
On the other hand there is those itchy, icky, I don’t know quite what to do with myself feelings.
I have actually spent the last couple of days weeks months trying to figure out where all those itchy feelings are coming from.
I have driven myself half insane trying to figure it out. I even found myself at the bookstore today trying to figure it out. Unfortunately, there was not a single book called, “How to rid yourself of itchy, icky, anticipating, feelings.”
Not ONE!
So, unfair!
Books that came close included one on hormones that included a method for eliminating mood swings. (Maybe) Then there were a whole slew of depression books. (Possibly, except for the whole I feel happy thing) Then there was the Dr. Phil, Dr. Laura section. (mmmm)
I did end up with one book titled, “From Panic to Power, Proven Techniques to Calm your anxieties, conquer your fears, and put you in control of your life.” I have no idea if this is the book for me, but if there is some way to diminish these itchy feelings I’m willing to try it.
At the end of the day I think I have to just accept that my life is under transition. All of the monsters are getting bigger and my staring role in their lives is becoming more secondary. I still get a billing but I’m getting bumped a little. Then there is the whole school thing. I will have to quit my job next year in order to student teach and that makes me sad, happy, nervous all at the exact same time.
Life is changing and as much as I don’t like change and it makes me feel crazy I’m going to have to accept that nothing stays the same.
I just have to remind myself I had these feelings when I was pregnant with S. and look how awesome that turned out.
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