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<p>I work hard and I used to get very little sleep in order to keep up with everything, but that finally caught up with me and I discovered that my mind and body weren’t as young as they used to be, and I just can’t handle that lifestyle. So, yes it is difficult, but now I’ve learned to REALLY manage my time wisely, and I have become THE QUEEN OF MULTI-TASKING!! 
It’s not an easy life, but it’s worth it, and I do still manage to squeeze in a few hours for myself here and there. My family has dinner together almost every night and we have family game/movie nights on the weekends. There is a methodically designed division of labor in our home, which is how we keep our house clean while managing our busy lives- our children even have daily chores that earn them fake money (I imported an online dollar bill image into PowerPoint and put their pictures on the bills, so they have “Mikey dollars” and “Annyka dollars”, etc.), and they spend their money in the family “general store” which is stocked with prizes I buy for a quarter at the Sunday sale in a local thrift store. </p>
<p>While I believe the workload at my next school will be heavier than at my community college, and perhaps more so if I do get into one of those big-dog U’s, I have balanced all of this so far, so I think I can handle it. I am certain that a lot of this wouldn’t be possible (or at least would be A LOT more difficult) if I didn’t have a partner- I have endless amounts of respect for the single parents out there. There are times that I feel overwhelmed, exhausted, frustrated, sad- but I really think I can roll with the punches. I believe that no matter what school I transfer to, I will do really well, and hopefully achieve many of my goals. </p>
<p>Woohoo! That was my first quote! Yea!
(It’s the little things…)
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