Procrastination Is My Middle Name

Let's be honest. Procrastination is one of my biggest flaws. I procrastinate with everything. This isn't your typical college kid putting off a paper kind either. It's more like a "I'll do it tomorrow, or the next day-5 days later I still haven't done it- oh no I was suppose to do that a week ago-worry worry worry worry" kind. It's BAD. Very bad. My problem is that I'm already worrying over a million other things , so my "just don't think about it" brain says 'oh, you can just put this off and worry about it later. You've got enough going on today. It can wait". And of course that blows up in my face when that situation ends up being an even bigger worry to stress over.

So why can't I break this habit?? Are you a procrastinator as well? How do you deal with it?

A Quick Piece of Love From Morgan

2 posts in one day is a lot considering how far I go between posts sometimes, but this is important.
3 years ago, my boyfriend was in a terrible motorcycle wreck. The kind where they doubted he would make it, when that surprised them thy doubted he would function normally again, and then he received a miracle and is a normal person for the most part these days. The kind where I had to think that I might lose him. It was bad news for days.
Anyways, three years later he has come so far that it's amazing. He only has a few problems that bother him still, like achey knees from surgeries and a left arm that is a little weak. (His left arm was injured from wrist to shoulder with lots of nerve damage and had multiple surgeries on his wrist as well as metal bars sticking out from his arm that held his arm in place from wrist to shoulder for months.)
So tonight I sat here and cut his right hand fingernails for him, like I have plenty of times over the last few years, because his left hand is too weak/not steady enough to do it himself. Some times he can do it on his own, some times he gets half way and I finish and others I do it all. As I tried to cut them to his liking tonight, I thought to myself "Who else would I sit here and do this for? What other adult would I willingly do this task for?" It doesn't matter what he needed, I would gladly help him. He is stubborn to the point where he will take as long as it takes to do a task for himself, no matter how hard his small limitations make it. But on the slight chance that he asks for help, I am there. Whether he needs his fingernails cut or he needs a shoe tied because his knees ache more than usual.
He is such a strong man and I love him. For all his strength.

Christmas Gifts From the Heart & the Blessing of Working With Kids.

Nothing compares to a gift straight from someone's heart, except maybe a gift from a 4 year old's heart.

I have some of the sweetest babies in my class and they come with sweet, thoughtful Mommas. It makes me want to cry. 

Lots of sweets and treats from my littles.

Relationships: A 2 Seater

The problem with a lot of relationships, in my opinion, is that there are more than 2 people influencing the relationship.

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I started this post weeks ago after seeing a friend's relationship go through a rough patch because of a third person who put themselves in the middle of their relationship. I came up with the first sentence and that was really as much as I could  get out of my thoughts. Here I am a few weeks later, looking at this post's first draft and it is hitting a lot closer to home than it did originally.

Relationships are, in fact, a two person deal. It's hard enough to compromise and work together and build a relationship between you and someone else. Adding another person to the mix makes everything a million times more complicated. There is absolutely no reason for someone in the relationship to go out and invite someone else and their opinions and needs and wants in to the middle of everything.
There's no reason for someone to go outside of a committed relationship  looking for whatever it is that they think they need or want. It's really as simple as black and white. If you are happy, you are happy. If you are not, you are not. There's really no in between. If you're not getting what you want out of a relationship with someone, then you need to reevaluate the entire situation and either work on things or leave if that's where things are heading. But never should any one ever go and start some new relationship on the side.
Pardon my French, but that is just bull shit.
Plain and simple.
I also don't understand what girls get out of being "the other girl." Seriously though? You obvious don't have any respect for other people and their relationships, but what about YOURSELF? Why would you want that   kind of reputation following you?
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On a related topic, I can't stand it when two people are cheating and the cheated-on only blames one party.
Your boyfriend/girlfriend/whatever is just as much to blame as the trash they were involved with behind your back.

Words Only a Pre-K Teacher Has To Say

• You have to take your hands out of your pockets in order to go potty, dude.
• Why are there Legos in my shoes?
• Please stop chewing on that. You are not really a puppy.
• Take. Your. Shoe string. Out. Of. Your. Mouth.
• Close the bathroom door. No one wants to see that.
• Did that start out as a toot?
• WHO POOPED IN THE GAME CENTER??

Easton Melts Hearts

A whole month later, I'm finally getting around to posting about Easton's birth. No one is surprised. Anyways, it still leaves me speechless when I think about it, really. Watching a baby be born is one of the most amazing things ever. I felt so honored for Mikayla to ask me to be there when Easton was born and it has given us one more thing to bond our relationship. Let me tell you... We may not be real sisters but we have gone through a lot together. Easton's birth was the most amazing and precious experiences. Just watching him take his first breath and hearing his first little whimper of a cry....oh my word, I was instantly crying the happiest tears ever. It really just steals your heart to see this amazing creation of a baby, looking at him and thinking 'he is literally only minutes old, a true beginning'. *I would like to add that, despite everyone's worry and concern and pretty much sure feelings, I did NOT pass out or even get dizzy during this. I'm a bit of a weakling and a fainter. Oh well.* Of course, I'm now going to post a million pictures of my little E- Man. 

After the little stinker was born, I went to pick up some real food for his mommy and then couldn't wait to get to snuggle him for the first time. I really was so glad she was hungry, because it gave me the chance to do some major snuggling! 

I could not stop looking at him for the longest time. After watching him be born, I was just so amazed by him. His tiny little not-even-a-real-cry. The little crease above his nose. His tiny little hands. Amazing.

 Really, though. Just the most handsome little man ever.

 Some serious snuggling going on in that baby swing.

 We stayed the night Thanksgiving Eve and on Thanksgiving morning I stole the little stinker while his mommy took a shower. He was wide awake and I could not get enough. I brought him and laid him down in the blankets on the bed and he was soon falling back asleep. Kaylen and I just sat, watching him snooze and make silly baby faces in his sleep.

 THE MOST HEARTWARMING, HEART-MELTING MOMENT EVER. Come on girls. You know what I'm talking about. Seeing the love of your life hold a baby and actually enjoy it will pull on every heart string you have. *SIGH*

After Turkey Day dinner, we rocked foreverrrrrrrr.

Seriously though, I'm so thankful his mommy loves me because the whole time I was there I was a complete baby hog. Snuggling machine.

Auntie Heaven.