Still here.

$75 + 2 hours = 10 meals

Welcome to the life of a charter school director... Over the past year my life have been turned upside down but not in a bad way. As we get older we mature and "grow up" as much as we don't want it to happen it does. Along with growing up my career has skyrocketed and at the age of 25 I am running the operations of a charter school with 370 students and 30+ staff members and 5 grade levels. I have accomplished so much in the past 11 months that I never thought could be possible. All of this new responsibility has been amazing but is also teaching me the lesson of finding balance. Things I used to love doing with my free time:
-Cooking
-Running
-Shopping
-Painting
-Blogging

Things I now do because I have no free time:
-Cooking - frozen meals or reheating left overs
-Running - to and from classrooms 
-Shopping - on amazon for classroom supplies
-Painting - Does highlighting to do list count?
-Blogging - Responding to e-mails

I guess in someway or another I still do what I like to but it has been tied to my job. These have not been as satisfying as they might sound so as my first year as a director comes to a close I have decided to take the time to go back to the things I love and find "balance" in my life.

Let's start with something that has always sounded like a good idea and time saver... meal planning.

Tuesday night I arrived home with the idea of planning out the rest of the weeks meals. On my 60 minute drive home I was brainstorming the easy meals I could create to make my week a little easier.

Meal 1: Turkey burgers, broccoli, and potatoes
Meal 2: BBQ chicken, asparagus, and rice
Meal 3 (and the boyfriends least favorite): Egg salad

Like I said it took me 2 hours and I now have 10 meals in my refrigerator waiting for lunch. Normal I am very anal about following recipes and making sure that everything is percisely measured and accurate, but with these meals I went with my gut and I would say I am very proud with the turn out.

So that is one thing on my favorite hobbies list that I brought back this week. Last week it was painting and I got to go to my FAVORITE zumba class. Next I plan to schedule some must needed running on my calendar. I am nowhere in the league of running a half a month like last year but I am signed up for Pat's Run in less than a week and a half and I haven't laced up my sneakers since January. Stay tuned to see how I can fit running back into my life.

In the past I blogged about relationships and the journey of finding that special someone. I am 101% positive that someone in your life has said "you will find someone when you are not looking" I am going to leave this section as I agree with that statement 102%.

I will leave you with something I created last week.