Eating for comfort

The weather is still chilly and I have been having too much hot choclate. What is it with the change in weather and thinking that you can change your diet? I do not ever try to diet, but I do believe in eating healthy and making yourself feel good by being healthy. Well, if you are not feeling great, do you still eat healthy to try to make yourself feel better? Does food still taste the same even when you do not enjoy it?

I hear all the time about eating for comfort and I think I understand what that means now. Does anybody else eat for comfort and is it okay to do?

Adjusting to the weather

Well, I live in Florida and for all intent and purposes, we have great weather. So why is it that it is 70 degrees, sunny and I am still inside typing away? Good weather should be enjoyed right? Does it help improve your mood? Not sure about that. The change of weather to me means allergies, asthma and just being cold. But besides that, I am not in the best of mood today and just feel like I should be because it is so nice out.

So help me out, does good weather help your mood?

Career Changes

Well, they say that you change careers 7 times in your life. I thought I found mine, but I am learning each day that you do not need to just have one career. I have been using my resources and learning all that I can in order to have as many careers as possible. Why settle for one? Who wants to settle anyways? Why should we feel bad when we get bored at work and want something different? Society tells us we should be bored and that is just life, well no way for me. I want to keep exploring different careers and somehow combine all of them into one. Who knows, it might work, sounds good anyways right???

Getting help without asking

Well, it is offical, life is back to normal this week. The trip is over and we are both back at work. I have never been on a vaction for 2 weeks before and i now know why people get so excited for a vacation. I did not realize how stressed out I was until I was able to relax for a week or two.

I have this thing inside of me, the "I am fine" button that I can always convince myself that I am okay. Well, I am not always okay and that was apparant with how my stress has come out. I know that when life gets us down, we sometimes say, WHY ME? I wish I had a good answer for that one. Life gives us what we can handle, but for me sometimes it sure gives me a lot.

I am thankful, grateful and all those other things that I can handle my days, but if left to myself, I think I would screw up all the time. It is nice to have someone watching over me and telling me what I am doing wrong because clearly I do not alway see it. I now have someone that is right there helping me EVEN when i do not want his help and I appreciate that more than anyone can ever know.

Not sure where I am going with this, but if anyone knows anything about making mistakes by themselves then that can be a start.

OMG

Well, wedding is finally here and of course I cannot sleep and have a pimple. It is ironic that life cannot ever be simple. I think that wrenches are thrown in to our lives to help us appreciate what we have. I had dinner last night with my family and my brother was playing a game of hide-and-seek with his kids. My nephew found the dollor bill and the first thing he said was, "Aunt Jen, I want you to have this as a wedding present." Talk about special moments. He is seven and the sweetest kid. Of course, I told him to keep his money for something special.

I am so blessed to be loved by my family, friends and especially my husband to be. Who cares about a small facial blemish when I have all this other stuff to be grateful for. Anyways, that is what make-up is for.

Decisions

I cannot believe it is finally here. We have been planning and waiting for this for 9 months. As my finance says, "We could have had a baby in that time." So far, I am calm and I hope I stay that way. I am really looking forward to this and nothing is going to ruin my day because I am trying to stay realistic.

I guess I have had some upsets along the way, but I refuse to think of them like that. They are just bumbs in the road. Once again, I realized last night how fortunate I am to be marrying my man. We had to decide on which room to stay in for our wedding night. Well, he laid out the three options and we were able to come to a conclusion quickly that we both agreed upon. Does everybody make decisions that easily together? We seem to make hard decisions easily and I am so fortunate for that.

How hard is it to parent?

Before having the first child, many will be unaware of how difficult it can be. For the first couple of years, there is the knowledge that the child might wake up through the night and keep the parent or parents up, but few will think about how difficult it can be as the child grows. As kids grow up, they start to lose their dependence on the parent and become more independent in their actions, thoughts and views. Most will forget that while teenage years are the best known years for independent growth, younger years can be just as full of trouble depending on the young individual.

Different individuals will grow at a different rate from others. Everyone is different and this includes all ages, including younger children. Some will take longer to lose their dependence while others will seem to trade it in for more dependence at a younger age. While many generalizations about parenting exist, there are some things that some parents will have more difficulty with their kids than others will. Most of these differences will often depend on the situation of the family, how the parents bring up their children, how much the attention the child gets and whether they have enough to keep them busy. Children who have inherited different genetic problems and diseases can be more difficult to raise, especially if they spend a lot of time in the hospital or they are older and have a pretty good understanding about what problems they are suffering from. Whether the child is perfectly healthy or afflicted with health problems, there are a number of difficulties that the parents will have to go through as the child grows and works through their stages of development.

Parenting is not an easy responsibility and definitely not something to take lightly. A parent is responsible for the proper care and development of each little person they decide to have. In fact, some expectant parents will panic over whether or not they can handle being responsible for the life they are about to bring into the world. It can be an overwhelming situation at any time during the child’s growth; from before they are born until they are eighteen and ready to leave the house. It is normal for parents to become stressed out over parenting, especially if they are a single parent.

Therapists and counselors can help parents who are stressing out over their role as parents. The stress is not good for the parents and it is certainly not good for the child. Children are surprisingly perceptive and can easily pick up on the emotions of their parents. Being stressed can also have a negative impact on how someone will parent their children and this is not healthy when trying to maintain a strong, healthy bond with the child. Rifts can occur and continue to grow until the family unit is broken. Online therapy can help parents to get advice and suggestions on the things that they can do in order to make their lives easier. It can be helpful to families who already have problems or even families who do not have problems yet. Seeking out the helpful advice before problems set in is always the best course of action. Contacting a therapist or counselor about raising a child can eliminate many of the problems that new parents will often face. They can help turn the parenting experience into something less stressful and more enjoyable.