Of My Technique on Cleaning a Room and Getting Homework Done (at the Same Time)

After my CPR/First Aid training only went from 8-2:30 instead of 8-5, I got home early and decided I had a great opportunity to get ahead on some homework. After having a snack and finishing one assignment, I could no longer handle the state of my messy bedroom and unmade bed, and so decided I should remedy the problem before tackling any more homework. 

The following describes the past several hours:

1. See that room is horrendously messy, decide to do a quick tidy-up.
2. Decide to tackle the messy bed first. 
3. Proceed to take all blankets, pillows, and sheets off bed.
4. Realize that I would really like to shift my wooden chest and bed 7 inches in order to make my lamp fit in the corner better.
5. Move bed and chest, finish making bed.
6. Remember I printed off an assignment 20 minutes before and forgot to put it on my stack of completed homework. 
7. Rush upstairs, grab homework, also grab a cookie.
8. Start cleaning up clutter in far corner of room, throw something in the trash on other corner of room, see trash is full, proceed to empty trash.
9. After emptying trash, realize I really need to vacuum that corner, and will do so before cleaning and vacuuming other corner.
10. Place snack basket, trash container, chair, and miscellaneous tea boxes on bed to vacuum corner of room.
11. Finish vacuuming 3/4 room, organize shoes on shoe shelf.
12. Remember that I have been meaning to sew up a seam that is coming loose in one of my boots.
13. Spend 12 minutes sewing up boot.
14. decide to clean up one of the drawers in my desk. 
15. Start organizing drawer, trim the sides of hanging file folders to make them fit better.
16. Realize the contents of my file folders haven't been correctly filed. Remedy the problem.
17. See a piece of correspondence from an adviser at my college, notice that the class schedule I had anticipated for next quarter was not feasible. Freak out.
18. Spend 10 minutes on my school email searching for another piece of correspondence regarding one of the classes offered. Don't find it.
19. Start to freak out even more about classes and graduating on time. 
20. Call Munchette (sister) to tell her my great woes. Talk for 15 minutes, have an emotional breakdown, feel better, realize the world isn't falling apart, conclude conversation. Remember I was cleaning my room.
20. Finish organizing drawer and remember I had a question for Strong Ox (older brother) about filing my taxes.
21. Call Strong Ox and get tax question answered.
22. Almost start filing taxes and then remind myself I want to get more homework done.
23. Spend an hour doing homework.
24. Notice my room still isn't clean.
25. But it's dinner time and I'm hungry.
26. Serve myself dinner, watch a short tv show, then get distracted on social media.
27. Look through old pictures.
28. Notice it's getting late and I still need to take a shower and get ready for church in the morning.
29. Take a shower and decide to write a blog post.
30. Realize blog post is written and my room is only 5/6 clean.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is how I get things (almost) done. Life of a working college student. 

Ahem, a working college student who is now (finally) officially certified in First Aid and CPR.

A Final Farewell to 2015

Yes, it is January of 2016 already. No, I will not let it prevent me from composing one final post intended for 2015...However, rather than calling it a belated post, I'm going to go with "reflection post." 
The last month of 2015 was jam-packed with family, friends, food, and snow. The following are some pictures I felt documented the season well. 

 Sibling selfies; I felt as though they captured each of these dear siblings well. 

Mozzarella (left), Gubby (top), Polly Wog (bottom right)

 Dear Squish socializing with Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma! Oh, and with her aunts. 

Just because I'm busy doesn't mean I don't take time to put cute little trees in my room. 

Truly, though, Jesus is the real Reason for the season, and I a so thankful that He came! By His grace alone are we able to live and find true peace!

 We saw an elk on our trip up to the snow -- Since it wasn't hunting season, we shot it with our cameras instead of our bows. 

 God's beautiful masterpiece!

 This little guy...Mini-man shall forever have the power to melt my heart. 

 We dug snow tunnels!

This picture describes their relationship well:

 Gubby picks on Mini-man. Mini-man is oblivious until it's too late. Love these two little men so very, very much.

In short, 2015 was a busy year, full of blessings, hard work, lazy afternoons, grief, joy, growth, and, ultimately, God's sovereignty. 

I can't wait to see what He has in store for 2016! Oh, for grace to trust Him more!

Hold fast to Jesus!

Sonia