Priorities

I have posted the Alaska photos onto Kodak gallery as there are too many to post here. The link for that is http://www.kodakgallery.com/I.jsp?c=96xkajv.bnivytij&x=0&y=-jm9qon&localeid=en_US. I never did take photos from the day in Ketchican which was arguably the most quaint of the three towns we visited. At some point I hope to combine my photos with Barclay's and my Dad's. Of course, that will take some doing to coordinate all that and then there is the getting all of them in order chronologically as I am a bit impulsive about that sort of thing (this runs in my family).

I just had an Occupational Therapist from the Infant Toddler program come by to evaluate Talan for his tactile sensitivity. She is referring us to a Psychiatrist just to see if there is any early Obsessive Compulsive Disorder indicators. Truthfully, I think Talan is in the normal range and we do all joke about how clean and orderly he is. But since it is a free service, I suppose why not check him out. Joe and I both have our compulsions so maybe he is just like us but to a bit more extreme. Who knows. I am all about getting more information.

My sponsor and I had a great chat yesterday and it got me to thinking about what my priorities are. I had called her because I was already stressing about how busy I am going to be when school starts up again. So I have been thinking and mulling it over. My priorities are always evolving but right now, during the summer, my priorities are:
1. My mental and physical health
2. My family, specifically spending quality time with my children
3. Al-Anon: my spiritual health
4. Adult responsibilities - order in my house and life
5. Talan's speech therapy work
6. Service work
7. Preparing for school - starting on my lab notebook
8. Making money -sign language classes and property management

When school starts at the end of August my priorities will shift and school will be 4th. Hopefully Talan's speech therapy will be only twice a month instead of being twice a week like it has been. Joe will be home more to help run the household and care for the kids so I can focus on homework. I realize I am not that enthusiastic about teaching sign language so I am going to have to really think about how involved I want to continue to be with that. The property management of our development excites me and it is not only lucrative but flexible. I love some of my service work like working with the Alateens and speaking at the hospital but I am not sure how much time I can commit to being a Alternate DR (district rep) and GR (group rep). Not that I have been doing much in either capacity, I just fear more will be asked of me and I certainly don't have the time or inclination to fly to Boise 4 times a year for the meetings. Truth be told, I shouldn't worry about any of it. It will be what it will be. There is not much I can do about it today.

I am so grateful Talan is feeling better today. Last night he threw up on me and coughed all night. Today he is a little whiny but mostly back together. Mason and Terran (our 7 year old neighbor) are inseparable. That is good and bad. Now I know how my mom felt when we had Danny over all the time when we were kids. :)