Starbucks Coffee, here I come!

I'm not an avid coffee drinker. Sometimes, drinking coffee will even give me a bit of a stomach ache. But now that school is actually "in" session (i.e., TEST taking time has started) I had to make a pit stop at the famous coffee house, Starbucks. I didn't want to make a second trip there later this evening, so I grabbed two hot beverages with caramel (honestly I don't even know exactly what I got) and hit the road back home to prepare for this evening. Tonight will be a late night of reading HUGE textbooks, filling out study guides, and preparing for my first test in Adult Health I.

I had to pull nearly an all-nighter on Thursday for a test on Friday. Why I do that to myself, I don't understand. Yes, I passed the test, and quite well. But procrastination in Nursing school must come to a end. It's such an unhealthy and grueling way to get things done. Not to mention, the frappuccino's I bought only kept me awake for so long. I told a nursing classmate, "we should invent coffee IV's so we can actually stay up longer." Who would've thought Starbuck's thought the same (see image ... LOL!!)

At least I did get to enjoy a picnic this Saturday, and my two sons had a blast being able to "run free" in the park. Sunday will bring about church time, family time, and more studies. Monday will start up the weekly school routine. A typical Monday for the Jackson's includes ...

• Awake, dress, walk Elijah to the bus stop; exchange hugs and kisses and good-byes
• Grab school bags, daycare items, and "Isaiah" too, and off we go
• Drop Isaiah off at daycare; exchange hugs and kisses and good-byes
• Arrive at school, class time, lunch break, more class time
• Pick up kiddos, grab snacks, drop off kiddos
• Off I go to Christianity II class at Rockhurst University (http://www.rockhurst.edu/)
• Head home, arrive home to all my guys; give kiddos baths, read books, exchange more hugs and kisses and put them in bed
• Eat, shower, grab a textbook and read/study until sleep calls my name

Yes, so much to do and only 24 hours per day to do it all, including some quality time for fun, family, cleaning, relaxation, and so much more. Who says you can't have it all? Can't do it all? Be a wife, a mother, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a student, a nurse (in the making) ... and a person who loves, and gives, and receives, and honors, and respects, and thanks, and worships, and laughs, and strives, and fulfills. I'm a living example that "Yes, you can!"

Be who "you" know you are ... the rest will fall into place. LJ