• dailyachesandpains said on Feb 17, 2007....

  Awe, NINI! Pray for a bigger bucket too!
  I hope things get better soon! 
  {{{{{hugs}}}}}
  Daily

• JadeLondon said on Feb 17, 2007....

  Well, if you won't ask for a bigger bucket, then I will. The alternative simply stinks! :)

  Ah, Nini--I've only been back for about a week and wondering about you. I am glad to see, for all your frustrations, that you have maintained a sense of humor. Kudos to you--I would do good to learn a lesson.

• secretlife said on Feb 17, 2007....

  isn't funny how we think we can have EVERYTHING???
   
  that's a myth nini.....and you know it.
   
  you have to learn how to juggle....say maybe give up the part time job til you get your degree....cut a little here...and go back to it later on when you can.  otherwise it become almost impossible to enjoy the things you can't recapture.....
   
   
   
   
   
   

• ninibud92 said on Feb 17, 2007....

  I wish there were some way I could do it all.  Not enough hours in a day.  But you know what they say...wish in one hand, crap in the other,  see which one gets filled first!
  

• genalonewolf said on Feb 17, 2007....

  Well shit is shit. Take the five gallon with you but remember that shit stacks, so take six gallons instead. Leave the rest where it is and come back to it when you are ready. Just don't forget about it because it doesn't last forever.

• boyzmom said on Feb 17, 2007....

  I have been accused of having Superwoman Syndrome because I try to do it all. If I don't do it all then it may not get done right.  Cutting corners once in a while is not a bad thing and it saves a heap of time.

• JadeLondon said on Feb 17, 2007....

  (Jade giggles at Nini's response.)

  I was going to say that--my father has always been fond of the saying. :)

• ninibud92 said on Feb 17, 2007....

  My best friend says its a sign from up above...she says it means I have to look at the positive in the mess.  Can't see it.  Actually, its not that I can't see it, its that I don't want to see it.
  
  I'll just put my boots on and keep mucking around in it!  That seems to be the way I handle things like this in life.  Eventually, something dries up and blows away!
  
  ha, ha, ha! (sigh)
  

• Aristotle said on Feb 17, 2007....

  Nini:

  Very captivating story!  Just remember that one man's shit is another man's glory.  So, along the lines of what your best friend told you, CHANGE the way you look at the mess or shit as you prefer to call it.  View the shit as being rose petals with life lessons imbedded in them.  You see, the Higher Power intentionally gave you a bucket that was too small so that you could learn, grow and be EVENTUALLY happier.  Think positive and stay positive!  Its all going to work out just the way it is meant to.  Good luck!

  Aristotle

   

• JadeLondon said on Feb 17, 2007....

  I can see Aristotle's point, even if I cannot always believe it. Hardship is character building. Well, I hope it is, anyway.

• silverwhisper said on Feb 18, 2007....

  nini, a full-time job, a part-time job and school is something you can do for maybe a semester. but that simply isn't sustainable: it's called burning the candle at both ends. you will burn out, and in your profession, you need to avoid that.
  
  ed

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