Stress and other joyous things!

Hectic moments seem to follow me around these days. They form themselves into chaotic hours and mind boggling days!

As I sit here enjoying Disney movies on Netflix, I am swarmed with the spinning mind that rules my head. Too many thing to contemplate and finish, and not enough OCD in me to get it all done in the few hours I have left each day. So, I have decided to take this time to possibly clear up a few things and save what few braincells I haven't exhausted.

As most of you know, most of my family is in California. And this Christmas is one I would desperately like my hubby and I to spend with my family. Sadly, we already got turned down for having the week of Christmas off work. So, we changed out plans to the 12th through the 16th for our CA trip. Now, the hardship lies in the funds for said trip. It is going to cost close to $450 per person just to get out there. We only have about $500 on us to spend, and that is with $100 from my dad. Now, if we didn't have to supply the money until the trip, we would have it no problem. But the longer we wait to save the money, the more the tickets will cost ... And on top of it all, we have three unforeseen expenses coming up. One being this coming week, and the other two in the first week of November. I am at my wits end when it comes to this! I know there is the option of saving our money and taking the vacation when we can! But that is just it, I don't see it as an option at all!!! I feel like nothing will be ok if I don't get to see my family!

Against that chunk of stressful goodness happens to be something that stalks me everyday, my body. I am not one to play the victim because I know for a fact that I have the power (somewhere) to fix it and I am the one that caused it. I hear daily that I need to be proud of the way I look, but that doesn't just magically make me love what I see in the mirror. All it would take is daily workouts and good eating. Then why is that I can't seem to do any of it for more then two days at a time?
Well, enough with the self pity and confusing decisions that need to be made. On to one of the few
things that doesn't seem to stress me out these days, unpacking!