easy peezy lemon squeezy

A: "what are you up to?"

M: "oh nothin' much, still just going to school!"

i'm just a student.

-class (including actually attending class/keeping notes organized/quizzes/exams/reading articles/reading textbooks/group projects/research papers)

-clinic (attending my scheduled 'clinic hours'/preparing for therapy/finding materials/reading articles/writing reports/attending meetings/logging hours/immunizations/fingerprints/physicals/background check/attending conferences)

-ASHA certification (studying for and taking the Praxis exam/ logging hours/ keeping track of standards/interviewing, communicating for 2 full time internships/ researching for 9 months full time CFY year work)

-IL state license (2 basic skills standardized tests/forms/portfolio)

-TA (prepping for and teaching class/grading papers/grading journals/website upkeep/emails to students/visiting sites/meeting with students/ ICEs forms/meetings with Patty/timecards)

aannd a church member.

-personal progress (stake activities/temple trips/weekly mutual/monthly thought/monthly activity/bi-annual events/phone calls/organization/work on my own goals/craft projects)

-visiting teaching (emailing/phone calls/visiting/service)

-ward choir (attend once per week/practice music)

and a regular person.

-piano lessons (attend 1x per week/practice 3-4 x per week)

-running (3 mornings per week)

-meal planning/budgeting (plan once per week/grocery shop/cook meals/find recipes/pay bills/check mint.com/pick up bread monday mornings)

-institute class (attend once per week/write in journal/bring goodies)

-read scriptures (2x daily, personal morning/family night)

-colby (daily walks (x4), playtime/feeding/shopping/grooming/vet visits/bills/socializing/cleaning up/arranging pet sitting)

-wifelyness (clean house/check mail/call maintenance/laundry/help with scout activities, campouts/emotional support/date nights/figure out what to do with our lives/travel/give rides)

-social coordinator (planning group activities/date nights/making dinner for friends/dog-sitting/baking goodies/finding events around town/keeping in touch with long distance friends)

-family member (skype dates/conference calls/email pictures/plan trips/buy plane tickets/sending presents)

-miscellaneous (play guitar/record songs/smooch, snuggle jonny/watch movies/blog/look at houses online/browse design blogs/random crafty projects/read magazines/dance in the kitchen/listen to NPR/read the news)

... i'm sure there is something i forgot.

i am so blessed to have such a full life.

POST EDIT:

i wrote this initially one day when i was feeling overwhelmed and just had to get everything out on paper.

i decided to share it, not because i think you all want to know the minutia of my life, but because it goes to show that no one should ever say that they are 'just' anything.

ie. i'm 'just' a mom. or i'm 'just' a student. or i'm 'just' the ward chorister.

there is always more involved than people think. you always do more than is expected/required.

but that brings me to two more important points.

1. is who we really are only determined by what we do?

2. why do we care what other people think about who we are?

we've been discussing 'identity' in one of my classes. its a complicated, dynamic thing.

it could get very confusing trying to figure it out on my own.

good thing i know my true identity.

i am a daughter of God.