DayDreaming Diva

WOW! It's been a while....like since August...oops! Seriously, I have never been as busy as I have been this past year. First of all being a teacher is the hardest job I have ever worked. It is just non stop and the work doesn't stop when you leave school at 3:00 like most people think it does. As challenging and as hard as it may be I do love what I am doing right now and am getting so much experience for what I have planned in the future. So not only is my job keeping me busy but I have also decided to continue my education and go back to school. So I have been trying to get everything completed for that. Thankfully the application process is finally over. Now I just get to sit back and wait...fun! Also on top of working and possibly Grad school..... I'm getting married! I have so many posts I need to write so I can fill you all in (all two of you LOL). So, I have been a little bit busy and have not had time to sit down and write like I used to. I am going to g...

School is stressful, relationships are stressful, work is stressful...life is stressful. I have typically not been very good at coping with stress. When I get stressed, I tend to push my feelings and emotions aside in order to get things accomplished. This causes my emotions to build up inside until they explode at very inconvenient times. In a way this can be a good thing, the fact that I am able to avoid thinking about certain things and avoid reacting  emotionally as some people would. However, like I said, I tend to push the emotions away and then deal with them at inappropriate times or take them out on people that are not deserving. Typically when I am overwhelmed I will eat. I don’t know why but when something is bothering me I feel like I have to have food in my mouth. I also have a tendency to go shopping and spend money on things I don’t necessarily need. I used to do this all of the time. If I had a stressful day at work I would swing by Target and just go crazy. T...