Goals, Plans, and Dreams!!

So, remember this post? I had some many plans for my childless life and I was so excited - for reals, no sarcasm intended. On top of those I listed, I also planned for after Sam graduated from Law School to specialize on something else (I always wanted to go to nursing school or beauty school - because they are so related to each other [insert sarcasm]), on top of the MBA, open a party/event planning company, and go on many missions with Sam once he retired (this one can still happen if the boys are off on their own).

Well, now that I have children, things have changed and so have my goals, plans, and dreams.  When Sam graduates and the babies are bigger, I want to:

Physical

- Go back to doing yoga.  Someday I want to be able to do the crow again and its variations that I was never able to do (like the side crow) without almost falling on my face.  I could do the crow for a second before dismounting (more like falling on my face...) but that was a huge progress! But then I got pregnant and was never able to do it again...

- I want to run a 5k and maybe someday run a half marathon

Spiritual

- Go on missions with Sam. Specially Temple and proselyting mission.

Family

- Take some cooking classes. I love to cook but I don't know techniques and such.

Intellectual

- When I came to the US (and before Sam happened), the plan was to graduate as a psychologist and then go to the holistic university my natural pathologist in Brazil owns in Paraguay.  I was so excited and my parents were 100% supportive.  With my education I would be able to hep people from mind to body.  Now that I live in the US, I would love to get a ND Degree.  Not from a quack unaccredited school, but from a real school like this one. It's a 4 year program and it's like medical school but focused on preventative medicine. Different from modern medicine that focuses more on curing the consequence and not the cause.  This is a huge dream that will take time and money, but it would be grand if I was able to do it.

Well, I do have others but they are more every day things. These are on top of my list of the time and money consuming ones.  Since I stopped working I have noticed that if I don't have a project going on or something that I need to get done, I get depressed and lost.... So it has been good while I had to get the house ready to sell (which we're not selling until Sam graduates, whoohoo) because I always had something to do.  Now that the house is ready, I have been trying to finish other things that I started while I was working but was never able to finish after the boys were born.

Before I went on my mission, a friend told me something that I never forgot:  "We are all given 24hrs a day, and we can do whatever we want with them"  Some people become great people and others mediocre.  I know that what this friend told me is obvious, but reminders are good and sometimes they strike me hard and make an impression... He told me that right before I left on my mission and I tried to remember that everyday as I tried to find people to teach the gospel.  Now, I use it to remind myself that I should always strive to improve myself so I can help improve the world around me.