One thing I haven’t figured out yet is how to juggle my hobbies. I almost envy people who have NO interests and spend their time just watching tv or listening to music in a friend’s attic.

On any given evening, I have to choose between knitting, cross-stitching and reading. This is assuming that I’m not in the mood to play any of the half dozen half-finished video games I’m needing to beat. Also assuming that I’m being a bum and not writing (which I’m having a hard time getting myself back to work on), or making blog posts, or redesigning a website for the dozenth time. I’ve abandoned every online social group I’ve been a part of, because there’s just not time. I also have to find time to cook, clean, and take care of my dog. Plus, particularly because I’m part of this weight loss challenge at work, I need at least an hour of working out time in the evenings –unless it’s one of the evenings I have Irish Dance or fencing, or am doing a particularly active volunteer event. Let’s not forget that I’ve let my photography skills get downright rusty. My “need to sew” pile is a mile high, and I still haven’t done the odd jobs around home like reupholster our dining room chairs or make curtains for the dining room.

Not to mention the long list of things that I meant to do but then didn’t –learn Spanish, practice piano, practice guitar, brush up on my French and German, improve at ASL, update our photo albums, teach Nellie a new trick.

Between NaNoWriMo, the 11th month of my “100 books in a year” challenge, the weightloss challenge, friends visiting, Thanksgiving, my two jobs, my first month of doing Fly Lady cleaning, ISD and fencing, November’s going to be an even busier than month than October was.

And I don’t even have kids to juggle! How do people LIVE with only 24 hours in a day?