Netflix night!

Today was Netflix day for me: love those days! I use both parts of the service, but I'm such a slacker because I use one part more than the other! I use watch instant every night and forget about the DVD's until I've had them a month, I finally sent this last one back. When I did I didn't even bother to check the queue to see what was coming next so it was a surprise. For the first time tonight I watched Raising Helen. I know I know I'm behind on the times, but once again I learned a few things from a cliche movie!

1. Don't give up your dreams just give them a little nudge to make them fit your current situation!

I have to give a little background before I tell you the next thing I learned. Many of you may not know but right now I work with an after school and summer camp program! I love working with kids, but lately it seems like kids are definately changing! I have this fear that when I do have kids I'm going to be the harshest person on the planet because my expectations for my kids are going to be unbelievably high! That being said here's what else I learned from Raising Helen.

2. I may think I'm going to be harsh and to be honest I probably will, but my hope is that with a little practice I can find a little balance in life and show my kids the fun end and the strict in all at the same time. I read lots of parenting and teaching books all the time, just hoping that when I get there some of this stuff actually does sink in and I have a little bit of an idea of what I'm doing, because I don't like clueless.

3. I need more memories, I have a few good ones here and there but I need to take the time to document my life a little better so that when I do have kids I can share with them those memories and so that as I get older and my memory starts failing I can hold onto as many memories as possible! So from now on my camera goes everywhere, I want my house my life and flash drives to be filled with photos. I want to share my memories with the world and its never to late to start making them.

I also have one random thought to add to this blog about what I learned about Friendship this week (friendship and being a good friend is the theme for the month at my job) and I learned that even if your it its ok not to tag your best friend when your playing freeze tag! I love my kids and I wouldn't trade them for the world, the job may have its stress but they remind me everyday in some way why I do what I do. It may take all day but I do get that one little reminder