{"id":189,"date":"2013-01-18T01:32:54","date_gmt":"2013-01-18T01:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/?p=189"},"modified":"2013-01-18T01:34:26","modified_gmt":"2013-01-18T01:34:26","slug":"189","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/189\/","title":{"rendered":"I get by with a little help."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=190\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-190 aligncenter\" alt=\"Picture 023\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-023.jpg\" width=\"254\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-023.jpg 1936w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-023-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-023-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-023-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Where is my post-run sunrise?! COME BACK<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>Man, this week was hairy.\u00a0 Had a pretty intense project due\u00a0 that I was really having a hard time getting together for many different reasons.\u00a0 On top of that, it was one of those weeks where there were &#8220;fires&#8221; to be put out constantly.\u00a0 You know how it is, you are at work all day but 3pm hits and you have yet to check a single email?\u00a0 This little time sensitive project on top of it was making matters a little more stressful.\u00a0\u00a0 But a few late nights and some early mornings and it all got done just under the wire.\u00a0 So in the end, it all worked out and I didn&#8217;t lose any hair, I don&#8217;t think.<\/p>\n<p>Do you ever feel sometimes like you just can&#8217;t deal?\u00a0 I know I do.\u00a0 I am guilty of putting too much on my plate, and there were several moments this week where I thought to myself &#8220;I can&#8217;t do this, it&#8217;s too much.&#8221;\u00a0 But then you know what happened?\u00a0 People happened.\u00a0 A colleague offering a helping hand that literally saved me from a meltdown, a random phone call from an old friend that completely lightened my mood, a client who thanked me for changing their life.\u00a0 God is funny like that.\u00a0 He tells you to take on these things and you think to yourself, do you have the right person?\u00a0 Are you sure you are not confusing me with somebody else?\u00a0 When really he has a plan all along,\u00a0 you just have to accept the help he gives you.<\/p>\n<p>None of us are in this world alone, even if at times you might feel that way.\u00a0 Open your mind and your heart to those around you who want to help.\u00a0 That is why we build relationships, to support one another, to love one another &amp; to lift\u00a0 each other up because we really cannot do it all alone (not without having a breakdown anyway).\u00a0 THAT is what makes the world go round.\u00a0\u00a0 Don&#8217;t feel bad for accepting help either, because there WILL be a time when someone needs YOU.<\/p>\n<p>This weekend is my last official weekend before I really have no life and start back at my second semester of grad school classes, so lord knows I am going to soak it in!\u00a0 I will be getting a nice long run in with some good friends on Saturday, getting some fun family time in and of course snuggling with these two good lookin&#8217; fellas \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=192\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-192\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-192 aligncenter\" alt=\"Picture 022\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-022.jpg\" width=\"384\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-022.jpg 1936w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-022-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-022-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Picture-022-1024x1024.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Stay Blessed in the MESS \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where is my post-run sunrise?! COME BACK! Man, this week was hairy.\u00a0 Had a pretty intense project due\u00a0 that I was really having a hard time getting together for many different reasons.\u00a0 On top of that, it was one of those weeks where there were &#8220;fires&#8221; to be put out constantly.\u00a0 You know how it is, you are at work all day but 3pm hits and you have yet to check a single email?\u00a0 This little time sensitive project on top of it was making matters a little more stressful.\u00a0\u00a0 But a few late nights and some early mornings and it all got done just under the wire.\u00a0 So in the end, it all worked out and I didn&#8217;t lose any hair, I don&#8217;t think. Do you ever feel sometimes like you just can&#8217;t deal?\u00a0 I know I do.\u00a0 I am guilty of putting too much on my plate, and there were several moments this week where I thought to myself &#8220;I can&#8217;t do this, it&#8217;s too much.&#8221;\u00a0 But then you know what happened?\u00a0 People happened.\u00a0 A colleague offering a helping hand that literally saved me from a meltdown, a random phone call from an old friend that completely lightened my mood, a client who thanked me for changing their life.\u00a0 God is funny like that.\u00a0 He tells you to take on these things and you think to yourself, do you have the right person?\u00a0 Are you sure you are not confusing me with somebody else?\u00a0 When really he has a plan all along,\u00a0 you just have to accept the help he gives you. None of us are in this world alone, even if at times you might feel that way.\u00a0 Open your mind and your heart to those around you who want to help.\u00a0 That is why we build relationships, to support one another, to love one another &amp; to lift\u00a0 each other up because we really cannot do it all alone (not without having a breakdown anyway).\u00a0 THAT is what makes the world go round.\u00a0\u00a0 Don&#8217;t feel bad for accepting help either, because there WILL be a time when someone needs YOU. This weekend is my last official weekend before I really have no life and start back at my second semester of grad school classes, so lord knows I am going to soak it in!\u00a0 I will be getting a nice long run in with some good friends on Saturday, getting some fun family time in and of course snuggling with these two good lookin&#8217; fellas \ud83d\ude42 Stay Blessed in the MESS \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=189"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":194,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/189\/revisions\/194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}