Leah Week 6 - My Crazy Last Two Weeks

You know that period in time when everything just seems to happen at once? Well that has been my last two weeks. 

For starters, there was mold detected in one half of my house, the half that has mine and my sibling’s bedrooms and bathrooms. Obviously living with mold is incredibly unhealthy and dangerous, so my mother organized a team of mold removers to come into our house and get rid of the mold. Two weeks ago, my siblings and I packed up our entire rooms, including decorations on the walls, and moved into the lounge and my parents’ bedroom. Sleeping on the couch hasn’t actually been too bad, but having no personal space and my parents around all the time has been intense. Also, my house is a mess, everything is covered in plastic, and the machine used to get rid of the mold makes an awful noise, it sounds like an airplane. 

Another crazy thing that has happened recently is that my mother has been in New York taking the American Law Bar Exam. She worked as a lawyer in South Africa and wants to practice law in the United States too, so she has been studying for hours everyday to pass this exam. Because she has not been around as much to help out with everyday tasks, there has been so much more responsibility on my siblings, my father, and I, which can be super overwhelming sometimes. 

The last crazy thing that is happening is that I am going on a ski trip this weekend with NCSY. If you don’t know, NCSY is an Orthodox, Jewish youth movement. I am very excited to get away, have fun, and hopefully make some new friends. The only problem with this trip is, of course, all the prep beforehand, such as packing and getting everything ready. 

So yeah, I’ve had a crazy last two weeks. All this on top of normal homework, studying, chores, and plans with family and friends. I’m actually not too stressed, though, because I try to utilize the idea of one day at a time. I try not to think about everything I have to do together, I instead ask myself what I need to do for the next day, and then I do those things first. As we all do, I’ve spent so much of my time in high school stressing about everything on my plate, but this semester, I decided to instead try my best to do what I can and as cliche as it sounds, trying my best is enough. The most important thing is to make sure that I am happy and enjoying my teenage years. 

Do you have a lot going on in your life right now too? If so, how do you cope with it? 


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