Logically I know that it's May. The calendar says so, after all. Maybe it's because the weather has been conspiring to stay cool, with only a few days topping 70 so far, or maybe it's because I have so much less time for hobbies now that I've been working, and directly after work I'm relegated to the back bedroom for the remainder of my night. I feel like March, April, and now May have been a personal holding pattern.

Don't get me wrong, on the job front it's been BUSY between onboarding, learning new databases, and handling the night shift alone starting in April. But I feel like personally I'm accomplishing so much less, particularly with my sewing. I was spoiled before, being able to devote so much time to something that I love and that brings me into a sort of zen state and I miss that. Any time I would spend learning new baking techniques has also been put on indefinite hold.

I'll be turning 43 in two weeks and it is absolutely time to start lining things up in terms of deciding which apartment complex I want to go to. I want to set up an appointment and physically tour the apartments of the top 3 contenders, and while I know what they're listing in terms of rental rates, make sure that it will be worth the money. I also need to figure out what I will be doing in terms of getting a car since I don't want to take my old one back from my parents unless they're ready to replace it. 

Mother's Day comes first, and some doctor appointments I have lined up, but I'll shoot for June to look at cars and apartments, so I should be ready to move by July at the earliest, probably August or September in the most realistic case. I may be missing free time but I need to start organizing the little I have much better.