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Monday Already?
There's no such thing as a free lunch.
Or free time away on vacation. This is how I feel about the 10-day vacation we arrived back from two weeks ago. I was (ahem) lucky enough to come back to piles of work, piles of laundry, piles of mail. Ugh. Since I have arrived home, work has been insanely busy. In-sane-ly. This has been compounded by an average of 6 hours of meetings since July 9th. Oh, how I wish this was an exaggeration. It’s actually probably more of an underestimate, Thursday I was booked for 7 ½ hours of meetings. Double ugh. Then, my lovely two-year-old, decided that she would get an ear infection and contract a 102 fever requiring that my husband and I each only work half days last Monday and Tuesday. Sometimes I seriously wonder if my boss actually believes me about my children’s perpetual illness. Or as one of my friends at work lovingly calls them “little Petri dishes of pestilence”. I reacted to all of this insanity by acting uncharistically like a maniac. I drove my staff crazy, my husband crazy, my kids crazy, probably even my therapist is crazy at this point. The rest of my life is nuts, too. In a good way, but nuts nonetheless. Preparing for an upcoming camping weekend, spending lots of time with friends, prepping for Carmen’s birthday party. So, tonight, I left the office as soon as possible. This means I left at 5:15. Arriving home, I had the girls help me make pizza for dinner (thank you Trader Joe’s ready-made pizza dough), cleaned the dishes, changed all of the sheets, took out recycling, sorted six loads of laundry (and pretreated all the clothes with stain remover). At 8:23 I finally sat down. And just think…I get to get up and do it all again tomorrow. 7 comments from 6 users
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posted by
hmoeckli
on Jul 21, 2008 at 09:35 PM
But you did not drive your friends crazy. We heart you, girl! Hang in there. :)
posted by
kellimwheeler
on Jul 22, 2008 at 12:19 AM
I think I might spend 6 1/2 hours a week pretreating stains. Remember, this too shall pass. Don't forget to eat, sleep and take care of yourself. And most importantly, don't stay up until the wee hours since this is the only time nobody needs anything from you. Wait a minute -- that was supposed to be for me... posted by
wifemotherdaughtersister
on Jul 22, 2008 at 09:43 AM
can you hire a body double for your meetings?
posted by
creatress
on Jul 22, 2008 at 10:48 AM
Wow! You are a wonder mom. No wonder you're pooped! I was pooped just reading about your life. Will it get any better soon? No one can keep up THAT pace. Ugh!
posted by
hmoeckli
on Jul 22, 2008 at 11:10 AM
A body double? That would be fantastic! Let's get on that...
posted by
lmkoster99
on Jul 22, 2008 at 10:22 PM
You are a wondermom!!! Just reading your schedule makes me dizzy!! I actually had a meltdown today & just cried, but after reading your blog, I can't even remember what I was upset about :) Whatever you do, don't forget to take care of yourself!! If you need anything, let me know!! posted by
AmandaS
on Jul 22, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Thanks, ladies! You guys are all so supportive! My sister would make a decent body double, but she'd need to move out from Colorado and cut her hair.
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