I want to pause time

9-15-10




I feel like I have too much to do with not enough time. I hate this kind of feeling.



It doesn’t help that after filling out gobs of paperwork for Bobby’s school yesterday I am feeling stressed about his schedule and in turn, mine. I left a smidge earlier than 2 yesterday and got to him just as he was at the gate to be released. That was cutting it a bit close for my taste. Of course, I also had Dax with me, which I can safely say kept my pace a little slower in the walk up, so I think with no curly haired complainer in tow, I should make it ok.



But the real problem is with Tuesdays. Because of this bullshit of early dismissal days in order to educate the staff more (I think this is complete crap), my kid gets out of school on Tuesdays at like 1:15. Crap! As if I had not already fucked with my schedule enough to get to him on time on normal days, now you are telling me he will be out even earlier on a day? Ken has class that day and is not available to pick him up, which leaves me with, well, me.



I considered having him walk home since in reality, it is an easy walk and I think he would be fine. The problem with this is that they don’t let kindergarten kids out without someone picking them up. I considered having him in the after school programs. None of them allow them in unless they are in at least the 2nd grade. And the only one that allows Kinder kids is one where they are not allowed to leave until 5:30, which I think is bogus. Looks like I will be leaving early on Tuesdays.



On top of school stuff I have to get together, I have so much in terms of home stuff to work on. The play room still looks like a giant closet. I really need to get in there and work on it. I still need to paint the ceiling of the hallway. Minor, but something that needs to be done. Plus, I want to put up the pictures and decorations I have for in there. This includes this awesome plaque we got at a yard sale that needs some minor cleaning and I need to figure placement of it.



Then there is general organization. The entry way, once again, is filled with debris. I need to work on that. The bedroom also has become the staging area for many projects, and I just need to get rid of things and put things in their proper places. It is not a huge project, mind you, but I don’t always have an hour or so to work on it.



See that is the grand problem. I don’t have lots of time to work on some things. Or, really, I do, and I just need to cut out some minor things.



My plan right now is to breathe. I think I got a little worked up what with the whole soccer/school crazy. I have cupcakes to bake this week and oranges to cut up all for Saturday’s game. I may have started to panic about being responsible for more things. And really, it isn’t that big of a deal. The paperwork for school was a one time thing. I got it filled out last night and now I just have to have it turned in. Easy enough. I have to not try to force all the non essential things while I am regrouping with essentials.



Inhale. Exhale.





The morning at work is my time. I can take a bit to write the blog, dink around, and kind of regroup. Once people start showing up, and emails start pouring in, I get to work and I find myself pretty busy. I actually like coming to work for that reason.



Crap-I forgot to charge my phone.



I am making tremendous progress on work things today. I think I will post this so that I am not distracted further.