Wipe OUT!!!!
Aug. 29th, 2010 12:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
threadwalkerI totally crashed yesterday. Like wiped out and crashed on the sofa, alternating between reading a cheezy Kim Harrison novel and sleeping. I woke up this morning going, WTF? What happened to Saturday? All my lovely time to "do stuff"?
My week was rough. Monday was my day off, but all the other days were crazy-busy-exhausting.
Monday - day off. Hot tubbed in morning, read, did embroidery, retreated to public pool to hide from 100F heat. Joined by Hawk Lad and his dad at pool. Later, chilled at home (so grateful this house has air conditioning). Fabulous, relaxing day.
Tuesday - day off. did a round trip to Menlo Park from my house to meet with mom and help her with business. Being with my mom can tire me out when my role is "go-between" and I didn't get home until 1 or 2pm - most of the day sucked up by driving and being submerged in the land of crazy. It sabotaged the "family" day we had planned, which added some family stress to my day-long absense and I was tired at the end of the day. The heat (100F+) didn't help.
Wed - It was the first day of school for kids and it was amazingly hectic. I forgot to write down their classroom numbers from my visit on registration day so none of us had any idea what the classroom numbers were. I was scratching my head to even remember their teachers' names. Oh the fail of it all! So I took them to school as my penance and slid them into their classrooms in time. After I get them into their classrooms, I discovered that I'd misunderstood that they need to walk themsevles to the far end of campus for the new after school program; no one from the program summons the kids or walks them over to their new after school center. Under those circumstances kids are like puppies, so I have this vision of them getting out of class and wandering around campus aimlessly, possibly starting a water fight at the fountains, until some adult spots them and thinks to ask why they are loittering. I dodge into each classroom, disrupting classes, to deliver commanding whispers to each kid. Then I drop in on the after school center to let them know that my kids have marching orders and to give them my cell number if the kids are more than 10 minutes late. I'm finally in my car, pulling out, and realize that I didn't pack lunches for the kids or pay for school lunches.
Bang head on steering wheel. Argh. Look at clock, then shrug - it is what it is. Repark, get out, dig through wallet for money and go get in line at the office and pay for school lunches. Traffic has recalibrated to "school is in session" and I was 2 hours late to work.
Wednesday was also my first day back to work (500 email which filled my mail and prevented me from mailing out). One project manager quite peeved with me at my lack of progress on his project. Also, the obnoxious co-worker came back from disability 2 months early. Boo hoo. And he dropped in on me in my cubicle to ask about my vacation; it smelled like someone trying to make amends/peace with someone they don't like as part of therapy or 12-step program. sigh. More after school stuff with kids - juggle juggle juggle. Kids have home work. And it was really hot out. Also, did Pre-Annie cleaning. Fell into bed around midnight.
Thursday - Looked a lot like Wednesday.
Friday - lather, rinse, repeat. A couple of brothers came over and there was a Settlers of Catan throw down. Super N played and did really well; almost annoyingly well! But as soon as we relocated to the sofas, I fell asleep.
So when Saturday rolled around I crawled out of bed at 5am to do a store-run for my fruit-salad fixings. I carpooled with Ermine_Rat's family to Purgatorio and I sat in the back seat privvy to Hawk_Lad's muttered side-commentary. The world is a funny place through the eyes of a child. I am amused at how he reframes everything in terms of super-heroes and buffoons.
We got to site in good time, set up food stuff and spent the morning socializing with Villa Luna family and friends. It was fabulous, relaxing and I got to talk to some people who I don't get to see enough of. I was honored to speak for Aminah in her Pelican Ceremony; she is gifted and inspiring leader. I am jealous (in the best sense of the word) of the Pelican coat her Pelican made for her. Very styling! And then we went home. Zoom! I think I was home by 2pm and I didn't even have to drive. I thought that with such a "light" morning/ afternoon I'd have all sorts of energy. I'd planned to run, sew, BBQ, hang in my shed, chase kids (Hawk Lad spent the night with us), etc.
I did an hour run right away, but after my shower I fell asleep reading on the sofa. I was totally wiped out. I woke up around 7am today, refreshed. tired I was
I'm boggled at how totallly weary I was, but I guess sometimes I just need to slow down and sleep. A day of sleeping should recharge my batteries and I should be good for a month.
And today? I made waffles from scratch, cleaned out my fridge, started loads of laundry and will go running again before 5pm.
I have a race in 2 weeks and I'm thinking about that, too. More later... this bloggy thing is cutting into my "doing stuff" time.
What a great weekend!!!
My week was rough. Monday was my day off, but all the other days were crazy-busy-exhausting.
Monday - day off. Hot tubbed in morning, read, did embroidery, retreated to public pool to hide from 100F heat. Joined by Hawk Lad and his dad at pool. Later, chilled at home (so grateful this house has air conditioning). Fabulous, relaxing day.
Tuesday - day off. did a round trip to Menlo Park from my house to meet with mom and help her with business. Being with my mom can tire me out when my role is "go-between" and I didn't get home until 1 or 2pm - most of the day sucked up by driving and being submerged in the land of crazy. It sabotaged the "family" day we had planned, which added some family stress to my day-long absense and I was tired at the end of the day. The heat (100F+) didn't help.
Wed - It was the first day of school for kids and it was amazingly hectic. I forgot to write down their classroom numbers from my visit on registration day so none of us had any idea what the classroom numbers were. I was scratching my head to even remember their teachers' names. Oh the fail of it all! So I took them to school as my penance and slid them into their classrooms in time. After I get them into their classrooms, I discovered that I'd misunderstood that they need to walk themsevles to the far end of campus for the new after school program; no one from the program summons the kids or walks them over to their new after school center. Under those circumstances kids are like puppies, so I have this vision of them getting out of class and wandering around campus aimlessly, possibly starting a water fight at the fountains, until some adult spots them and thinks to ask why they are loittering. I dodge into each classroom, disrupting classes, to deliver commanding whispers to each kid. Then I drop in on the after school center to let them know that my kids have marching orders and to give them my cell number if the kids are more than 10 minutes late. I'm finally in my car, pulling out, and realize that I didn't pack lunches for the kids or pay for school lunches.
Bang head on steering wheel. Argh. Look at clock, then shrug - it is what it is. Repark, get out, dig through wallet for money and go get in line at the office and pay for school lunches. Traffic has recalibrated to "school is in session" and I was 2 hours late to work.
Wednesday was also my first day back to work (500 email which filled my mail and prevented me from mailing out). One project manager quite peeved with me at my lack of progress on his project. Also, the obnoxious co-worker came back from disability 2 months early. Boo hoo. And he dropped in on me in my cubicle to ask about my vacation; it smelled like someone trying to make amends/peace with someone they don't like as part of therapy or 12-step program. sigh. More after school stuff with kids - juggle juggle juggle. Kids have home work. And it was really hot out. Also, did Pre-Annie cleaning. Fell into bed around midnight.
Thursday - Looked a lot like Wednesday.
Friday - lather, rinse, repeat. A couple of brothers came over and there was a Settlers of Catan throw down. Super N played and did really well; almost annoyingly well! But as soon as we relocated to the sofas, I fell asleep.
So when Saturday rolled around I crawled out of bed at 5am to do a store-run for my fruit-salad fixings. I carpooled with Ermine_Rat's family to Purgatorio and I sat in the back seat privvy to Hawk_Lad's muttered side-commentary. The world is a funny place through the eyes of a child. I am amused at how he reframes everything in terms of super-heroes and buffoons.
We got to site in good time, set up food stuff and spent the morning socializing with Villa Luna family and friends. It was fabulous, relaxing and I got to talk to some people who I don't get to see enough of. I was honored to speak for Aminah in her Pelican Ceremony; she is gifted and inspiring leader. I am jealous (in the best sense of the word) of the Pelican coat her Pelican made for her. Very styling! And then we went home. Zoom! I think I was home by 2pm and I didn't even have to drive. I thought that with such a "light" morning/ afternoon I'd have all sorts of energy. I'd planned to run, sew, BBQ, hang in my shed, chase kids (Hawk Lad spent the night with us), etc.
I did an hour run right away, but after my shower I fell asleep reading on the sofa. I was totally wiped out. I woke up around 7am today, refreshed. tired I was
I'm boggled at how totallly weary I was, but I guess sometimes I just need to slow down and sleep. A day of sleeping should recharge my batteries and I should be good for a month.
And today? I made waffles from scratch, cleaned out my fridge, started loads of laundry and will go running again before 5pm.
I have a race in 2 weeks and I'm thinking about that, too. More later... this bloggy thing is cutting into my "doing stuff" time.
What a great weekend!!!
