Normally I am a person who has things in order. But what do you do when you are on overload? I have just spent the most glorious weekend with my family. Both of my children and their families were here for the weekend to help celebrate a very special day in the life of Thor. It was great! But it all came to an end as quickly as it began.
The festivities were over on Sunday night and on Monday morning by 10:30 everyone was gone, the beds were stripped and remade and the laundry was in full bore.
We had a luncheon at the church at noon and I was there by 11:30. That was over at 1:30 and there were still clean-up details from the night before to be done. Once home with all the "things" that had been taken to the church, they of course had to be put back where they belonged, all the while still doing the laundry. There was a mountain of trash that had to be bagged and put out to be picked up and I ran out of trash bags. A neighbor was good enough to allow me to dump my trash can from the garage into her dumpster and while in the process of doing that our family of boarders returned from their weekend stay with another family.
Once back at the house after helping them get settled in again, I still needed to take Thor's suit to the cleaners and since I was going that direction I took the 16yr. old to the golf course and picked up the 14yr. old up from volleyball practice. Mom and the three youngest were headed back to OKC and where gone when I returned.
In the hour I had before visitation I cooked supper and folded clothes and put in another load to wash. Then it was off to the church. After our visit we had a time of light snacks and report back time.
Finally home for the evening, one more load of clothes to fold then I went to bed. I barely remember my head hitting the pillow.
Tuesday and Wednesday were equally as busy and today I went and filled out papers for the new job I will begin on Monday...that alone was another overload. So much has happened in a comparatively short time that my mind, emotions, and body are having trouble keeping up.
My daughter-in-law asked me in an email when life gets back to normal? I had to laugh! When I was younger I used to ask that question, only to conclude later that whatever this was....it was my normal. But there are times when so much happens I almost have to remind myself to breathe. I just want to lay down and sleep!
Gotta run...the volleyball game is over and the crew brought in pizza and cookie dough that needs to be cooked.
Ah life....it happens....just remember to breathe.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
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CHA-CHING!
For those of you who are too young to remember....this is all Doogie Houser's fault...all this blogging! Doogie Houser was young doctor, just a boy really. He graduated from High School at too young an age and then attended medical school graduating at the top of his class. But genius had nothing to do with how he related to the world socially so he suffered the same things that "normal" teenagers did. He would come home from his work at the hospitol and put his words to computer keys and keep track of his daily thoughts and happenings much like most teenagers did in diaries or journals. So...here we are.
I have been contemplating this blog thing for awhile, but just today finally decided to make it a reality.
Much of life is changing right now, so why not try some new things along with all the other changes.
I don't really like change very much. They say that becomes more common the older you get, and I suppose it is true. I like routine, status quo, the way things used to be. And yet, one of my favorite quotes is, "If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got!" That means if you don't want what you always got....you have to change!
So, change we do. Right now, Thor, the love of my life, is going through change on his job. What he is doing he has done before, but not for almost a decade. At first, when he told me he felt like an old dinosaur and would have to learn "how to" all over again I thought he was being silly. Until I was interviewing for jobs after 16 years and had to learn "how to" all over again. He was not being silly at all. He was being honest. There is a great deal of difference in approaching a task when you are fresh out of college and ready to take on the world idealistically and doing so when you are aware of reality. But...I am happy to say, Thor has come through with flying colors, as I knew he would, and doing a great job...at his "new" old job!
Our son, the Bohemian, has just taken a new job assignment in a new town. He has been struggling with living without his family until they can sell their house or at least rent it and move to his new location with him. It has been difficult and is getting really tiresome after five months. But, there does seem to be some parting of the clouds. The Bohemian, the Busy Bee, Mr. Golden Curls, and the Lil' Spitfire are all looking forward to the one change that will bring them all under one roof!
Our daughter, Lizardbreath, and her husband, the Rock have just returned home after being gone for nearly a month attending a business convention in Nevada and visiting Thor and I in Oklahoma. Today they are having a Princess Birthday Party for The Princess. She will be six on Tuesday! That does not seem possible. And yet another change is occuring....we are not able to be there! This is the first birthday we have missed for any of our 6 grandchildren....and I hope it will be the last. But gas prices and the fact that I will be leaving for Colorado with Tickle Sister on Tuesday made the trip impractical, especially since they were just here last week. But, we called her today and the Princess said it was alright, she got the present we sent her.
Well, time for another change. I must leave this computer and go keep Thor company....I know he is just waiting for me to add conversation and comments to his television viewing pleasure.....What?!
I have been contemplating this blog thing for awhile, but just today finally decided to make it a reality.
Much of life is changing right now, so why not try some new things along with all the other changes.
I don't really like change very much. They say that becomes more common the older you get, and I suppose it is true. I like routine, status quo, the way things used to be. And yet, one of my favorite quotes is, "If you always do what you always did, you will always get what you always got!" That means if you don't want what you always got....you have to change!
So, change we do. Right now, Thor, the love of my life, is going through change on his job. What he is doing he has done before, but not for almost a decade. At first, when he told me he felt like an old dinosaur and would have to learn "how to" all over again I thought he was being silly. Until I was interviewing for jobs after 16 years and had to learn "how to" all over again. He was not being silly at all. He was being honest. There is a great deal of difference in approaching a task when you are fresh out of college and ready to take on the world idealistically and doing so when you are aware of reality. But...I am happy to say, Thor has come through with flying colors, as I knew he would, and doing a great job...at his "new" old job!
Our son, the Bohemian, has just taken a new job assignment in a new town. He has been struggling with living without his family until they can sell their house or at least rent it and move to his new location with him. It has been difficult and is getting really tiresome after five months. But, there does seem to be some parting of the clouds. The Bohemian, the Busy Bee, Mr. Golden Curls, and the Lil' Spitfire are all looking forward to the one change that will bring them all under one roof!
Our daughter, Lizardbreath, and her husband, the Rock have just returned home after being gone for nearly a month attending a business convention in Nevada and visiting Thor and I in Oklahoma. Today they are having a Princess Birthday Party for The Princess. She will be six on Tuesday! That does not seem possible. And yet another change is occuring....we are not able to be there! This is the first birthday we have missed for any of our 6 grandchildren....and I hope it will be the last. But gas prices and the fact that I will be leaving for Colorado with Tickle Sister on Tuesday made the trip impractical, especially since they were just here last week. But, we called her today and the Princess said it was alright, she got the present we sent her.
Well, time for another change. I must leave this computer and go keep Thor company....I know he is just waiting for me to add conversation and comments to his television viewing pleasure.....What?!
1 comment:
Have you pulled your hair out yet?! I didn't realize your job started so soon!
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