I'm not entirely sure why I'm so tired. But I am. Really. Tired.
I could go on and on about financial stuff, how I need a vast quantity of me time, how much I hate picking up after other adults and all sorts of other funness.
But really - why? The deal is, I'm just tired. I do need some me time, but I don't currently have any way to get it. So I'll keep plugging on and hope that things iron out sooner than later - then I might go sleep for two days. :)
Friday, November 5, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
A little list...
1. I got the work-at-home job I've been going for which required a test that's supposed to take 8-10 hours to complete.
2. I completed the test in 6 hours.
3. They gave us 5 days to finish the test.
4. I did it in two.
5. I spent three days wringing my hands wondering how I'd done.
6. After I got the job, I never got my "Welcome" and "Here's all the info you need" email.
7. I've already had to email the support team twice and it's just noon on Monday.
8. I need to email them again because I think I've already screwed up my timesheet.
9. I'm afraid to send them any more emails now. :-(
10. Nephew is here today and he and DD are at it like cats and dogs.
11. I wonder which one is the dog and which the cat.
12. I am short on sleep and overdosed on caffiene - therefore this question with my new job is making me feel like I need to go for a 12 mile run.
13. I don't do 12 mile runs anymore.
14. Maybe I need to start running again. :)
15. Or maybe a nap is a better idea.
And cuz my stepmom took it, it's pretty and I love her...
2. I completed the test in 6 hours.
3. They gave us 5 days to finish the test.
4. I did it in two.
5. I spent three days wringing my hands wondering how I'd done.
6. After I got the job, I never got my "Welcome" and "Here's all the info you need" email.
7. I've already had to email the support team twice and it's just noon on Monday.
8. I need to email them again because I think I've already screwed up my timesheet.
9. I'm afraid to send them any more emails now. :-(
10. Nephew is here today and he and DD are at it like cats and dogs.
11. I wonder which one is the dog and which the cat.
12. I am short on sleep and overdosed on caffiene - therefore this question with my new job is making me feel like I need to go for a 12 mile run.
13. I don't do 12 mile runs anymore.
14. Maybe I need to start running again. :)
15. Or maybe a nap is a better idea.
And cuz my stepmom took it, it's pretty and I love her...
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Yesterday...
Spent part of the day at a 'joust' with the kiddos, SIL and nephew. Mostly a wonderful time - there was the bit where Sam decided to melt down and we spent over an hour in the car so she could calm down. But we'll move past that and remember the fun parts. :-)
SIL with the kids - yup - I didn't have a costume for Sam :(
My little pumpkin
Out knight (or Sir Knight as he called himself) on the pony ride
She had fun!
The bunnies were hard to see - it was called a petting zoo, but you weren't allowed to touch any of the animals. More of a looking zoo methinks.
Nephew slew the dragon
And the girl has an arm for the bean bag toss.
A good time was had by all.
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Red, gold and blue
It's a new day -
and I'm sleepy thanks to kiddos who decided that 1:30 am was a good time to be awake. I know it's part and parcel of being a mom. And even though I stay home with said kiddos, that doesn't mean that I'm going to get a nap today. When else am I supposed to mop the floor?? :)
Anyway- in regards to my lofty goal and stinkiness of yesterday - fortunately the stinky, mean email people decided that it was best to let well enough alone - thank heavens. So hopefully that's the last that we've heard of that.
AND - so far today is a better day in being conscientious - so far. :) As much as I'm a dreamer, I am a realist after all and recognize that it's been a pretty easy morning so far.
In reflecting on yesterday, even though my lovely DH started a firestorm with his VERY contentious (I'm loving this can you tell?) email, he stood up for himself and someone else. He called someone on the carpet who is professing certain beliefs in the public arena, then turning around off-stage and treating people just horribly. DH did it with honesty and without simply "bashing" this fellow. It was balanced with compliments for what the other guy is good at. Compared to the reply that he received it was a masterpiece. And really - I'm proud. :)
What have we come to that we all have to be so careful of someone else's ego that we can't speak the truth any longer? That's not right. People who are afraid to speak the truth (granted that we do it in a balanced and loving way if possible) aren't people who change the world - even their immediate world and circumstances. They're people who stay where they are, accepting mediocrity and never making a difference to themselves or anyone around them.
Fear is a very crippling thing, and I'm glad that DH didn't bow to it. :) I'm a proud wifey. :)
Now - to continue on in being conscientious. HA!
Anyway- in regards to my lofty goal and stinkiness of yesterday - fortunately the stinky, mean email people decided that it was best to let well enough alone - thank heavens. So hopefully that's the last that we've heard of that.
AND - so far today is a better day in being conscientious - so far. :) As much as I'm a dreamer, I am a realist after all and recognize that it's been a pretty easy morning so far.
In reflecting on yesterday, even though my lovely DH started a firestorm with his VERY contentious (I'm loving this can you tell?) email, he stood up for himself and someone else. He called someone on the carpet who is professing certain beliefs in the public arena, then turning around off-stage and treating people just horribly. DH did it with honesty and without simply "bashing" this fellow. It was balanced with compliments for what the other guy is good at. Compared to the reply that he received it was a masterpiece. And really - I'm proud. :)
What have we come to that we all have to be so careful of someone else's ego that we can't speak the truth any longer? That's not right. People who are afraid to speak the truth (granted that we do it in a balanced and loving way if possible) aren't people who change the world - even their immediate world and circumstances. They're people who stay where they are, accepting mediocrity and never making a difference to themselves or anyone around them.
Fear is a very crippling thing, and I'm glad that DH didn't bow to it. :) I'm a proud wifey. :)
Now - to continue on in being conscientious. HA!
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
The best laid plans...
In an effort to be conscientious, I lost my temper and yelled at everyone in my house today - wait - that didn't go as planned.
I don't like it when *real life* steps in to my goals. I like my plans.
I would appreciate it if know-it-all stinkyheads wouldn't harass my DH about his company late at night so that he will feel compelled to write ill-conceived responses under the effects of PM cold medicine, which result in stinkyhead's wife/manager writing more stinky emails at 3 am so that everyone can be even and insulting.
*sigh* So I put an end to it all this morning with a four sentence email from DH's account. Not verbatim, but the gist is - Thanks for your quick reply to the email that wasn't sent to you. I expressed my opinions to Mr. X only, and haven't and wouldn't express them elsewhere, therefore negating your accusations of slander. Don't worry about us using Mr. X's name anymore - it will not be referenced in future. Thanks, and best of luck.
Why couldn't this have just happened in the first place??? Why did it even have to turn into stinkytown with stinkyness and screw up my nicely planned morning trip to Trader Joe's?
It all goes back to the fact that the more I know, the more I find that I don't know much. I don't understand people.
What really bothers me though is that I let it get to me. I let this silly man and his silly wife-manager screw up my morning and torque me until I yelled. Grrrr. Must find more tools for emotional coping. It's been so long since I've lost my temper like this that I'm at a loss. Time to do a little more tinkering on me.
I don't like it when *real life* steps in to my goals. I like my plans.
I would appreciate it if know-it-all stinkyheads wouldn't harass my DH about his company late at night so that he will feel compelled to write ill-conceived responses under the effects of PM cold medicine, which result in stinkyhead's wife/manager writing more stinky emails at 3 am so that everyone can be even and insulting.
*sigh* So I put an end to it all this morning with a four sentence email from DH's account. Not verbatim, but the gist is - Thanks for your quick reply to the email that wasn't sent to you. I expressed my opinions to Mr. X only, and haven't and wouldn't express them elsewhere, therefore negating your accusations of slander. Don't worry about us using Mr. X's name anymore - it will not be referenced in future. Thanks, and best of luck.
Why couldn't this have just happened in the first place??? Why did it even have to turn into stinkytown with stinkyness and screw up my nicely planned morning trip to Trader Joe's?
It all goes back to the fact that the more I know, the more I find that I don't know much. I don't understand people.
What really bothers me though is that I let it get to me. I let this silly man and his silly wife-manager screw up my morning and torque me until I yelled. Grrrr. Must find more tools for emotional coping. It's been so long since I've lost my temper like this that I'm at a loss. Time to do a little more tinkering on me.
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