Friday, April 25, 2008

A Sample of My Day

The pressure cooker is heating. As we are getting closer and closer to our lives regaining some form of normality, the pressure and stress is increasing. I guess the old saying of, “it has to get worse before it gets better” is true. We are running full out between work being insanely busy and the tasks at home increasing by the day. I am literally counting down the hours until our 90 day work-out is complete and the book manuscript is finished. Once that is behind us we have to get through some work-related events, and then I’m pretty sure we will get our lives back.

Last night was a typical Thursday. We rushed home to do our one hour work-out. We hurried through dinner and then I wash all the dishes, got dressed and toke off to my dance class. I couldn’t stop yawning during the class (but I still think that’s because country music bores the tar out of me.) I had YogaDudes order to make, pack, and ship, mail to open, bills to pay. I did, however, carve out five minutes to sit down and make a long list of all the things I needed to get done today. I was so proud of myself that I remembered to bring the list with me and I started my day by crossing things off the list one by one.

Around 9:30 this morning the list disappeared. It was on my desk for 2.5 hours and then it suddenly vanished. I spent another 5 minutes ripping my office apart. How could I lose the list when I never left my office? I am willing to bet that I packed it inside of a box that we shipped. One of my personal tasks this morning was to return an item that Karlo bought (yes, I have to do his dirty work too). So I filled out the paperwork, packed the box, and gave it to Karlo to ship. My list has GOT to be in that box. So much for all the other things I was supposed to do today. Maybe the guy that's getting the box will finish my To Do list for me!

4 comments:

  1. Here, take my LIST... This is just May, and doesn't include work... :)
    Date Summary

    Thursday, May 1, 5:00pm LIZ - Soccer Practice
    Thursday, May 1, 6:00pm JAMES - Drum Lesson
    Thursday, May 1, 6:30pm Kindergarten and Preschool Open House – 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (Parents and Children)
    Friday, May 2, 5:00pm JULIA - Chapin's Birthday Party
    Friday, May 2, 5:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Saturday, May 3, 11:00am JAMES - BASEBALL Memorial #1
    Saturday, May 3, 3:00pm JULIA - Instructional Lacrosse
    Saturday, May 3, 4:30pm JUILA - ERIN'S Birthday Party
    Saturday, May 3, 5:15pm LIZ - Soccer @ Home vs Westfield
    Sunday, May 4, 1:00am LIZ - LAX @ Agawam HS
    Sunday, May 4, 12:00pm JAMES - Baseball - Memorial #2
    Sunday, May 4, 12:00pm JAMES - Soccer @ Home vs Bookside
    Sunday, May 4, 1:30pm JULIA - SOCCER @ St. Catherine
    Monday, May 5, 6:15pm LIZ - LAX @ Home VS East Longmeadow
    Tuesday, May 6, 9:00am DAD - Bowling
    Tuesday, May 6, 5:00pm LIZ - Soccer Practice
    Tuesday, May 6, 5:15pm LIZ - Soccer @ Home vs Westfield
    Tuesday, May 6, 5:30pm JULIA - Soccer Practice
    Wednesday, May 7, 5:15pm LIZ - LAX Practice
    Wednesday, May 7, 5:30pm JAMES - Soccer @ Home vs Ware
    Wednesday, May 7, 6:00pm JAMES - Baseball Practice
    Wednesday, May 7, 6:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Thursday, May 8, 5:00pm LIZ - Soccer Practice
    Thursday, May 8, 6:00pm JAMES - Drum Lesson
    Friday, May 9, 5:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Saturday, May 10, 9:00am JUILA - SOCCER @ St. Catherine
    Saturday, May 10, 9:00am LIZ - AAU Basketball Tourney
    Saturday, May 10, 1:15pm LIZ - Soccer @ Away vs Southwick
    Saturday, May 10, 3:00pm JULIA - Instructional Lacrosse
    Saturday, May 10, 6:30pm M&D - Teams at Kennedy
    Sunday, May 11, 9:00am LIZ - AAU Basketball Tourney
    Sunday, May 11, 12:00pm JAMES - Baseball Memorial #2
    Sunday, May 11, 1:15pm JAMES - Soccer @ Away vs Monson
    Monday, May 12, 5:15pm LIZ - Soccer @ Home vs WS Thunderbolts
    Monday, May 12, 6:15pm LIZ - LAX @ Home VS Belchertown
    Tuesday, May 13, 5:00pm LIZ - Soccer Practice
    Tuesday, May 13, 5:30pm JULIA - Soccer Practice
    Tuesday, May 13, 7:00pm PTO Meeting
    Wednesday, May 14, 5:15pm LIZ - LAX Practice
    Wednesday, May 14, 6:00pm JAMES - Baseball Practice
    Wednesday, May 14, 6:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Thursday, May 15, 6:00pm JAMES - Drum Lesson
    Friday, May 16, 5:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Friday, May 16, 6:00pm JAMES - Baseball @ Flynt Park
    Friday, May 16, 6:15pm LIZ - LAX @ Home VS Longmeadow
    Saturday, May 17, 11:00am JAMES - Baseball @ TWB
    Saturday, May 17, 1:15pm JAMES - Soccer @ Away vs Ware
    Saturday, May 17, 3:00pm JULIA - Instructional Lacrosse
    Saturday, May 17, 12:00am LIZ - Lacrosse tourney
    Sunday, May 18, 12:00pm JAMES - Soccer @ Home vs Holy Cross
    Sunday, May 18, 2:30pm JUILA - SOCCER @ St. Catherine
    Monday, May 19, 12:00am Happy Birthday James!!!
    Tuesday, May 20, 5:30pm JULIA - Soccer Practice
    Tuesday, May 20, 6:00pm JAMES - Baseball @ Memorial #1
    Tuesday, May 20, 6:15pm LIZ - LAX @ Wolfswamp vs Longmeadow
    Tuesday, May 20, 6:45pm LIZ - Soccer @ Away vs Northampton
    Wednesday, May 21, 5:15pm LIZ - LAX Practice
    Wednesday, May 21, 6:00pm JAMES - Baseball Practice
    Wednesday, May 21, 6:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Thursday, May 22, 6:00pm JAMES - Drum Lesson
    Friday, May 23, 5:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Saturday, May 24, 12:00am LIZ - AAU Basketball Tourney - Selects Memorial Day Classic (4 games)
    Sunday, May 25, 12:00am LIZ - AAU Basketball Tourney - Selects Memorial Day Classic (4 games)
    Tuesday, May 27, 5:30pm JAMES - Soccer @ Home vs Belchertown
    Tuesday, May 27, 5:30pm JULIA - Soccer Practice
    Tuesday, May 27, 6:30pm LIZ - Soccer @ Home (away) vs East Longmeadow
    Wednesday, May 28, 6:00pm JAMES - Baseball Practice
    Wednesday, May 28, 6:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Thursday, May 29, 6:00pm JAMES - Baseball @ Memorial #1
    Thursday, May 29, 6:00pm JAMES - Drum Lesson
    Friday, May 30, 5:00pm LIZ - Basketball Practice
    Friday, May 30, 6:15pm LIZ - LAX @ Wolfswamp VS Longmeadow
    Friday, May 30, 6:30pm JUILA - SOCCER @ St. Catherine
    Saturday, May 31, 11:00am JAMES - Baseball @ Memorial #1
    Saturday, May 31, 12:30pm LIZ - Soccer @ Away vs Agawam
    Saturday, May 31, 1:15pm JAMES - Soccer @ Home vs Belchertown

    ReplyDelete
  2. My schedule looks alot like Jamie's, but I am too busy to even write it all down like he did. Sorry Paula we have no sympathy for you. If we live until the kids get out of school or John gets his license it will be a miracle.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AMEN Penni! P.S. how are you guys?

    ReplyDelete