Which way did she go?

It is no shock that I am a busy gal. Sometimes, that busy stuff gets me all out of whack…and I do things like lose the mojo to write for days on end. Ahem. Yeah.

It always seems to be this time of year too. Halloween coming. Turkey Day. Birthdays. Christmas. The New Year. The days just fly by. I hate it on so many levels. On other levels, I am totally in my element. I love being busy as long as it’s manageable. My friend told me this weekend that I do the work of 24 women. I didn’t argue. I am incapable of doing anything half assed.

Take our enrichment classes. We are required, as part of this program, to volunteer for one hour each week. It’s a volunteer run program. I get it. However, my job is to make the ID’s for all the students. At registration, which I volunteered at….7 hours for two days in a row…during a tropical storm, I was handed a stack of at least 150 Id’s that needed to be made. Each week, I get handed more. To make an id, I am handed the “application” that the parents fill out. I have to decypher the handwriting, gather the missing info, find the photo of their lovely on one of the two discs that I have and then put this all into the computer and print it all out so it’s pretty. I have spent more than a few hours doing this job. Then they called me and asked if I could work the office for an hour each week as well. The office is fun and I am there anyway. Right? My two hours that I would normally be free to work on my web design jobs…or to write..or read etc…I am now chased down by people wanting to update info for their Id’s or to have me laminate their Id’s etc. I have tried for the past three weeks to find a place to hide. No can do. So technically now, I am volunteering for the 3 hours each week that we are there PLUS my time at home that I spend to put all this shit together.

I put together a park group for our Homeschooling crew. I wanted to make it easier for my kids and I. Something closer to home. Meeting with more families like us. Now…I am planning activities each week so the kids will mingle and we can all get to know each other. Last week, someone mentioned field trips.

Work…..I am incapable of doing only what is asked of me by a client. I can’t. I have tried. They give me a list of what they want on their sites. I always find crap to make it work beyond what they expected. AND I am nit picky. Every i dotted every t crossed.

Meanwhile, I have dishes stacked up in my kitchen sink, my pool is green and the laundry pile is getting ready to take over my bedroom. Yes. I have been busy. I think this is why I demand an entire week to celebrate my birthday at the end of December. By then, I totally need a few days off.

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