I am so blurry.... I caught the title of my blog post from yesterday on another blog this morning (you know the new lists that give you the newest posts titles), and it read "climbing the mountain"... okay that sounds intriguing, so I click on it, and as the photo of the mountain starts to load, I am actually thinking to myself... "wonder who ever this is that climbed that beautiful rugged mountain"???? "Wait, that looks familiar".... Then it hit me like a ton of bricks!!! OMG~ that is my post! What a goof!!!
It was almost embarrassing, like the kind where you look over your shoulder to see if anyone saw you... It is a testament to how tired I am though. I still feel horribly sick, so I am not with it AT ALL!! (yeah that's my story, and I'm sticking to it, I am not a lunatic, really).
However, it did bring me to think about how excited I was feeling to read about a mountain climber, and how disappointed I was to find out it was all about a day in the life of someone working working working, who always seems to be behind.
I was wondering how I would spruce up a day in my life, so it seemed more like an accomplishment of the mountain climbing instead of the dreaded list making, and never feeling like I was accomplishing anything, but working so hard not to get it done?
So after realizing I just don't have the energy to be that creative... I decided to post yet another non eventful very long day yesterday.
Monday night, my strong silent mysterious man called and he would be working late.... well all night on a hot rush project for a customer.... so he would not get home until 3am. I never sleep well without him anymore... you would think with the extra room in the bed, I would be feeling like a princess, but somehow the dogs know how to fill up all the space he would have taken up and even more... so really there is less room when he is absent, not more! Go figure.
So he gets home around 3am'ish... I must have gotten some sleep, because I don't remember the time. But I got up and fix him a small bite to eat since they hadn't stopped to eat since lunch break the day before. It made me think of my teenager :( he loves getting up and having a middle of the night sandwich... he would have been all over a 3am snack!
Then at 6:45am the alarm sounds and he is back up and off to work again... I don't know how he does that, I was exhausted! I stayed in bed a few more min. but soon just got up and caught up on some quick house work. Nothing major, just getting some stuff put in it's place, and a quick swipe and wipe down here and there.
Then I got myself ready, printed some lists and reports and out the door to a camp meeting.
It just takes allot of time and preparation and training to pull off a Stake Camp. This is my 1st time at a Stake Camp and my 1st time involved in the planning, it is fun and my experience at
Laurel Camp last year is already coming into play to keep us organized and not forget any details... that's me, all over the details... "Men Only" signs for when the guys are in the showers, emergency services contact info for the nearest town, the number to the locksmith (experience is wisdom), lists of girls alphabetically, by cabin, by ward, by level, keeping track of the emergency medical slips, and much much more... So yeah, I'm all over all the little details, that's my job. If it's
tedious, they pass it over to me! But I like that stuff too, so it's a hat that fits well.
The training with the cabin mom's and youth leaders lasted until almost noon, then our Presidency went to the stake center to make copies and begin putting together the camp booklets.
Here are my partners in crime.
We hadn't intended on getting all our books done, but may hands make light work, and we were able to keep up with the copier, so the camp books are all done! (***note to self, leave room in the budget to pay those fabulous people in the printing business to do this next year).
I finally left about 2:30pm, and not having eaten all day, I was really weak. I knew I would not make it to camp, if I wasn't better by next week, so I just took my self straight back to the Dr. Do not pass go, do not collect $100 dollars.
I finally got some antibiotics and more cough medicine to kick this stuff, the Dr. said the meds would cover all the upper resp. problems... when I asked her what did she mean by "all" she said the sinus infection, the bronchitis, and the pneumonia! Duh, no wonder I am feeling so wiped out!
So I run from the Dr. get my prescription filled grab some fruit and healthy food at the store and didn't get home until 4:45pm! Needless to say, my dogs were READY to get outside!!
Poor things had been home alone all day long!
I am so grateful for them, they are patient with me when I am being a work aholic, or trying to play catch up in my office. They relax and catch up on their naps....
But they also never let me forget to stop and have some fun play time!!!
All work and no play... is not in Taylors Vocabulary!
So with the long day out and away from home, I still didn't' get my work caught up.
So when my husband called and wouldn't be home again until the middle of the night, I stayed up trying to get to it, but only ended up organizing all the little notes and stickys and bits and pieces of info I had for camp straggled all over the place. So I got my camp binder and all my detailed lists together, organized and filed... ready for camp. Then off to bed at 10:30pm... laid there until 4am, and the hubby finally made it home around 5am, then back out at 9am again today!
So much for a couple of romantic nights out on the town while the teenager is away. I am just feeling lucky to see him much at this point.
It's not mountain climbing, but it's a day in my life. And I am blessed and happy, loved and mostly healthy! It's a good life, and I love every minute of it!
