We survived marching band season. Now on to show choir band.
Still no new grandbaby. Still waiting...
Millie turns 2 on Thursday.
Things at work seem to be getting better since my job split/doubled. (I know. It sounds like an oxymoron. I guess it all depends on how you look at it.)
Can't believe: Kim Kardashian is already getting a divorce. Lindsey Lohan can be so stupid. Michelle Duggar is pregnant with #20. Maks & Hope made it to the semi-finals on DWTS.
I'm in a funk. I hate being in a funk. I'm not sure why it happens, but I guess we all occasionally experience a funk. Parts of my house are a mess, and I just don't have the energy or desire to straighten them. Then when I go in those rooms, my funk just gets worse. I hope I snap out of it soon. I hate having to MAKE myself do housework, as opposed to actually WANTING to do it. I used to get into cleaning moods...not so much anymore. :( Maybe it's because the 3 other males that I live with don't seem to care. I find empty boxes still on shelves or on the kitchen counter. How much more effort does it take to walk 2 steps to the trash can??! So, that's pretty much the extent of my funk at home. Then, there's work...
I haven't taken a day off since I don't know when. I decided to take Monday off. It was really weird being off work on a day when everyone else goes to work and school, especially when you are hardly EVER out! I need to get used to that feeling, and do it more often. We get personal days, and I build up vacation days, too. It's just that, during school days, there's never a convenient time to take off. So when I do, I pay for it the day I return...double the work...and that much more behind. I've been playing catch up since then. Well, I guess it makes life interesting. I DO have some awesome friends and co-workers that make work more pleasant. I look forward to our daily lunch time, when we are able to gather together in the middle of the day and socialize for a bit. Sometimes we vent about things going on at work. Sometimes we vent about things goin on at home. It's what friends do. It's nice. So there IS some light within this funk I'm in. And this funk will pass. It always does. I just hate being in the midst of it, realizing it, and not being able to do anything about it. I just hope that it passes soon.
Me: Chugging right along. Getting used to the new responsibilites at work. I have some great friends/co-workers that have helped me to get through it. We are there for each other. They make going to work something to look forward to. I do love my job. It just has those moments when I want to scream. Guess that's the case with most jobs, anyway.
Kevin: Had a little bout with unemployment. Finally found another job. Found out he had diabetes
about 3 months ago. That's under control now.
Chase: Still working at a hardware store. Still going to the local community college. Still doesn't know what he wants to major in.
Jordan: High school senior year. Where has the time gone? Friday night is senior night at the football game. My baby boy is grown up. :'( This football season has flown by. He takes the ACT test Saturday morning. Hope he scores high. Need a good scholarship!
Justin & Chelsea: He's still working at a carpet mill. Chelsea is 36 weeks along in her pregnancy. It won't be long now. We are gonna have another granddaughter real soon. Madelyn Rae Rowell, aka Maddie. Millie and Maddie. :)
Millie: She will be 2 on November 10. The other baby is due November 15. This should be interesting. Millie is really beginning to put words together and make cute little sentences. We taught her the most important phrase...Waaaaaaaaarrrrrrrr Eagle, Hey! See the cute video...
Justin and Chelsea found out yesterday that they will be having another girl in November! We are all so excited! Millie is the sweetest little thing, and just to think, times that by 2! The girls have caught up in this family. It's males, 4 (6, if you count the dogs), and girls, 4!! Wooo Hooo!!
I woke up early this morning with my mind racing about how much I had to do at work and how I was gonna be able to get it all done. I hate when I do that. I countered it by getting up and reading my bible. Praying about it. Blogging about it. It seems to help, yet I know that when I get to work there will be a million things facing me that need to be done. I have to stay focused, and just take one thing at a time. Trying to squeeze it all into an 8 hour day is hard. But I don't won't to work overtime every day. Something's gotta give.
The girl that I split jobs with seems to be having a trying time, too. I need to go spend some time with her to do a little training in order to ease her mind about payroll. But, right now I have to do the accounts payable and get the bills paid for both schools this week. I hope that I can just check in with her a few minutes today and ease her mind a little bit. It's the first time that she is doing payroll, and just the steps that you have to go through to do that can be nerve wrecking. And I feel that if I can sit down with her for a few minutes, then that will help her tremendously. Yes, I'll have to make time to do that sometime today.
And time goes on. She and I are just trying to keep our heads above water, lest we drown in a pool of bills, purchase orders, receipt books, and leave forms. Just pray for us.
Friday, August 19, 2011-So, I have just about made it through the first week of school. This one has been a doozy! Last week (orientation week) was absolutely AWFUL!! I must remember this next year and try to take a chill pill or something. But don't "they", whoever "they" are, say that what doesn't kill us makes us stronger? Wow. I must be REALLY strong!! I'm ready to put these two weeks behind me and look forward to better days. But enough about me. How has your week been?
