Tuesday, August 24, 2010

E.X.H.A.U.S.T.E.D.

Tomorrow is only Wednesday??

Seriously, this week is exhausting so far! Work is crazy busy, I have so many (big) projects on my plate and issues that I'm just learning how to deal with cropping up as well. My days fly by because I barely have time to glance at the clock. (This is a good thing!)

Then add in my jewelry business - which I love - but, like anything you want to be successful at - it's work. So let me give you just a little sampling of this Marketing Manager, Jewelry Girl, Mom's life...

Yesterday - August 23, 2010
Arrive at work at 7:00 am.
Several Monday meeting right off the bat.
Order lunch in because I need the extra time at my desk.
Get call from mom (aka Monday babysitter) who tells me my 2yr son got into his diaper pail during his "nap time" and has smeared #2 all over himself and his room and most disturbing...his light colored carpet...and we don't have any carpet cleaner.
Last minute Google search: "How to get poop out of carpet."
Lovely.
Leave promptly at 4:00 pm.
Quick stop at Target for a miracle poop cleaner.
Settle on Resolve for lack of other options.
Arrive at home at about 4:45 pm.
Thankfully Mom agrees to stay later to entertain kiddos while I don yellow rubber gloves to start on poop mess...which is worse than I was imagining.
Change into sweats and said yellow gloves and get to work.
Breathe through my mouth for a good 20 minutes.
Decide part one of clean-up is done.
Part two will commence when my husband arrives home from work.
I have to get ready for a jewelry party.
I have 20 minutes.
Glam up.
High five my husband out the door while explaining mess upstairs and next steps.
Dinner must wait until I get home.
Arrive at jewelry party at 6:30 pm.
Successful party :)
Who would have known that their jewelry lady was sporting yellow gloves and scrubbing poop off the floor with a potato brush just hours earlier? ;)
(Oh yeah, have thrown away potato brush!!)
Get home at 10:00 pm.
Eat dinner. Know it's late. But am starving.
Coordinate kid's belongings for daycare tomorrow.
Go through some paperwork.
Get ready for bed.
Sleep by 11:00 pm.

WHEW.

That's all I have to say :)

Monday, August 9, 2010

What a Difference a Year Makes!

Wow. It's been a year. Literally one year. What a difference one year makes. My life is completely different right now. Makes me a little bit anxious of where I'll be five years from now if the ins and outs of my life have so dramatically changed in just one.

Where to begin. How about what my life was like one year ago vs. what it's like now.

1 year ago: I was a SAHM
Now: I am a full-time Marketing Manager working outside of my home

1 year ago: I was collecting unemployment
Now: I have a paycheck

1 year ago: We obviously had some financial issues
Now: Well, unfortunately some things take longer than one year to change

1 year ago: My house was clean and organized
Now: My house is chaotic, so much so that I actually woke up last week at 4:40am for my boot camp class and ended up going back to bed b/c I couldn't find my tennis shoes...frustrating!

1 year ago: My weekends were spent having QT with my husband and kids and our families
Now: My weekends are spent doing grocery shopping, laundry and preparing for the week ahead, ironic??

1 year ago: If my child woke up with a fever or came down with a virus, all I had to do was cancel our plans for the day.
Now: If I have a sick child I have to ask my boss if I can work from home (thank God this is an option for me) and worry about if he thinks I'm out of the office too much with my sick children

1 year ago: I was in charge of my day. If I wasn't feeling particularly well, I had the power to structure our day accordingly
Now: I have office hours and they are mandatory

1 year ago: I was closer with my friends. We got together for play dates, we vented online to each other, we texted each other with spontaneous invitations
Now: They all still do that and I'm a bit out of the loop

1 year ago: My daughter was about to start 3-year old preschool
Now: My daughter is about to start 4-year old preschool and it's literally taking a village to get her there. I've had to change my work schedule, rely on a friend, change daycare's schedule, change my in-laws schedule...all to make sure my daughter is prepared for Kindergarten.

1 year ago: Thinking ahead gave me a headache and caused many tears because of our financial situation
Now: Same. Only add the stress of "what am I going to do when I have two kids in different schools?" to that.

Am I lucky to have a job? Absolutely. Do I like my job? Yes. Do I like feeling like my week is straight out of Groundhog Day? No. Do I like that it's takes a willing cast of characters to make the simplest of things happen for my kids? Absolutely not. Do I think I'm happy? I'm actually not quite sure. Venting is good. That's what this is. It's Monday. I'll be in a better mood by Thursday I would imagine.