A little too much
M and I have been traveling a lot lately. There's still wedding planning to do. Two of my step-grandparents died in the last year, and two of my grandparents are in the hospital right now. It's end of Q2. My work phone has stopped loading its operating system and sits at the Verizon welcome screen for hours on end. We have two new people needing mentoring and warm welcomes. I may be taking on a leadership role I'm not really ready for. I was supposed to make an appt for the handyman to come fix a drippy faucet and measure for replacement windows, but I didn't (and I feel a bit guilty about this). Our yard is having a permanent Bad Hair Day. My glasses prescription needs to be adjusted (it gives me migraines right now). We haven't seen most of our friends in months (we're too busy, or too tired, to too out-of-town). My birthday is next month, and people seem to be expecting a party. M's starting school this Fall. Um... we're getting married in Nov, with all the financial and legal and emotional and familial repercussions that brings. My license needs to be renewed now, then changed again in Nov.
There's a little too much on my plate right now, and no one to shove it off on. We're just putting our heads down and muddling through the best we can. I'm looking forward to next year when we just have my full time job (and probably job search), M's part time job and full time school, and house-related projects to work on.
On the flip side, our laundry gets done every weekend. Given the current state of things, I'm now choosing to call that a victory. Clean socks and underwear ftw.
3 comments:
If you're too busy to plan yourself a birthday party, screw what we think. I'd imagine we mostly just are thinking about it because you'd said something about it yourself, way back when, and we like the idea of a barbeque and game night.
However, I definitely need to see you... I'll be in town in July, thruough the 13th.
love ya! L :D
the only thing i can take off your plate is the birthday party. we'll be out of town the weekend after your birthday (anniversary time...y'know) but dinner party on the bday itself? or party the following weekend?
You guys are really sweet. I'm not sure that a birthday gathering is even in the cards for this year (long explanation follows), but I appreciate the offers. We're still just trying to survive this month without dropping the ball on something important.
My expectations for my birthday are: Cake, and M. Not necessarily in that order of preference. M and I talked about getting a small cake from the baker that's making our wedding cake, so we could try out something special... but that means driving to Julian and back, so it may take up most of the day.
It must sound pathetic, but I get to see M about 8-10 days a month. My highest priority for my birthday is to get some time with him, and we'll figure the rest out later.
Since the 9th is a week day, we probably won't be in the same city on my birthday. Any festivities (if there are official festivities) would have to be the following weekend (11-12th). The weekend before is the 4th, and usually spoken for by about half a dozen people.
The weekend after that I have to be in Chicago for a mandatory staff meeting (17-19th). Bleh.
The way our schedules are working out, we will probably spend my "birthday weekend" addressing wedding invites. Since I have no idea when we're going to do that otherwise.
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