Full panic mode

Have you ever had a week like this?

Monday, I had a doctor's appointment, which I went to. Hated it, but went anyway. Tuesday was class, which worked me over. Fun, but I felt like I'd been seriously worked over. I would do it again in a heart beat. Really!
Wednesday was 'eh'. Yesterday, I had to miss class due to an Open House at my son's school. We had to go to that. I'm very glad we did, but it was tiring. I did get a chance to talk to my son's teacher and we discussed some strategies for helping him read better/more.

I told my daughter yesterday that I was going to write a check for her Six Flags Band trip last night after I got home from Open House. Did I? Oh no. Not only did I NOT write the check, but I didn't think about it again until I got an email from my husband, telling me I'd forgotten it. Nice! I had to email the band teacher and tell her I was a dope and forgot. I'll get a chance to make it up by sending the check the Monday after Spring Break.

On top of everything else, I was late to a meeting this morning and the guys will not let me live it down. I despise being late! I didn't get out of bed on time, so that was part of it. Then, when I got out the door, it was 7:08. If I wasn't already stressed out, that was enough to put me over the edge!! I wasn't the only one who was late, but that's not the point. The point is, *I* was late and I'm not pleased!!

This morning, I've had to help someone program a machine and install the print drivers on a computer in a remote location. Since it was me and the IT guy, we had to talk the end user through programming. That pulled me off the phone for an hour while we installed, loaded drivers and did some basic training. One of my co-workers wasn't pleased that I was out of commission for that hour, as it meant HE took the most calls. Yikes!
I'm going to have to work hard to get caught up. So far, I've only taken 8 calls. I have four hours left in my work day. Do I think I'll take the 30-40 calls I normally take? Not likely.

I feel like my week has suddenly spiraled out of control. I had a few questions I couldn't answer, I've got customers who are leaving me messages as if I'm the only one who can answer them and I'm tired. Stressed, tired, grouchy.

I need a vacation. I need to go outside, sit under a tree and listen to the rain falling. Did I mention that it's raining? Lovely, wonderful rain!
Right now, I'm listening to the guys in the corner, yukking it up. They do that a lot. I wish I had as much free time as they appear to have. I'm sure they're in between calls, but damnit, it's not fair to this side of the room to have them laughing and giggling and being so loud.

Warm weather

It was up in the low 80s today, so we took the family out walking. I seem to have recovered (mostly) from whatever it was I had last week. We walked past a house that we had considered going to look at. We skipped the house and kept going to the school, where we stopped at the playground. Aidan found one of his classmates to play with. Amanda and I swung on the swings and Tony went over to the basketball hoops and shot a few hoops. We're not serious about our athletics in our house, so this was just a mild Spring outing.
When we got tired of the playground, we walked over to the grocery store to get some things to finish a project Aidan has due tomorrow (it's a planet project) and dinner. Then we came home and are now cooking dinner and enjoying the evening.
I managed to get slightly pink, so I can say that I definitely got some vitamin D while we were out there. I've also nearly finished a 36 ounce cup of water, so I'm doing great there. I told hubby yesterday that I wasn't going to be content being an out of shape person, so I'm doing something about it. It's ultimately up to me to improve my fitness. This walk isn't going to improve my cardio very much, but it WILL make me feel better, and ultimately, that's what I'm after.

One of my friends asked me earlier if I'd made it to the track at the high school. I didn't go, but this was just as good. I did get my backside up off the couch and moved it. It was a perfect day for it. I feel really good about myself right now.