I need some time to unwind and de-stress. It’s been a crazy
busy few weeks/months. I’m feeling rundown and stressed out. I love my new job,
but there is still a learning curve to contend with. It’s not a difficult job
by any means, but it’s pretty different from anything I’ve done before. I’m also
the treasurer for a great non-profit, but they are going through some major
growth right now, and while that is wonderful for the organization, it’s not so
wonderful for me. There are lots of questions and lots of paperwork coming at a
time that I need to be sending out wires for grant recipients, plus all of the
stuff going on at home. I no longer have any “free time” at work, like I had
when we were going through the MTB merger. I also have a board position with the
arts council (which I absolutely love and I could hardly call stressful). I’m
so overwhelmed at the moment that I just want to break down and scream. Or cry.
Or some mixture of the two.
So between the new job, non-profit jobs, the house
rehab/garden/farm, being a new-ish wife, and still trying to have some kind of
social life and be a good friend, I’m kind of stressed out. I think that what
it boils down to is that I need to learn how to say no.
My NY in-laws (God love ‘em) have a habit of changing their
plans every five minutes, so you have no idea what is going on with them until
they’re knocking on your front door. Originally, my MIL had planned to visit us
sometime while my SIL was visiting from AZ. Okay, that sounds great. Well that
plan ended up ridiculously convoluted and I was cleaning like a madwoman after
finding out that we weren’t getting my MIL at all that day, but my BIL and
niece. Then my MIL and Nana (Jay’s grandmother) decided to come over after all
the day after my BIL and niece came over. I consider myself a pretty laid-back
person, but I’d like to know when we’re going to be having guests at least a
few days (preferably weeks) ahead of time. It would just be nice if I had a
little notice and I knew who was coming – and when they were coming, and how
long they would be staying. Is that too much to ask?
My SIL Colleen (who is thankfully someone who plans ahead)
arrived on Tuesday and is staying for two weeks. Jay is off gallivanting with
his buddies at a bachelor party in WV. We are having a great time in his
absence – Whino Wednesday at Harry’s on the Green, last night we went to the
library, Clayton Farms, and then had an adventure at the auction in American
Corner.
I had planned to take Colleen out tonight and show her a
crazy eastern shore redneck bar, but we’re going to lay low instead. I really
need some downtime. So tonight we’re having a nice dinner, drinking wine, and
watching bad tv. Maybe we’ll get wild and have a mealworm frenzy with the
chickens.
I can’t wait to go home and relax. I’ve earned it. Maybe I’ll
even get a chance to take a bath in our Jacuzzi tub sometime soon.
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