RE:cap
Today:
I woke up @ 4a in a panic because I realized I had committed to giving my son & his friend a ride to school BUT I was supposed to be in the city for a designer's seminar @ 9a. I frantically messaged the parent of the kid I was supposed to give a ride, as well as another parent asking them to fill in for me. Then I struggled to go back to sleep.
Despite my best intentions, I left 15 minutes later than I wanted to. Had to stop for gas AND a large cup of coffee.
Terrible traffic. Horrible, actually. The GPS detoured me to surface streets and took me back to the interstate almost exactly where I exited. WHAT??? Not to mention the little re-route added another 25 minutes to my drive! I quit listening to the darn thing & went some back roads I'm familiar with - if I had only gone that way to begin with, I wouldn't have gotten caught in that mess at all. #needtotrustmyinstincts
Forgot today was Ash Wednesday & the beginning of the Lenten season. I haven't given much (ok, any) thought to what my sacrifices are this year, so I'm in a mad scramble to come up with something... I'm thinking going vegan and foregoing any unnecessary shopping. So! The first thing I do when I get to the seminar is buy one of the speaker's books. After listening to the panel discussion, I decide to buy another speaker's book. $87 and a serving of Asian Chicken Salad later, I have thoroughly botched Lent on the very first day. ~sigh~
Thinking I'm clever, I grab a bottled water to carry with me all day throughout the seminar. Somehow the damn cap wasn't on right & I spilled half of it in my purse. IN MY PURSE! Everything is soaked and water is dripping out of the bottom. Really??? Ugh.
My son texts me in a panic that he needs his uniform after school for pictures. WTH? When did this get announced? With all the damn communication options, no one thought to let the parents know?
I am exhausted - truly, bone weary exhausted. I can barely make it thru the final presentation. I drive home in a daze, come into the house, strip out into my jammies lickety split and climb into bed. I "nap" for an hour & half, wake up & try to salvage the rest of the evening here @ 7:30p. What. A. Day.
But, all the bad things aside, something really good happened, too: I'm inspired to get back to this blog, to make it what I'm dreaming it is in my head! I've spent the first 2 months of the year thinking about what I'm going to focus on this year and I'm ready to stop thinking and start doing... I'm thinking this is my Lenten sacrifice: procrastination.
I woke up @ 4a in a panic because I realized I had committed to giving my son & his friend a ride to school BUT I was supposed to be in the city for a designer's seminar @ 9a. I frantically messaged the parent of the kid I was supposed to give a ride, as well as another parent asking them to fill in for me. Then I struggled to go back to sleep.
Despite my best intentions, I left 15 minutes later than I wanted to. Had to stop for gas AND a large cup of coffee.
Terrible traffic. Horrible, actually. The GPS detoured me to surface streets and took me back to the interstate almost exactly where I exited. WHAT??? Not to mention the little re-route added another 25 minutes to my drive! I quit listening to the darn thing & went some back roads I'm familiar with - if I had only gone that way to begin with, I wouldn't have gotten caught in that mess at all. #needtotrustmyinstincts
Forgot today was Ash Wednesday & the beginning of the Lenten season. I haven't given much (ok, any) thought to what my sacrifices are this year, so I'm in a mad scramble to come up with something... I'm thinking going vegan and foregoing any unnecessary shopping. So! The first thing I do when I get to the seminar is buy one of the speaker's books. After listening to the panel discussion, I decide to buy another speaker's book. $87 and a serving of Asian Chicken Salad later, I have thoroughly botched Lent on the very first day. ~sigh~
Thinking I'm clever, I grab a bottled water to carry with me all day throughout the seminar. Somehow the damn cap wasn't on right & I spilled half of it in my purse. IN MY PURSE! Everything is soaked and water is dripping out of the bottom. Really??? Ugh.
My son texts me in a panic that he needs his uniform after school for pictures. WTH? When did this get announced? With all the damn communication options, no one thought to let the parents know?
I am exhausted - truly, bone weary exhausted. I can barely make it thru the final presentation. I drive home in a daze, come into the house, strip out into my jammies lickety split and climb into bed. I "nap" for an hour & half, wake up & try to salvage the rest of the evening here @ 7:30p. What. A. Day.
But, all the bad things aside, something really good happened, too: I'm inspired to get back to this blog, to make it what I'm dreaming it is in my head! I've spent the first 2 months of the year thinking about what I'm going to focus on this year and I'm ready to stop thinking and start doing... I'm thinking this is my Lenten sacrifice: procrastination.
posted by Dawn at
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