Beating for one, please

This week has been a killer.

I had a friend in town for two days who also happens to be a fabulous graphic designer, so he was working on yearbook (current and future) designs, the interactive yearbook design, changing our ad designs and a couple of others. Took him out to dinner Mon and Tues.

Yesterday, I taught all day. I know that sounds weird but my job is weird. I usually spend most of my day answering questions and trying to take care of the business end of running a small business at the back of the high school with no help. It means I'm always busy, but I'm not necessarily standing in the front of the room teaching each period like an English teacher. It's still a lot of work and mentally exhausting, but different.

At any rate, yesterday I was in front of all of classes directing and trying to corral the cats as it were.

Last night I had to race from school home to take Dixie to the vet because she has some nasty ear infectons. I left the vet's and went straight to school. Dixie got to hang out in the car while I stood around overseeing my editors talking to the parent's of 8th graders. Got back in the car and headed home.

Once home, I got to clean the mess that signafies both the dogs displeasure at not seeing me all day AND the displeasure of being left behind as one of them go to go somewhere....even if that somewhere is the vet's office.

I can't believe it is only Thursday. I have already worked a full week, and I still have two days to go? Not possible.

I have been making lists each day and basically getting almost nothing done. I'm trying to not let that freak me out, but there is starting to be some freaking. Especially since I'm not going to be here for half of next week. It means I really have to get organized. Ug.

And today is going to have a lot of my time be spent standing in front of the kids talking, so I'm not going to have a lot of opportunties for the organization and list checking off activities that I need.

Double ug.

How do people do it???

I'm following about a dozen blogs now. I find myself constantly wondering how do they find time to blog regularly. Honestly, I have it on my list to do EVERY. DAY. Yet, as you can see... not happening all that often.

One, nothing happens to me. Well, nothing worth writing about. Two, I have no time. I feel like I am constantly on the move from one activity to another and once I slow down and sit. That's it. Done. Nothing else happens.

And when something does happen, so much time passes between the event of interest and my ability to sit and write about it that it somehow doesn't see quite so interesting or note worthy. It's a catch 22 people. To write about the good stuff I have to stop what is happening to write at which point the good stuff is no longer happening.  

And to be totally honest, I spend a lot of time snuggling with the dogs. They are so very sweet and warm when they are being quiet and snuggly. So I spend a lot of time working on the computer... and snuggling.

So, what did you do for the holidays?

Well, not sure this is going to be a holiday for the record books. Mostly because I have spent the holiday working on projects. Incessantly. The Real Estate book, the real estate class, the stupid Global Business book and, my personal disaster of my finances, organizing and paying my taxes AND trying to find a home for Rowdy.

Quite frankly, I'm a little worn out. I'm taking a minute to blog because I'm working on encoding videos for the Global Business book (which is turning out to be a total pain in the ass.) I just want to get it done.

I've watched an inordinate amount of mind numbing TV as I've worked on the computer day after day.

I am praying that when I return to school I will have reduced most of the pressure on me by getting these projects done.

I love me some memes

I tried to do a little research to determine how memes got so big on the internet and such. Didn't really find what I was after. Needless to say, I find them wildly amusing (feel free to study my pinterest to see the many memes I've pinned.)  I downloaded a meme making app and now I'm really having a good time ; ) 

And then there were four

So, I continue on with four dogs. After Rowdy jumped the fence the other night, I was able to renew my will to find him a home that is not filled with vicious wildabeasts.  Poor thing.  I have attached the images below to further remind myself of what poor Rowdy is going through. Please note that Buddy, Gracie and Dixie seem to be ok, they snuggle up, they get close. They are adorable.  Notice poor Rowdy is always alone....alone....alone. Poor thing. He is so sweet, but the wicked ones won't let him near me. 

And you're happy with this??

I went back to the psychiastrist that has been kindly writing my Vvyvanse script. Truthfully, I think she is a little on the dippy side. Maybe she just sees so many damn people she can't keep up with what's going on, but I digress.

So she tells me that I was supposed to complete a form when I first came about my ADD experiences, but she was going to go ahead and have me fill it out now on the meds. I took the form. Yup. I've filled it out before. So I start answering questions.

Do I find myself interrupting people? Sometimes
Do I have trouble focusing on what people are saying? Sometimes
Do I have problems getting things completed? Sometimes 

and on, and on, and on. Almost all of my answers were sometimes. I think 2 were rarely, and only "Do you forget appointments?" was Never because the calendar on the phone with reminders is A GIFT FROM GOD.

She took it back, looked at it, and said, "And you're happy with this?!" In what I can only call an incredulous tone.

Hell yes, I'm happy. It's a hellofalot better than where I was 8 months ago.

Why I love Home Shows

"So, what do you think the house is worth?"
"$440,000 that's what we listed it for last time."
"But it was on the market for a year, and it didn't sell. What makes you think it is worth that now?"
"Look, we have a really big back yard."

God bless the dumbass home owners of America. People are just crazy.