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My Life Thus Far
2008-05-05 05:52:22 (UTC)

100 Different Kinds Of Tired

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There is no tangible way to explain how I'm feeling right
now. I'm 100 different kinds of tired. My body hurts, too.
I know it's to be expected at 35 weeks, but a day full of
housework and an attempt at mowing the lawn certainly
didn't help things any.

I'm really proud of the progress I made in the house
today. I won't go into item-by-item details of what I
accomplished (because that's tedious), but suffice it to
say, the place is starting to look a hell of a lot better.
More pulled together, less cluttered and definitely more
clean. I made myself a Housekeeping Wish List and I posted
it on the fridge. It's a rundown of the jobs I'd ideally
like to accomplish this week. Not in one day. That isn't
possible for me right now. There are currently 17 jobs on
the list. If I finish two or three a day, over the next
seven days, I'll finish my list and it won't be too much
for me to handle. That's the plan. I checked off four of
them today. So, I'm proud of myself :) I'm ahead of the
curve already.

I made a valiant attempt at cutting the grass in the
backyard. From the balcony it doesn't look that bad, but
when I opened the back door and took a look at it up close
and in person, I knew I was in for it. It was a foot tall
everywhere, with 3 and 4 foot tall weeds popping up all
over the place. I was already tired from a day of
housecleaning, so I didn't have much left in me. It took
me 40 minutes to run the push mower through that crap and
it didn't even work! All it accomplished was to push the
grass over. I don't know how many times I'll have to keep
going over it, but eventually I'll get it cut. Then the
push mower will maintain it just fine. It was simply a
case of the wrong tool for the job. Once I finally get it
all cut and trimmed, I'm putting down the weed killer and
screw the grass seed. That stuff is as thick as can be.
I'm disappointed. I wanted it to be all well-groomed and
pretty, but that was NOT in the cards for me today.

Today was my baby shower :) There wasn't as many people
there as I'd expected. Really, it was just the tenured
associates, which I suppose makes sense. I haven't met
most of the new girls, so it might seem too personal for
them to come to a baby shower when they just became part
of the VS "family". I got a few of the things from my
registry, but mostly we got clothes. Cute little baby boy
outfits. Tomorrow I have to go out because I have a
meeting with Kiki's therapists. So, I'll get some thank
you cards then.

I'm at the end of my usable energy stores. I still have to
put the sheets back on my bed. I wish I had taken some
time earlier today to do that. Like, the moment they came
out of the dryer. I'm tempted to just pass out on the
mattress pad and naked pillows. I get to sleep in tomorrow
morning. For once, I've got an appointment in the
afternoon, instead of first thing in the morning. Sleep is
going to feel so wonderful...Ciao.




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