5.03.2011

Rough Life.

I.am.stressed.  As of today, we own two houses - hooray! I feel like my sanity is very fragile right now, with me trying to coordinate everything that needs to happen in the next two weeks... including packing, loading my car and driving the trek over to the Mesa house for the third day in a row, unloading, vacuuming (?), hopefully getting power and water turned on tomorrow at our Mesa house in time for a carpet cleaning at noon, getting back to Phx in time to pick up kids from school, orchestrating a big wood/vinyl project for the Young Women tomorrow night, cutting and weeding 10 VERY intricate blocks of vinyl wording (dang, why did I design it like that???) routing and sanding the rest of their signs, putting together another vinyl project for Janna for Thursday morning, preschool, more packing, coordinating a talent show practice for 13 kids on Thursday afternoon, (what am I supposed to do with J while that's happening???)  playing volleyball with our ward's team on Thursday night, more packing on Friday, maybe getting a moving truck Friday afternoon with hopes of moving most of our furniture over on Saturday (??), cleaning the Mesa house top to bottom so we can move stuff IN, hiring the pool guy this weekend? maybe? , at some point practicing the piano to accompany the primary kids on Sunday in sacrament meeting, (but am I still going to have a piano? Or will it be in Mesa?)  Part of my stress is coming from trying to plan out what's going to be moved, when, and how little we can live with for the next two weeks... when should we start sleeping at the new house? On Monday Daddy leaves for a 4-day business trip, and oh yeah, we need to get our renters squared away and sign papers before he leaves, I need to pick and buy paint, and get all three kids' bedrooms painted while he's gone next week, need to hook up with my printer friends on Thursday the 12th to pick up the t-shirts for all the first graders at Vista, deliver the shirts to the school on Friday the 13th, oh, are we going to get professional movers that morning or will it all be done by then? What painters are we going to hire for the new house? NO idea yet. Daddy will be home for less than a day before leaving for Father's and Sons, the girls and I have the school talent show that night, somehow I need to find time to get makeup and hair done for 13 zombie children  (where to find white makeup? How to make black eyes and bloody necks? Need to go get black nail polish and lipstick too??  What kind of shoes do zombies wear anyway?)  I'm going to SCREAM if we can't get our timeshare rooms sold by then - I'm totally starting to panic about that because our buyers flaked out on the biggest suite, my gosh, we're going to end up forfeiting all those points, doesn't anyone want to go to Disneyland? Because I stinkin' need the cash!   CRAIGSLIST YOU HAVE TOTALLY LET ME DOWN LATELY!   ACK, I need sleep too. Goodnight.  I know, rough life, I've got a busy husband who has a great job, three active, involved, talented kids, and a big, beautiful new house I have to decorate.

5 comments:

jaust.me said...

k, sorry you're so stressed. ELF makeup at Target is cheap and great for costumes. And I need a picture of the project you're doing with the young women. Good luck with the move.

Amberly said...

you do realize there are several things in the maddening post that don't HAVE to be done right away. and please move cleaning new house to the top of the list... don't move anything else in there until it's clean!! ick. do you need to push everything back a week so you finish school and life in so phx before you move on? and I'm afraid you're dreaming a little to get water and power on in time for carpets at noon. take a breath... this is fun, remember?!

Alison said...

I agree with Amberly - she's a smart friend. :) reorganize, make a viewable list, what needs to be done first, second, can be pushed off and what can wait until you finally move. I wouldn't hire professional movers - EQ to the rescue. We can watch Josh for you on Thursday afternoon and I'm sure there is someone who can pick up your girls or they could ride the bus home with Lea and come to our house til you get back.

Carlos said...

Blog less and get to work. I am exhausted trying to keep up with this.

Staci Kramer said...

I know this isn't the most convenient time to mention this but I was hoping to commission a wood/vinyl project from you when things settle down a bit. I just want a FHE assignment board but I have a particular style in mind. No hurry… just don't let me forget to ask you about it once you are all moved in and looking for fun projects and to make money again. cant wait for some kind of fun housewarming party! I've heard the new digs are fabulous!