it's really only Monday?

I feel like I have been going constantly for ages...unable to sleep in, etc. I am getting run down for sure. I really need a day off...I am REALLY looking forward to labor day...it couldn't come soon enough. That and Friday when I get to sleep in!
I don't want to be down, I want to be happy and peppy but this schedule is really tiring and wears on me! Saturday, I was doing music - related stuff (recording for an album for someone, then going to an extra rehearsal at church that I ended up having to stay for) from 9am-8:30pm with one 30 minute time slot that I was home. I had to be at church at 7am the next morning until the 11:00 service was over (I did the slides for the 11:00), then had to be back at 5:15 for the kids choirs. I had Friday morning off except for teaching 2:45-4:30, but that's only one day!

I love my job, and I love what I do...mixed with teaching and gigs and all the other things I committed to prior to accepting this position, it's really putting a damper on any fun I may have time for..let alone our house...our house is so messy...it's so so bad!!! I do what I can, but I am so exhausted when I come home from work, and Mondays are the only days I get to come home at 4:45! I wish that I could close my eyes and everything would just magically be in place and clean just this once! Then maybe it would be easier to keep up. It's a daunting task when it piles up...I have no idea how I am ever going to get it looking how it's supposed to! What a mess...

I'm finally learning the ropes and really feeling a lot more comfortable with what I do at work. People are so encouraging, and there are a bunch of incredible people who go there. I'm impressed with the quality of the choir, and it has been a blast to sing again. There are 50 some regulars in choir! It has been too long since I've sang in choir. I thought I had lost my voice forever (I kind of damaged it being a 1st soprano in 2 choirs for 4 years in HS, hitting lots of ridiculous high notes without much training, and yelling way too much while cheerleading, etc.) but it's coming back...sort of! Tom does a lot of technique work in choir (he went to Julliard for opera!), which gives me a chance to relearn how to sing properly.

I love working in ministry. It's hard work, but it's worth it. It is so rewarding. The environment I work with is great, and I really like every one of the staff members. They are all so friendly and helpful. I definitely have to ask lots of questions a lot. Slowly, those questions are getting less frequent. My office is pretty much amazing and huge, and has large windows all along the side (which look down on the street and the playground full of daycare children playing). I definitely don't feel trapped in that office.

I guess my current state would be incredibly overwhelmed and frustrated at the lack of hours in each day. That pretty much sums it up to be completely honest. It will pass...I need to stop feeling like this, but it's difficult to make it go away! I also need to come up with lots of healthy slow cooker recipes...because there is only 1 night a week that I come home in time to make a good dinner, and a lot of times Madison is so busy with law school that he can only do a limited amount of grilling. Any ideas? (we ate sandwiches tonight for dinner...)