Bad, bad blogger...

I am terrible at this! I am going to try to do better! I want to have a daily short post instead of these crazy, long ones that no sane person would get all the way through. ha. Life is crazy, as usual. I am really looking forward to Sept. 26, when my last gig until Christmas happens!!! It does mean less money, but now that I have my new job, my weekends are treasured and important to keep as free of a schedule as possible. I have now been working for 11 days straight without a day off. We had our retreat last weekend, so I had to work all day Friday until 9pm, then Saturday 6:45am-3:00pm. Then of course, my Sundays start at 7:00am at the church (which means 6ish here at home waking up and feeling like smashing my alarm clock).

I finally got my work computer, which feels awesome. I now can sit at my desk and not run to whoever wasn't at their computer at the moment. I definitely won't miss running up to my most frequently used computer on the humid, musty 3rd floor and sending stuff downstairs to the printer; running down the stairs, then often up and down 10 more times before the end of the day. I'm getting faster at my job. I'm still working more than I would like to, but it's getting better, slowly.

My work computer is a PC, but I'll live ;-) My mac is on its last leg and I fear for its life every time I use it. :( (and yes, I'm an OCD backer upper, so no fear there). It's not like we can just go buy a computer, so if it dies, that's it for now. Yikes! Poor MacBook.

Can I just say that my work, although incredibly stressful at times, is the best work environment right now for me? I have 3 motherly, sweet secretaries making sure I'm ok, 5 very nice pastors, and two very funny janitors. (we became friends quickly). I definitely feel like screaming half of each day with frustration, but I really am starting to get the hang of it. I am not incredibly type A, and only OCD about a few things, which makes my job difficult for me. My boss thinks like a type A person, and I act it out...which is a little difficult for a layed back, forgetful person like me! I try my best. Organization is not my strength...which is interesting when in charge of thousands of pieces of music...not to mention my list of 1,999,222,333 other things I have to do every week...mm hmm!

Let's see...this week, we (the law wives of "law spouses") are selling t-shirts. I am the president, so I have been busy organizing that. Tomorrow (at church) is crazy Wednesday to put it politely. Every Wednesday I feel like I won't make it through the end of the day. It's a lot to get done, and sometimes I cut it incredibly close. I'm getting faster though, as well as gaining a few volunteers to fill the choir folders. I am trying to force myself to take a break in the afternoon, but I don't know if that will happen. It hasn't been lately! I work straight from 8:30am-9pm with about a 10 minute lunch break and 20ish minute dinner at church.
Saturday my trio has a wedding in Corinth, so that will eat up my day...but it's ok...after the weekend after next when I have a sorority gig, I won't have any more tied up Saturdays until December! I will have most of Friday off at least. Sundays I am at the church for 8 hours!

I look forward to Fridays a lot...I teach for 2 hours and that's all. Fridays are my Saturdays. Teaching thrown into the mix makes for a lot of work, but I would never quit teaching my kids over this job and it also helps pay the bills which is obviously a plus!

I want to be able to have time to do fun things, like sew, watch tv, scrapbook, things I haven't been able to do once since my job, and especially since we moved and I haven't had time to unpack everything, especially non-essentials. I can't remember the last time I saw a movie or did anything for fun except very small things like cooking! I am going to try to make time for these things. I'm bound and determined to!

I want to try to make my life as pleasant as possible...this means I will have to work really hard while home on the front end and get this place squared away. I'm so worn out when I get home that I feel like collapsing instead of working on the stuff I need to work on at home, but I will get there. It's just a steep slope I am determined to conquer. It all takes time and I'm learning.