Do you ever have THOSE days where you feel like no matter what you do you cannot get out from being buried under “stuff”? The feeling that no matter what you do “stuff” just keeps coming at you from all different angles? To me it feels just like trying to shovel during a snow storm – no matter how much you try and dig yourself out snow (stuff) just keeping piling in on you. The worst is when you do not have shovels specifically for snow, then you are in another world of pain.
This is how I feel today!
I have two orders for my business that I need to do. One is a rush order for 100 buttons that needs to be mailed out tomorrow morning. So far I only have about 10 buttons cut out. Each one has to be cut and assembled by hand. I do not have any industrial equipment to make things easier on me. I don’t know what I loathe more, the cutting or the assembling.
I also have 700 more buttons to complete for another order, due by the end of November. So far I have 60 assembled (the actual order is for 760), 200 cut out and ready to be assembled, and 5oo more to be printed, cut and assembled. Of course NOW I had to go and run out of ink – again. So I’m at a stand still until I can hike all the way over to Staples to get more ink. Staples is not local to me. It will take about 30 minutes, give or take, depending on traffic.
The plumber ($$$) is coming over later on today. I was given the “window” between noon and 4 PM. Ugh! Why can’t they narrow it down to at least a 1-2 hour time frame?
I don’t like it when service people are at our home. First and foremost I feel awkward. It also disrupts my routine since I feel like I have to stop everything I’m doing to over see what they are doing.
Our dog is going to FREAK OUT! I have to spend the whole time the plumber is here just trying to get the dog to stop barking.
Depending on when he comes it might interrupt the time I take our dog out for his afternoon walk. It might also create issues with me having to get my kids from school. I have to leave here around 3:30 to go and get my kids and won’t be back until 4 PM. I DON’T like leaving a total stranger alone in my home – and with our dog. Its not like I can ask my kids to walk home from school either. That would just make me a nervous wreak!
I also have this overwhelming need to CLEAN before the plumber gets here. I don’t like anyone seeing our home in disarray. Right now there is “stuff” everywhere and I haven’t dusted in a few days (bad me!). Part of me feels like I must drop everything and clean NOW and the other part of me keeps saying “Why?”. The plumber will no doubt drag dirt in our home and dust which would mean I’d have to clean after he leaves too.
By the way, just the thought of how much the plumber’s bill will be is enough to make me queasy. Our heating unit doesn’t work. We turn on the heat and nothing happens. However we do smell a burning smell from the heating unit in the dining room. That can’t be good (or cheap!). We’re suppose to be in the 50’s during the day on the weekend (colder at night) so we have to get the heat fixed ASAP.
I just feel like my whole day is “off” because I have to wait for the plumber to come. I’d feel more relaxed and less stressed if he didn’t have to come, or could come when my hubby was home.
On top of the buttons and the plumber I still do need to clean. I have been slacking the past few days because I haven’t been feeling well. Since I haven’t cleaned things have piled up even more so. I think the dust has dust! The dust bunnies have turned into dust dinosaurs at this point.
Our home is also taken over but stuff. We live in a tiny condo (tiny is an understatement!). There are four people crowded in a one bedroom. We have a small hallway closet and a walk-in bedroom closet. We have no room for most things. That can be overwhelming at times too. For example, for the past two months three computer paper boxes (big boxes) have been piled on top of each other in the corner of our tiny dining room. Inside is all my husband’s stuff from his cubical where he used to work. Its good stuff (gifts the kids have given him, knick knacks…) but we have NO WHERE to put them. Literally – no where! So for the past two months these boxes have taken up residency in the dining room, which only makes the dining room look “trashy” and it takes up valuable space. My husband can not sit in his seat in the dining room if me or my son are sitting in our seats because there is no room to walk behind either chair!
I really hate living here in this condo. I love the school district, but I hate living in a shoe box. It’s so frustrating! I would do anything to have a bedroom that my husband and I can call our own, and for the kids to have their own rooms too. A teenage girl and pre-teen boy should not have to share a bedroom.
Oh… I would do anything for SPACE and STORAGE! An attic, a basement, a garage… anything!
All the more reason why I feel overwhelmed.
I’m sorry to ramble. I’m just feeling a bit STRESSED out in case you haven’t already picked up on that. This might be why my body is totally freaking out. I won’t get into detail but I haven’t been feeling well for about a week and my body just seems really “off” too. Stress does NOT do a body good, that is for sure.
If only the plumber could come now, get it over with quickly, and then Merry Maids zip over here to clean for me, I’d feel a million times better. Sometimes just having a squeaky clean home makes a world of difference. Oh yeah, I could use a chef too, or a food delivery service. I have nothing for dinner tonight unless I make pasta again. We just had pasta last night. That would be pasta overkill!
OK… I’m done rambling now. Rambling is not going to get these buttons done, the home cleaned or other blog posts done.
I hope your day is a lot less stressing them mine.
Kimberly
Lauralee Hensley says
I wish you were having a better day. Sounds like you have a lot to do, so I’ll just say, hoping things get better.
Kayla says
Dang woman! That’s A LOT of buttons-I seriously wish I lived closer; I’d totally come over and help you out 🙂 All I can really give you is some extra energy to get it all done!
Good Luck.
Oh, and I HATE when people do that-Give you ‘The Window’ so your day is pretty much screwed since you have no idea when they’re coming. I understand the need for a window, but it still kinda sucks O.o
I understand about the whole cleaning thing-I think it’s inbred in woman that we MUST have our houses, rooms, apartments, etc clean before anybody comes over. It’s not always a bad thing, but it can drive you crazy!
It sounds like you need a hug-I hope you’ll settle for a virtual one {{hug}}