Boys elected to take Mon evening "off" as we spent the day at Plimoth Plantation and saw the MayflowerII and then were stuck in Boston rush-hour traffic getting home from the Cape. At least they did, after some yelling (from me) help to unpack the car.
Tonight will be groceries (so they have lunch for their daycamp) and packing, packing, packing. I think I'll make them tackle the Lego tonight. I'm so mean...
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Saturday, June 25, 2011
Let the panic commence
I have spent the last week at a conference in Denver. I come home to find.... nothing has changed. Under typical circumstances, this would be a good thing except these are not typical circumstances - we are moving in less than one week. Completely out of our current locale and into another locale (with some things going into ye olde storage shed). No boxes have been packed during my absence.
I am now about to head off to yonder camping site at ye olde Cape Cod for the weekend (rainy and cool as I type this before departing) and will return Monday afternoon with two kids and no hubby, as he will be presenting something official in DC. Good for him - sucks for me. He only returns very very late Weds night. We need to be out of our place Fri morning.
Do you see the problem?
Let the panic commence...
I am now about to head off to yonder camping site at ye olde Cape Cod for the weekend (rainy and cool as I type this before departing) and will return Monday afternoon with two kids and no hubby, as he will be presenting something official in DC. Good for him - sucks for me. He only returns very very late Weds night. We need to be out of our place Fri morning.
Do you see the problem?
Let the panic commence...
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Revelations
Had a revelation last night - I don't have to do it all. DOH! You think I'd learn by now.
I am putting my business on serious hold - just updated the blog with a list of people and resources who tackle my favourite topics (positive psychology, leadership, positive workplaces, etc) much better than I do anyhow. I was reading one of them the other day and lamenting that really, I had nothing new to contribute at all. So LVS Consulting is temporarily shut down for the summer. We'll see if I have any interest in reviving it in September.
And I just just just got a call that we have the possibility of two spaces in a before- and after-school program for my kids. The last two spaces. YAY! Now to make sure we actually get them....
I deleted a whole bunch of emails from my inbox. I'll just never get to them. So there.
And I'm going to remove my contributions from a couple of websites where I'd been freely writing about positive psychology. I gotta focus on the paying job and the moves coming up. Gotta.
I'll keep blurting here though. This takes no brain cells at all. :-)
You think I'd learn by now....
I am putting my business on serious hold - just updated the blog with a list of people and resources who tackle my favourite topics (positive psychology, leadership, positive workplaces, etc) much better than I do anyhow. I was reading one of them the other day and lamenting that really, I had nothing new to contribute at all. So LVS Consulting is temporarily shut down for the summer. We'll see if I have any interest in reviving it in September.
And I just just just got a call that we have the possibility of two spaces in a before- and after-school program for my kids. The last two spaces. YAY! Now to make sure we actually get them....
I deleted a whole bunch of emails from my inbox. I'll just never get to them. So there.
And I'm going to remove my contributions from a couple of websites where I'd been freely writing about positive psychology. I gotta focus on the paying job and the moves coming up. Gotta.
I'll keep blurting here though. This takes no brain cells at all. :-)
You think I'd learn by now....
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
OMFG....
It is June 15. We move out of our place on June 30th. Well, technically we can move the morning of July 1, but everything really has to be packed for June 30th because July 1 will be all about waking up, washing up, eating breakfast, making sure the last few things are packed, cleaning the apartment, loading the moving van and getting out. So we have 15 days.
During those 15 days, I will be away for four days. Hubby will be away for three days. That's only 7 days of togetherness during which we can pack and get stuff moving along. Now you think we'd be in decent shape because we sent a bunch of winter stuff back to Canada, but we still have way too much stuff.
Way. Too. Much. Stuff.
I mean, every family with kids has way too much stuff. We have more than that.
And work is overwhelming. This working virtually stuff isn't working - but that's another matter. I'm missing the ability to walk down the hallway, talk with someone for 20 seconds and get answers to quick questions. Phone calls and emails all can be ignored and forgotten and answers take hours or days instead. Bleh.
And I found out that the boys are not enrolled in the after-school care program that we usually use back home so now I'm looking for an alternative.
And there are a few other things that are making my life very difficult.
I think I'm going to give up. Everything.
Help? Any strategies - other than taking deep breaths and taking it one day at a time, because that's what I'm already doing and it's not working so far.
During those 15 days, I will be away for four days. Hubby will be away for three days. That's only 7 days of togetherness during which we can pack and get stuff moving along. Now you think we'd be in decent shape because we sent a bunch of winter stuff back to Canada, but we still have way too much stuff.
Way. Too. Much. Stuff.
I mean, every family with kids has way too much stuff. We have more than that.
And work is overwhelming. This working virtually stuff isn't working - but that's another matter. I'm missing the ability to walk down the hallway, talk with someone for 20 seconds and get answers to quick questions. Phone calls and emails all can be ignored and forgotten and answers take hours or days instead. Bleh.
And I found out that the boys are not enrolled in the after-school care program that we usually use back home so now I'm looking for an alternative.
And there are a few other things that are making my life very difficult.
I think I'm going to give up. Everything.
Help? Any strategies - other than taking deep breaths and taking it one day at a time, because that's what I'm already doing and it's not working so far.
Monday, June 13, 2011
New Yahk
I spent this past weekend in New York City visiting with a friend who kindly let me stay in her mid-Manhattan apartment (over by the United Nations) and seeing the sights. A few things of note:
- Billy Elliott was great and made me laugh and cry. It was my first Broadway show, but also encouraging to know that shows I've seen in Stratford and Toronto (both in Ontario) are of similar calibre. We get good (really good) live theatre in Canada too.
- People don't dress up for Broadway shows. At all. It was like walking through a shopping mall.
- Speaking of shopping, yes I did shopping! Great buys and great selection. I think I need a NYC fashion trip annually. Watch out credit card!!
- It was truly lovely to "be myself" again - no kids, no hubby, no schedule. Just me and my friends. Getting to bed at midnight, sleeping until 9 - back in my true and natural rhythm. I didn't feel tired and I walked most everywhere - except, of course, when we took cabs...
- And speaking of walking, I did so much walking and ate little (due to the heat and lack of time - but I always conscientiously made healthy choices and drank LOTS of water) and still returned home at the same weight as when I left. So disappointed! C'mon body - what do you want from me?
- I do want to go back with the kids - when they're a bit older and we somehow figure out the perfect weather so it isn't too hot (100F on Thurs) or too cold (about 60F on Sun - yes, I experienced that much of a temperature change!)
It was a great great time. Now onto packing up the Arlington apt so we move to Somerville on July 1. EEK!
- Billy Elliott was great and made me laugh and cry. It was my first Broadway show, but also encouraging to know that shows I've seen in Stratford and Toronto (both in Ontario) are of similar calibre. We get good (really good) live theatre in Canada too.
- People don't dress up for Broadway shows. At all. It was like walking through a shopping mall.
- Speaking of shopping, yes I did shopping! Great buys and great selection. I think I need a NYC fashion trip annually. Watch out credit card!!
- It was truly lovely to "be myself" again - no kids, no hubby, no schedule. Just me and my friends. Getting to bed at midnight, sleeping until 9 - back in my true and natural rhythm. I didn't feel tired and I walked most everywhere - except, of course, when we took cabs...
- And speaking of walking, I did so much walking and ate little (due to the heat and lack of time - but I always conscientiously made healthy choices and drank LOTS of water) and still returned home at the same weight as when I left. So disappointed! C'mon body - what do you want from me?
- I do want to go back with the kids - when they're a bit older and we somehow figure out the perfect weather so it isn't too hot (100F on Thurs) or too cold (about 60F on Sun - yes, I experienced that much of a temperature change!)
It was a great great time. Now onto packing up the Arlington apt so we move to Somerville on July 1. EEK!
Monday, June 06, 2011
Would you do it?
We were at a museum shop (for the USS Constitution) and there was a big long wooden toy rifle-like thing (that looks sort of like the bottom rifle thing in this picture: http://myuniquewoodentoys.com/pro1092982.html) that Kid#1 really wants. Dad already said no, so he asks Mom. Mom, foolishly, asks to see it. It's huge. About as tall as me. Or seems like it. Mom also says no, but Kid#1 senses that it's not a totally firm no and so the request has been continuing for days. Well, two days so far.
Today's offer from Kid#1: that he will get his hair cut and not fight for an entire month if we agree to buy him the gun. It's sort of tempting, but I really don't want him having it. I just predict bad things. On the other hand, I don't think he can go a month without fighting - and I'd make sure he got his hair cut first...
What would you do?
Today's offer from Kid#1: that he will get his hair cut and not fight for an entire month if we agree to buy him the gun. It's sort of tempting, but I really don't want him having it. I just predict bad things. On the other hand, I don't think he can go a month without fighting - and I'd make sure he got his hair cut first...
What would you do?
Wednesday, June 01, 2011
You know...
Just when I think I'm starting to get on top of things, things get on top of me...
On the other hand - Kid#1 does have his book report done. And is now wondering what else he can do for the class!
Oh help....
On the other hand - Kid#1 does have his book report done. And is now wondering what else he can do for the class!
Oh help....
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