Schtuff!

February 2nd:

Busy Saturday.  Blech!   We all woke up early around here.  Double blech!

Things to do, places to go... Lewie spent the day visiting with his grandparents (spoiled) while Ross, Charlie, Erica and I had to go to an extra long play rehearsal (groan) and Eric went to the season-ender basketball games at the high school (yawn) .  Then we all converged back at the house to cram in an impromptu visit from our insurance agent, dinner, baths, chores, and staying up late for family movie time watching "Groundhog Day" (because it's just not the same watching it on February 3rd.)

Multi-tasking.  It's what I do... and I like to think I'm not half bad at it.  Although, Eric says no one is really good at it.  In any case, good or bad, I do it.  I always have tons of things swishing (Yes, swishing) through my brain.  I'm trying to keep the family's calendar straight, the house in order, and all content (and somehow find ten minutes to shower).  On any given day, I am sitting on Ross's couch in his room listening to his latest musical endeavor then heading over to Erica's room to check in with her and have a little girl chit-chat about what's going on in her life, then walking into Charlie's "office" (his bedroom closet) and reading one of "Schmidtspeare's" masterpiece poems or stories (Hmmm... future blogger?), then snuggling up with Lewie while he plays on the floor or draws me a picture.  I usually have dinner cooking while I do all of that and sometimes even folding and putting away laundry, too.  In addition, right now, I'm in three productions at once and managing their rehearsals, memorization, and performances and wondering why Barnum & Bailey haven't called me to join them with all that juggling I'm doing. Even when I get on the computer, I have several tabs open at once as I check my email, give a status update on Facebook, listen to music, and research topics as they pop into my brain.  In fact, while typing this, I'm painting my fingernails.  (What talent!)

I like to maximize my time because if I don't, all of the things going on in my world start to feel chaotic and I lose my balance easily.  Not putting things off allows me to be in and do most all of the activites that I want/need to do without drowning in the Sea of Busy.  I always try to stay one step ahead.  For instance, I clean my house while packing for a vacation.  I scrub the kitchen while I cook.  I like order and I like "gittin' 'er done".  I love it when there is down time and no real agenda we have to follow and some days it is like that.  Mostly though, there is something to do, somewhere to go, something to memorize or rehearse and really... I guess I like that.  I choose that.  I find satisfaction in managing several things at once and then being able to sit back and relax knowing they're all done.  (It makes the relaxing part that much more.)  However, I'm learning (slowly) how to cut myself a break if I don't get something done and I'm getting a better handle on what things in my life need to be attended to immediately and what can wait, which is freeing.

Well, sleep can't wait any longer so I'll wrap it up here.  I'll go slip into my warm bed and check off my mental to do list that today's "schtuff" is done and add it to the blessings I count as I drift off to Dreamland.

G'night.