The Last Couple of Days...

The last couple of days have been full; very full in fact. Full of fun, full of work, and full of play. But never too full to take some photos! I think there are still some people who think my husband is a figment of my imagination. But here we are together at the Dermatology Christmas Party on Wednesday night. Wednesday kind of fell apart since we had bad weather in the morning, but it wasn't bad enough to cancel the party. Just bad enough for a two hour delay that wreaked havoc on my life. No work for me that day, which meant a super long day the next.

So after I reviewed 23 charts, which still have information to be put in sometime between now and Monday, I went to pick up Tianna at dance, and the dance teacher, Karen, loves pink even more than I do if that is possible...so what other option was there than to have a photo op in front of the pink tree with pink Santa hat no less! When I commented to my husband that I NEEDED a pink Christmas tree he immediately corrected my confusion between needs and wants...but it came from Big Lots, so there may be some after Christmas sale potential...

And then there was Friday...

I really was hoping there would be school, because I needed some quiet time at home to figure out such important matters as equality in gift giving between siblings, waiting for Matt to come home to have a quiet conversation with him, and the fact that I had a radio interview at noon that was live and would not have gone well with Nicole zooming through the house.

So I woke up and there wasn't a single flake. So I reluctantly woke Tianna up first and then thought, well maybe, just maybe I had better check the school closings and delays...

CLOSED! Yikes! I do like to hunker down with the flakes floating down but today was not one of those days. Well, it wasn't long before snow and ice came floating and pelting out of the sky.

Normally a total woosie about driving in bad weather, I packed Nicole up to take her to her friend's house, but it took close to an hour to find her appropriate snow clothes...that lead to the cleaning out of the hall closet, the aftermath of which is pictured above.

That in turn, led to a purging of my closet. I decided to clear out the things that didn't fit me...Let me just say that my closet is pretty empty...some I am storing elsewhere, some I am listing on EBay, and some with yard sale away.

That has been the last couple of days here. There are a couple of other really sweet, touching stories I want to share, but those will wait for later. I am stressing about finding two gift cards I purchased and can't find....

Fa La La...

Take Time to be Joyful! Slow Down...

OK, so I am still going on and on about Monday and here it is Wednesday already...Sixty degrees Monday and ice responsible for a two hour delay today. To say that put a kibosh in my plans is an understatement! So instead of working today (too much ice to drive to the hinterlands, never mind a late start...) I tried to get errands done. Stress "tried." Long lines everywhere, desired items gone (could that have anything to do with the fact that today is December 17th?!?!?!) and multiple calls from Tianna on her friend's cellphone; apparently she found it necessary to keep me posted on her whereabouts moment by moment.

We have a Christmas party with Howie's department tonight. I decided to get dressed up.

And the highlight of my day was getting an email from a friend, fellow writer and blog reader who shares similar feelings and passions about community outreach. God is up to something...Oh, and a phone call from another writer friend who asked me if I would like to lead a teleconference/coaching session for beginner writers. Wow!

Tomorrow I put my nurse chart reviewer hat back on. Maybe I will wear the one I have on in the picture...

Cheers!

PS I know I am not the only insane one out there trying to get too much crammed into too little time. My readers have fallen off the face of the earth. They are probably stuck in a long line somewhere, which is OK as long as they aer having fun.