Current mood:

calm

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didn't get to pick blackberries
found out I'll be at home alone during vacation-- after SO MUCH planning
decided to drink

That sums up Wednesday. Thursday, I didn't drink. Friday, I made two consecutive stupid mistakes with our most sensitive client. The sort of mistakes that are seen by 400 people at their leisure (twice) around the globe. What do you do? C'est la vie. Hell come Tuesday.

So the blackberry patch was bush-hogged (sp?)... Trying to think of something to cook for my hungry baby.

Backtrack: So we decided not to spend money on vacation, which is the sensible thing to do, but then Alex went off and scheduled work appointments-- in the morning and afternoon. Just quick ones... but it's decidedly un-vacationlike. I'll be cleaning the house or working in the yard; I know. We'd do it anyway, but at least we'd be together.

By the way, see me Tina Ignatiev on Facebook.com for updated pix of the yard-- which is fuckin fantabulous. Well, on the most-improved scale anyhoo.

It's Friday. We ran out and got the quality beef at a good price before it was sold out. Then I went back to work, salvaged the situation, and came home to .. what? that thing I do but do less than my mother (thank God). And I have Alex. I spent most of the afternoon in a daze, and plan to sneak in sometime and do something to insert into my Friday timsheet which reads Client 1 News; Client 2 News; Client 3 News for four whole hours. One electronic two hardcopy and could've been done in 1.5hrs if I could calm down.

Chalk it up to experience. It gets easier. The more times you're a failure, the better you deal with it. Gosh, I'm such a pre-madonna. School-- and my stardom therewithin-- ill-prepared me for life. (Only now I agree with my elders, who while astonished thought I was wasting my time.) As did life in the country as a the daughter of a Baptist preacher. There are so many things I will do different with my children.

On that note, drinking Soooo.... much less. Good for weight-loss. Good for productivity. Good for children. Not trying yet. I'll definitely completely stop before I try to get pregnant. You should know, that, I've run out of multi-vitamins (constantly low on Fe and Ca), and I will replace them with something that has 100% Folic acid-- just in case. You need to prep like two-three months BEFORE you decide. What can it hurt?

What-- am I on my THIRD glass of white wine now? The kitchen floor is drying. We've made and frozen burger patties. Yes, I'll eat one. There!

Working on laundry. I put the sheets in at lunch so we'd have to make progress before bed. I should do as much house-cleaning as I can before bed. Oh... but panic makes me want to c.r.a.s.h....