Days 274-293 - Lost in Hell!

Okay, a few weeks ago I let the world know that I was on a detour.

Well? you know how you are driving and see a detour sign and it points you in the direction to go, but then there are no more signs and you end up taking a 20 minute route because - well? you don't know where the hell you are supposed to turn!!!!

That's me! Grrrrr!

Objective 1: Get the house ready to sell.

Status: The whole back of the house has been renovated and redecorated to about 93%. The front of the house is about 80% complete, while the backyard is only about 40% complete. (I have a ton of before and after pictures to post!) I'm working my butt off - literally - trying to get my house the way it should have been already!  Mr. Strong works long hours, Doodlebug hurts more than he helps and the girls are lazy busy with extracurricular interest or watching Doodlebug, so the manual labor is moi, je, yo solo, me! I did hire a contractor to help me paint and install new crown moulding and baseboards, but I still feel like I am in this alone. (I went and spent years getting my MBA in Finance, so I wouldn't have to do manual labor...I'm sure Mr. Strong would prefer I didn't do any, since he had to fix a few of my mistakes. Maybe I will do more things wrong, so he will come in and actually do the work - right.)

WARNING: getting your house ready to sell creates an everlasting domino effect - DON'T DO IT!


Objective 2: Find a new house.

Status: Incomplete to the 100%! Okay people! this is ridonculous! Mr. Strong and I haven't been able to agree on anything and those houses that we do agree on are sold the day we view it... Finally, we decided to build and are currently awaiting those figures, but now? that is still being negotiated! WTH? I find a house I like and it is way too expensive - I find a house in my price range and it is not any better (updated) than my current house - it's not in the right school district - it's too far for the girls to walk home - we have to update and remodel before we can move in - blah - blah - freaking blah! I'm sitting on my 40+ house! What sucks worse...is that my budget is NOT low! You would think I wouldn't have a problem finding anything! House hunting sucks big green donkey dingalings and I feel completely alone - again!

Objective 3: Prioritize and manage my Fiscal Year End work.

Status: Complete to 95%. I am totally badass at what I do, so my work is almost complete, but I have to leave the remaining 5% because I don't know how much more of someone else's work I will have to complete. Oh yeah, I wrote that! I love my job and this is no secret to my readers, but I am stressed beyond what my endorphins can handle.

Manual labor = exercise = endorphins.
Manual labor = I don't know what the hell I'm doing! = stress.

(Right now the stress hormones are winning, because I just want to run away and hide and forget that I even started on this journey! )

Along with all of my prior objectives, Kitty is still hardcore tennis right now, so that means practices, games, tournaments and of course my awesome chauffeuring abilities. I started training both girls again, so I take advantage of Kitty's practices and utilize that time toward Kiki's workouts.

So? I am lost in detour hell and every turn leads to another effing turn and I feel like I keep going in circles. If I could clone myself, I would need 3 more of me to get everything done.

I am the demon robotic mom, wife and friend from hell right now (a.k.a. Mrs. BIATCH), because I don't want to take care of your problems, listen to your BS or simply care - until...

Until... I turn a corner and recognize that I have made stupendous strides towards reaching 100% of my objectives.  

I WILL get there - and hopefully for the sake of my marriage to Mr. Strong and my children - I will get there very soon!

Days 267-273 I'm on a DETOUR

Hello world!

The last numerous days and numerous days to come, have officially been crazy!

I'm on a detour in my life right now.


A detour that includes new house hunting...

A detour that includes current house de-cluttering, cleaning and staging for sale...

A detour that includes trying to be a "handy-man" and doing more damage than there was at the start...

A detour that includes excessive work because of fiscal year end...

A detour that includes committee meetings, board meetings and meetings about attending meetings...

A detour that includes my blogging (sanity) comes second to my insanity...

A detour that includes taking care of all the shizznit that no one else's lazy ass wants to take care of...



So to all my fans out there, I have not vanished, won the lottery, died, or skipped the country. I am diligently working at finding my way back from the temporary detour that is my life right now.

It appears that this would be A LOT easier if I didn't feel like I was going in circles, wearing one of these and banging my head against the wall without wearing a helmet!






Toodles!

Days 261-266 "here we go:"

Well let me begin by saying that “I missed you guys! “


And follow up with “house hunting sucks big bleeping, bleeping bleeps!”

It seems that the only thing that Mr. Strong and I agree on is that we disagree! OMG I should have gotten my blog therapy in yesterday, because I just found the PERFECT house and well, the price tag is NOT perfect! So, I am sitting here in dream land with tears in my eyes, cussing the lottery gods.

*sigh*

*sniffle*

*sniffle*

It’s been very busy here at work – so busy that I will have to forgo the Mardi Gras shoot in Louisiana this weekend.

*sniffle*

*sniffle*

Aside from the above me working my assets off and not being able to afford the house I want…tear…I would like to share with you a conversation my family had on Monday night at dinner.

Picture this: we are sitting in a restaurant and Doodlebug for the first time ordered a corndog to eat. He takes the breading off and begins eating the wiener. After a few minutes, he begins to poke and cut and destroy the wiener….

Okay here we go:

Me: “Doodlebug! Quit playing with your weenie!” (meaning the CORNDOG!)

Kitty and Kiki: Spewed food and drink out of their mouth because I didn’t realize what I had just said!

Kitty: “OMG I can’t believe that you just said that out loud in a restaurant!

Kiki: “Mom!”

Mr Strong: picks up a piece of the wiener and throws it at Kiki – “ohhhh – right in the face!”


Kitty: is uncontrollably laughing

Kiki: picks up some food and throws it at Mr. Strong – “there! Take that!”

Doodlebug: trying to figure out what he can throw while laughing and jumping on the chair.

Mr. Strong: “that won’t be the last time you get hit in the face with a wiener!”


ME: open mouthed and shaking my head, staring at Mr. Strong…

Kiki: “I know, because you and Kitty are always throwing stuff at me!”

Me: still shaking my head and kicking Mr. Strong under the table (he looked at me and said "I didn't mean it like that!")

I guess I had unconcsiously had my mind in the gutter! Shish!

Then everyone settled down because our waitress came over.

Yep, that’s my family!



That’s all I have for today, because I have run out of time!

May you all be blessed and prepared to receive all the positive energy that I am sending your way!

MUAH!