Let the Work Out Begin

Since it's been a month or so since I last worked out, I HAD to get back to it. Went to the YMCA this morning with a friend and did the elliptical and the treadmill. Felt good to move but now I"m still in work out clothes and un-showered. One pet peeve about exercising after kids are up. No time for me to be 'ready for the day'. I'll live. I'll be smelly for a little longer, but I"ll live.

Can't belive the weekend is here already. Don't know where the week went. I keep checking my planner to make sure I haven't forgotten anything.

My desk looks like a tornado blew through. I live by the addage "If I cant' see it, it doesn't exist". Seems I need to have everything out or I'll forget to do it. Sometimes I organize things very nicely and neatly...then forget where I put everything. I think I need a secretary....or a mother :)

Tomorrow is prom for my high school senior. He and his friends requested that I make dinner before they go to the prom. They want steaks on the grill so I think I can manage that. I should take a leaf (or 2) out of the table and use a table cloth. We typically have 8 people at the table which isn't exactly cozy for 4. I could light some candles and keep the little ones out of the dining room. I'm drawing the line at dressing like a waiter and carrying a folded towel over my arm while I speak in a french accent.

Think I"ll clear the desk top and then hit the shower. Then I'll be organized AND smell good.

Have a good weekend!

Wednesday....deadline looming.

Wednesdays mean deadline. My weekly column is due at noon today. I'll write it at 11:00. I think I'll re-work my column from last week, actually. I got it done and turned in early on Monday so that it would run on Friday while we were in Jamaica. Checked email at the resort and got an email from my editor saying he couldn't find my email with column attached. So, my column that actually referenced the current holiday (Easter) didn't run. I'll see if I can salvage it for this week.

If I can't, I might tackle the immigration issue. Have to say I'm a little ticked about the while thing. Why is it the illegals think they should get a pass on abiding by the law? How would they feel if the US instituted a new law that made it legal to committ a crime against a Mexican without consequences one day each year? If they don't have to obey the law, why should anyone else? I paid hundreds of dollars and jumped through too many legal hoops to mention in order to bring four of my children into this country legally. If we are going to let the illegals stay for free, I want to be reimbursed!

I'm currently trying to get these Jamaican braids out of my hair. I only had the front braided and am hoping it doesn't break off and leave me "bangless". That would be unattractive to say the least.

I was supposed to have jury duty today but apparently the case was settled and now I get to go on July 29th. Hope I get an interesting case.

The sun is shining brightly today, finally! I won't have to pop open a vein after all.

Better get busy and get that column done so I can move on to bookwork, mean menus and grocery shopping and folding that laundry I didn't get to yesterday.

A Blog A Year?

Hmm..seems I haven't blogged for almost a year. Where oh where did that time go?

I'll tell you where, it went to buying school supplies, swim meets, basketball games, breakfast lunch and dinners, homework, crisis, elation, arguing, traveling and sometimes even sleeping. Time flies when you are having fun...

I am now the proud owner of an almost graduated son. I'm not positive that we should unleash him on society. He is standing on the edge of the nest and all I can see are the things I've done poorly, or worse yet, failed to teach him altogether. I had 18 years. What was I thinkin'?

On a less stressful note, my husband and I just returned from a little jaunt to Jamaica where we celebrated our 20th anniversary. I've traveled internationally before, but this was the most amazing. Sure, Eastern Europe in the winter is lovely and all, but Jamaica is like living in a postcard. We relaxed and reconnected and planned our next 20 years.

While in Jamaica I jumped off of a 35' high cliff into the ocean (see picture). It was the scariest thing I've ever done in my life. I'm glad I didn't drown on the swim from the boat to the cave where we climbed the ladder to the cliff. I'm equally glad I did not die from the sheer terror of the jump. Cliff jumping falls into the catagory of "what was I thinkin'?"

I worked this morning and designed 10 tropical silk arrangements. They were actually pretty cool. The sun has not shone since I arrived back in the "Land O'Corn" and I'm beginning to feel blah. I need sun. Maybe I have that Seasonal Affective Disorder. Wonder if the doctor can write me a prescription to move to a sunnier locale?

Well, it's almost time to pick kids up from school and I've still got errands to run. Best put away the black jelly beans and hit the dusty trail.

I'll blog again soon. I promise. And I mean it this time.