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Jet's First Hockey Game and I Play Catchup
Jet and John went to watch Jet's first semi-pro hockey game last night. A friend had gotten tickets he couldn't use, so he gave them to the boys and they were right behind the home team's goal. They had a blast, as far as I can tell. :-) They only stayed to watch the first two periods, but they didn't get home until 10 and Jet was all droopy and tired. His eyes are still a little puffy today and he seems to be starting a bit of congestion. But he was in excellent spirits this morning, and he talked all about how the first game was better than the second because they scored so much and how much he liked the noisemaker he'd gotten. And that he'd seen little kids playing hockey on the ice! And...
... it was cool to get the burbling this morning. It was a cool, little junior hockey game, so none of the big professional bru-ha-ha. Mostly just enthusiastic kids all over the place. So I'm glad his first exposure was lots of fun.
I had knitting in the evening, and it's getting close enough to the deadline that I'm working on the last scarf pretty diligently. If only I didn't have three baby sweaters to do, a promised hat, plus the last of Nobody's Sock so that I can get the cuffs onto Jet's felted mittens, and I promised John a pair of felted mittens before we left.
*grin* It's good to be busy. I have a near panic situation at work, trying to tie up all the loose ends AND do a class on Friday AND do all the reviews AND report the accomplishments of the last quarter AND do a good job of getting my replacement up to speed AND turn all the things over to him AND box up all my stuff AND get the last of the equipment at home back to work AND...
There are a slew of cards on my desk at work. I'm getting through them, but sometimes it feels like the pile grows far faster than I can get through them. Argh... AND the on-site massage lady has a sick kid, so no massage today... grumph.
... it was cool to get the burbling this morning. It was a cool, little junior hockey game, so none of the big professional bru-ha-ha. Mostly just enthusiastic kids all over the place. So I'm glad his first exposure was lots of fun.
I had knitting in the evening, and it's getting close enough to the deadline that I'm working on the last scarf pretty diligently. If only I didn't have three baby sweaters to do, a promised hat, plus the last of Nobody's Sock so that I can get the cuffs onto Jet's felted mittens, and I promised John a pair of felted mittens before we left.
*grin* It's good to be busy. I have a near panic situation at work, trying to tie up all the loose ends AND do a class on Friday AND do all the reviews AND report the accomplishments of the last quarter AND do a good job of getting my replacement up to speed AND turn all the things over to him AND box up all my stuff AND get the last of the equipment at home back to work AND...
There are a slew of cards on my desk at work. I'm getting through them, but sometimes it feels like the pile grows far faster than I can get through them. Argh... AND the on-site massage lady has a sick kid, so no massage today... grumph.
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So cool to hear about a fun exposure to something new. It's amazing how difficult it can be to overcome bad first experiences.
You know, work will get done and then you'll still be busy.
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And, yes, it was cool for Jet, as he got to see another application for the skating he's been liking. So I think we'll try and get out on the ice more, now. :-) It's reinforcement that skating can be cool.
Your last line is very, very true. :-)
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seriously. you don't deserve all the stress, nor do you really need it to produce well.
so, remember that you'll get done what you can, and what you can't, eh. it won't get done. or someone else will do it. perhaps a thought of delegating anything would help? can you delegate any of your work stuff or ask for help?
or wait, back up, do you even need this (here i am trying to solve things, when prolly all you needed was to vent!)? mea culpa!
i'm sorry it all feels like so much. when will it be done? tomorrow? next week? man, that will be nice.
and boo on the massage cancellation. boo!
at least you have your knitting. heh!
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YOU are one self-aware woman. I'm very impressed at your "wait".
I actually do need stress to really produce at peak. I, Liralen, Am A Stress-Bunny. *grin*
I have actually passed of ten thousand things, which is as it ought to be at this juncture, and most of my work at the moment is doing what I need to do to let go of things. But I still have to DO that. :-)
I just do a lot more and a lot better when I am in the midst of what feels like an avalanche, so it gets sometimes stressful on the folks around me and it's *definitely* stressful on my body. I know, now, that if I keep it up I'll likely just burn through my body the way it is, which is why I am bowing out of this particular game for the time being.
You're right, I don't deserve all the stress, but I find, sometimes, that if I put it on me, I really perform much better than if no one even cares what I get done or not.