start 'em young

working at the office in a blanket/chair fort is much more fun than sitting on the chair 

the fort and Garfield movie was a good idea 

snacks to get the morning rolling

like father like son

snacks, tools and drinks!

helping Robyn staple .... 

hmmm hide and seek ...

I can

and I will ... said the CPA who came to work at 5:01 am .....

me, the stacks, the trash and a bunch of dirty dishes.


so far ...

the trash is at the curb
the dishes have been washed
and one stack is gone -- working on stack number 2

headed to facilitate chamber meeting
then county Board meeting
back to office -- more stacks/appointments


I can and I will ... or more appropriately

I will survive
I will thrive

and another Sunday

in the life of a pooped Diva ..

101.5 hours at the office last week and today starts the new week with 12.5 ... 12.5 hours on a Sunday ... and I had a late start this morning :) 

I think things are going okay -- we seem to be getting stuff done and it feels like things are rolling along.  there's always drama and learning not to over react is sometimes difficult ...

after Jan, Bob and Ben yesterday -- I needed the building to myself -- all by myself .. I revel in the quiet ... I came home to the "cave" at 4:00 and have been hard at it since then ... it is my life

I am looking forward for the next 50 days when it will all be over  -- but until then there is much to do my peeps -- much to do ...

this week's weirdness

5:15 am traffic jam at the Broadway light -- seriously who the hell but me is out and about at 5:15 am ...

I was the ONLY car at the grocery store Thursday morning -- 5:55 am ... (noticing the trend) .. I had the whole dang store to myself -- I asked some dude stocking shelves where the oatmeal was located --- his reply -- " I don't know I don't work here" .. good grief ..

my word for 2020 

I'm working on the patience skills 

working on 'em 

inbound dash cam this morning -- it was actually a lot more muted than this --

it  was roughly 6:30 ( a bit late this morning -- I started before 5:00  -- in the basement cave )

hero's ..

Myles is my hero ...

I've never met Myles or his family --- 

they live nearby ..

so many challenges for such a little guy

courage, grace and love make a hero in my world

( blessings to Myles and his family as his journey on this earth is changing -- I am so moved by all the love that surrounds this little dude -- and the lessons we all have learned )

it's the little things peeps -- little blessing every day ...

numbers break

taking a supper break from the numbers --


it'll end up a 100 hour week this week ...
started with the Winter Storm Warning
2 1/2 days of Wind chill warnings
a spot of freezing rain on the inbound at 6:15 this morning

the left hand is in Jamaica this week ... miss him .. his replacement spent a couple hours here today

the night supervisor worked during the day and took over a bunch of new tasks today (she even did the dishes before she left -- insert huge grin) ...

a client left two pans of treats at the back desk ... tasty treats


i am blessed ... and surrounded by strong resilient women.
moving on .... one hour at a time

11"

pfffftttt

so -- it's kinda crazy in hooterville this week ... 

swapping out bodies in the front room -- upheaval all around -- although a few constants will always remain -- thankfully.

we got slammed with returns -- slammed is the key word ... I'm on my 7th 14 hour day in a row .... up until this point it did feel like we were sort of on top of our project list.

this mornings cold weather was a shocker -- -13 on the inbound commute -- I worked in the cave for a couple of hours before I trekked in ... all the daily clients are gone ... I think

so I'm watching the Midnight Quilter on YouTube while working ... really liking my Amazon Firestick on the office TV -- better than nothing :)

back at it ... 

so, I arrived home

  Saturday night to ...

  "We think the cat has fleas" ... wth.  fleas in February -- although both of them spend their nights in the cat house with the rest of the barn cats (and other critters) ... AssCat#2 thinks it is cool to nap on my bed ... so

    I stripped the bed down to the mattress and vac'd the crap out of it and sprayed it with the flea stuff ... and then 4 loads of quilts, mattress pad, sheets and pillows later ... the roomba ran for 2 hours in there ... then ......

   then ... there was other laundry ...... seriously, more freaking laundry .....

   elder #1 put a dish of soap on the floor (in various locations of the house) ... and according to him there were no fleas in it so it was probably a false alarm (8 loads of laundry later) ....

   then he (#1) sprayed AssCat#2 with the flea stuff he sprays the barn cats with ...

   AssCat#2 took off like a rocket  for the basement --- oh joy .....


   I left for the office -- seemed prudent -- mind you this all happened before 7:00am.


  

and the heavens opened up ... to the SUN

I peeked out the office window this morning ... and behold -- the sun, the sun was really rising in the east -- 12 days of cloudy ... and the sun !!!!

seriously -- it was a good view :)

so , I need lists to follow and resolutions to uphold ... it's the 1st day of the shortest month -- so this month's list  .

1.  keep making that bed in the morn -- I tell ya I roll out early and normally don't look back -- unfortunately asshole #2 likes to sleep on my bed when I'm gone --- hence the bedmaking

2.  no new clothes -- I was doing good for a while -- my sneakers are getting sloppy so that may need to be the exception

3.  no new fabric (at least on line fabric) .. I spent my found moola on some pretties ... I have them on the ledge next to my home office desk ... one can dream.  One must dream.

4.  keep on reading.