Crazy good

This week has been crazy. Today: online training, family therapy, interview at the station. That sucked up the entire day… and now it’s time for bed.

We’ve had some great interviews in the last few weeks, and another one coming up Friday. It’s good that we can keep the radio show going, even as busy as we are in the rest of our lives. What talented, compassionate people we are finding in our own community! I can’t wait to air the next few interviews (sneak peek: spay and neuter campaigns in Bend and around the world).

Kid catch-up, consulting, and gearing up for tax weekend

I spent the last couple of nights with the kids. Nice, after spending quite a few evenings away lately.

And I actually got a few hours of paid consulting in this week, which will be good.

I sat down to do a little more bookkeeping / tax prep this afternoon, but didn’t get beyond current bills. Tomorrow is my day to really dig into it and try to get the taxes near completion. I hope it rains all day like it did today.

Yippee! Last minute, every year, no matter what is going on. That’s my style.

Inspired and tired

Long user group / training day. I spent all afternoon at my SharePoint User Group {where I had a Black Butte Porter, since it was held at Deschutes Brewery, and a ton of kalamata olives and bread, since those were the only vegan items}, then I popped into WordPress and Beer for a ½ hour {where I didn’t have a beer, but I did have a lavender/chocolate/blueberry tea that I love from a local coffee shop}, followed by a special training at the station on a mac audio editing and recording software. 7 hours later, I return; inspired and tired; peopled out.

 

Anti-procrastination Monday

Today, instead of anti-procrastination Wednesday (Flylady), I had an anti-procrastination Monday. Still didn’t get as much accomplished as I wanted, but I did pretty good:

• Got the twins all registered for this session’s extra curricular activities: Track, Rock Band, Choir, Spanish. {2 forms, 3 conversations in addition to discussing with the twins.} Scholarships plus volunteering will pay for these.
• Posted some social media about Wednesday’s SharePoint user group meeting.
• Called to get a request in for a VegNet booth for Earth Day.
• Set up a radio interview, including prepping questions.
• Talked to the station about underwriting, then talked to a natural products company that wants to sponsor our radio show. Connected the two.
• Went to my first yoga class in several weeks. {Restorative, because I didn’t know how much I could handle after being sick and with the asthma issues I’m having: I did fine.}
• Did more news research for the show.
• Set up a time for a job interview later in the week (Woot!)
• Purchased, downloaded, and installed tax software.

Check ✔

• Huge work project 99% done that just sucked a week out of my life ✔ 
• Showered ✔ {hey, I’ve hardly left the home office for a week, give me a break}
• NaNoWriMo started ✔ 
• Keeping up with my fitness goals ✔ {I don’t know what I’m going to do when it’s too cold/slippery for Pilot Butte}
• Most of Fantasy & Science Fiction mag Nov/Dec issue already read ✔ 
• Survived letting my 15-year-old step-daughter drive me home from the store this weekend ✔ {It was surprisingly non-scary}
• Peanut butter-banana-cocoa-avocado-spinach smoothie consumed ✔ {OK, maybe not the best smoothie combo ever} 
• Crockpot soup started for tomorrow ✔ 
• Fireplace turned on for the winter ✔ 
• Going to bed at a reasonable hour … uh