Thursday, June 22, 2006

Overwhelmed...

So, this week has been a long one... It's Thursday at just after noon and all I can think is, "holy crap, I have a lot left to do this week!!!"

I have worked everyday since Monday and today I work at both jobs, one during the day, one in the evening. Sunday's Steering meeting was insanely long and then with work this week, it's been a long week. It's been an interesting week but I kind of feel like my brain is almost on overload. I have done training at both jobs and because of that, I am trying to process a lot of information at once. Different procedures, starting floats, opening and closing information and a ton of other random stuff that I have to remember and while I am incredibly good at details, I am so tired by this point in the week that I am feeling like I may be forgetting something. I don't want to screw up or do something wrong... I like both of my jobs and so far, I seem to be doing at least ok at both of them. I was asked by someone at Axe if I was going to burn out as I am basically working three jobs but I realized as she asked me that one of the locations I work at for Bentley may not need me as much and as bad as it may sound, the odd day off to do things as minor as laundry or going to an outdoor pool and sitting in the sun. I knew that this summer wasn't going to be a hang around and do nothing summer but on the other hand, I also don't plan on working myself so hard that I have no energy by the end of the summer.

I have to make cookies and such for this weekend and while I could just buy stuff from Safeway or whatever, I would feel kind of bad about it. What it comes down to for me is that if I am going out in the neighbourhood to portray TEC in some way, I would rather not be walking in with a few bags of Oreo's... I don't know, I'm probably too picky. But, when it comes down to it, I am frustrated that only a couple of people are donating baking to this. Also, I need to look into other churches to approach about running the next penny pincher and I have no idea who to approach. And Inez wants us to talk about TEC this weekend but I'm not sure what she wants us to say... *sigh*

Last night we had band practice and it went pretty well. I know that we aren't as "together" as some bands are and I need to talk to Sean about apologizing to the congregation all the time but otherwise, we are more prepared than we were two weeks ago. This THING, Emily and Ian are joining us and John and Sean are switching back and forth between guitar, bass and djembe. We were aiming to have a drum kit but at this point, we may mic the djembe and go from there. We have our song list picked and our set lists done and other than maybe cutting a couple of songs if they end up not working, we are as prepared as we can be for when we all get together on Saturday. All we need to do is get there together and set up, as well as sign the convenant.

I have pretty much no days off until the middle of July... *sigh* This whole two jobs thing is a good idea in theory but at this point, I am scheduled for at least one, if not both of my jobs for almost the rest of the summer. Yay for going back to school and a tiny student loan but boo on needing rest and having no social life. Oh well, c'est la vie.

I guess I could mention that I got an e-mail from Ben... Sounds like he is good and camp is going well so I'm happy for him. I know that some of us miss him and it will be cool to see him whenever he has a chance to make it home.

I am trying to figure out what to do for my birthday... It's exactly a month away today and I am thinking dinner is a good idea. Or maybe just lunch... I don't know. I need to think so I can let people who will be out of town prior to or after that know...

Anyway, I am going to go continue to look productive doing other things...

1 comment:

Tammy said...

Sounds cool! Happy birthday in a month!! I'm in a really good right now, I'm singing happy birthday to you--to my computer--but you can't hear it.
LA LA LA!!! See, I'm a goofball.