The Balancing Act

I've heard people refer to as a balacing act and to be honest - I think I finally understand the quote.  I received an offer for a new job about a week and half ago and I accepted.  A day after accepting, I had to head out of town to my in-laws in Louisiana for Easter and my mother-in-law's belated birthday celebration.  I started work last Monday morning after driving 5.5 hours each way on Friday and Sunday.

The work week was exciting and my new co-workers are amazing - but it was busy and I find myself attempting, once again, the balance of work in an office and life.  It's not going very well.  My first day of work, we ate dinner around 9:30 p.m. and I forgot to feed the dog.

But I know it will get better.  And I know I will be happier.

In the meantime, I've become the kind of person that lives for the weekend (so that I can catch up on everything else in my life).  This weekend was busy, busy, busy!  On the plus side:  it included dog grooming, some house cleaning (changing bed linens and cleaning the bedroom and kitchen), patio furniture washing, patio and driveway sweeping, book-keeping for my husband's business, book-keeping for my business, laundry, breakfast at IHOP, trips to Lowe's and a local nursery, and massive amounts of outdoor landscaping (done mostly by my husband as I did all of the aforementioned cleaning/financial tasks, but I helped a little).  I had many more thinsg on my "to do" list, but I'm beginning to realize that I was optimistic in my thoughts.

I'm thrilled about the the outdoor work - we now have a vegetable garden that includes tomatoes, heirloom tomatoes, bell peppers, spaghetti squash, cucumbers and various jalapenos.

And we removed a crazy-ass bunch of weeds from one of our side-flower beds (ironically, the only bed that cannot be seen from the curb) and landscaped it with perennials.

Any hints on how to ease my transition back to the 9-5 life? Right now, we're out of food and our clothes have been at the dry-cleaners for more time than they should, but like I said, we have flowers.

Step 1 - find a cleaning person!