Good morning all!
Toostressy and Foxes (and Newchick!) thank you very much for the baby clothes advice which is much appreciated! I had forgotten about Jo Jo Bebe Maman; they have some lovely things!
Haven't caught up with thread, but I hope everyone is ok.
A bit stressful here still. October to March is traditionally the busiest time of year in the office; there is so much work to get done it is insane. For the first time ever, we are having to turn clients away and everyone is flat out. Dh is here this week but I have barely seen him and he is understandably a bit tetchy because he is so under pressure. Even I am working about 25 hrs a week.
And bureaucracy of property transaction still goes on. Spent Tuesday in yet another load of meetings; spent 2 hrs just filling out forms for insurance for mortgage which is tiny part of it. Another meeting this afternoon and it should all be complete. This process has been so complicated and stressful (and has threatened to fall apart so many times) that I don't think we will be doing anything similar again for a very long time!
House here still a complete tip. Dh "helpfully" pointed out last night that we have this weekend coming, next weekend, the following weekend, and the one after that is Christmas weekend!! Yaaaaaargggghhhh!!!
As usual, we have guests coming and there is still so much to do! But I can't seem to focus or concentrate with everything else going on. Not helped by the fact that dd has exams between the 12th and the 18th and she is really struggling. She has at least 2.5 hrs hwk every night and as a result, is being quite difficult to live with poor thing. (She was up until 11pm on Mon night doing maths equations and 10.30pm last night as she has to give a presentation on Captain James Cook this morning. I now know more about Captain James Cook than I ever wanted to know.)
It's ridiculous when I have so little 'work' work to do compared to everyone else on here - and only one teen child - but I don't seem to be coping very well with everything atm. Feel as though I am in a bit of a black fug; very tired and can't control my temperature at all must be my age . Keep staring at things that need doing urgently but can't quite summon the energy to do them. Then I waste a lot of time stressing about them not being done!!! Pathetic behaviour! Aggggghhhhh!
Right; must take the advice of Flylady and slow down and go and do the minimum stuff required this morning. On-line grocery order arriving so need to hoover hall floor and clean out fridge!
And on the positive side ... with Christmas being so close .... most bits of cleaning or prep that one does now will actually count towards the actual event ifyswim!
Good luck to everyone else who is feeling stressed or has that rabbit in headlights feeling atm and big wing flaps to all!