Spinning my wheels

Granted, today had a pretty hefty to-do list with it and a strict timeline. But I like Barbara Kingsolver's idea that you can do several impossible things before lunch (I think she said breakfast but that's crazy talk).  So I don't get daunted by to-do lists. I thrive on them! I make them constantly and have several going at once for different parts of my life- work list, chore list, ongoing project list, shopping list, grocery list, and birthday present ideas list. Most of them are in my purse which is why it's such a predictable drag when I let C. occupy herself by going through my purse while shopping and stuff ends up in the cart and on the floor and I sometimes have to backtrack the whole store just to find my list!  That scenario drives my husband crazy and if I watched someone else do it, I'd give them a stern talking to about efficiency. But I usually don't lose anything by it and it's worth the peace of mind for the present. 

Anyhow, I began the day with an ambitious plan. Things were going great until about 8am. Then I started to fall a bit behind what with my husband having to leave for work early.  So I didn't get a chance to get going on work until the Grandma came to watch the girls at 8:30am. Then I was late to get C. to her doctors appointment, which was fine bc we weren't in their system so they "squeezed us in" after a 45 min wait in the waiting room.  We were there for her to get her blood drawn for a followup but they decided then that their equipment was too rudimentary so I was given paperwork to take her somewhere else. 

Then I tried to donate a high chair and a car seat to Goodwill. They don't accept those. Luckily, the Salvation Army across town took them both but the guy actually looked at them like they were gross, which they weren't. Whatever- I was on the cell at the same time so I didn't deserve any decency.

Then I tried to get some work done at home but I ended up making lunch for everyone and then suffering with my sinus pressure and trying a netti pot instead. The netti pot is so cool. It's so gross to pour salt water in one nostril and watch it drip out the other. Especially when it brings snot bubbles with it. But I could feel it working each time I stopped to blow my nose and my ears popped a million times and there was stuff going into the tissue from inside my skull. Gross but way cool. And it brought relief. Not a cure, but relief.

Then I was stood up for my afternoon appointment so that was a major waste of time and gas. 

But my day turned around completely when I was driving home and got a call from my best friend. She said that if one of those things had happened, it would have warranted a bad day and that it wasn't fair to have all of those happen in one day. THANK YOU. I'm always just looking for someone to agree with me.  Then I crashed on the hammock with the phone, playing hooky from both work and parenting. I got to chat with her for awhile and that's always so good for my soul. Maybe having her in Toronto has helped us stay close because I value every time we make time for each other. 

Best moment of the day: playing hide and go seek with my family before bed time

Worst moment of the day: fighting back tears of impatience in the waiting room

Thought of the day: Will I continue to avoid people's names in this blog? Why am I doing that? Is this any layer of protection for my husband in case people do a google search for him during his campaign? Would anyone care to read about our home life if they were searching for him as a candidate? Will I have to delete this if I find out that they do?