Unfocused

So I took Monday and Tuesday off this week. I had a few appointments that are just better without kids, like getting my teeth cleaned. Just picture me lying back, open mouth and Little Miss either sitting on my lap "helping" or running around the room like a maniac grabbing everything. Now that you have the picture, you see how much better it was to go alone.

I also did some girly stuff like shopping, getting my hair done and having a fabulous massage. That may just have been one of the best hours of my week.

Today I spent most of my morning gearing up for a case worker visit. That got changed and will not disrupt tomorrow afternoon instead. I went back and forth on the phone a zillion times with my worker as some things unfolded and then it settled down.

Sort of. I spent a bit of my day caught in text conversations with multiple people. One word for that, confusing. I hope I sent all the right responses to the right people all morning. I also had the same experience with instant messaging on the computer. Part of the time I was having both at the same time, trying to keep straight who was on the phone and who was on the laptop with me. In a way, it was fun, sort of like my very own little party.

One of those conversations sucked me down a rabbit hole though and nap time was very short, so in the end, it seems I've "wasted" a good part of my day.

So now I'm feeling a bit guilty. I didn't get to any thing related to my class for almost 5 days. I slacked over the weekend too. This is not a good beginning. I have to do better at making this a solid priority and a consistent habit of work.

And in the back ground of my mind, I'm thinking of all the half finished projects I have. Like finishing up painting the inside of my house. I wanted to finish it before the kids were done with school and I think it just might not happen, especially when you figure in one more round of surgeries for Little One. I have blankets to finish up. There are some phone calls I need to make and settle the final summer camp junk. There are project things I have to line up and a small pile of paperwork. Sigh.

All that extra stuff rattles around in the back ground and distracts me too.

Maybe two days off is one too many!