Don't mind me, I'm just here to complain...

[linaewen]

Awkward days come in bunches, I guess. I had another frantic day today; worked like gangbusters trying to get my writing project done by the 2nd deadline and then it was 300 words too long! I went to my afternoon meeting and talked it out with my coworker, and bless her heart, she's giving me until Monday to finish up. Better for me to edit my own writing to shorten it than her, since it has to be cut down to 1500 words anyway.

No fun having to do this and have a meeting on your day off, but the meeting was enjoyable, and not too long. Got home to discover my Fanclub magazine and a gift DVD of ROTK in the mail! I thought I was going to have a blissful rest of the evening...

But no. The DVD player in the computer decided to mess up and hubby wasn't home until my free time was over to fix it. :-( But he did fix it, and we watched a bit of the film in widescreen this time, and I felt better enough to get on with making supper.

I didn't think it had been that long since I had cooked properly, but I found all kinds of bad vegetables in the fridge. Ho hum! But supper turned out okay, in spite of that shock and extra job.

I still won't have a relaxing evening, because hubby leaves for a trip tomorrow, he isn't packed, his reports aren't written, the kitchen is a mess after cooking, and I have another meeting tomorrow I ought to prepare for. Sorry, Boromir, you're out of luck; no inkling writing tonight, I fear.

I don't know why I'm so ornery lately, guess I just have too much going on after a wild week last week with many guests in the house. I have high hopes of truly relaxing for the weekend. Three days of not going anywhere except out to a Memorial Day picnic.

That ought to give me time to recover before it starts again. :-D

My verse for today, in keeping with the kind of day I've had, needs to be of the encouraging variety. I don't have one I've written myself, but I think this one will do --

He gives strength to the weary
And increases the power of the weak.
Even youths grow tired and weary,
And young men stumble and fall;
But those who hope in the Lord
Will renew their strength;
They will soar on wings like eagles;
They will run and not grow weary,
They will walk and not be faint.

Isaiah 40:29-31

Comments

[madamenorthstar.livejournal.com]

It does come in bunches, doesn't it? My back has been killing me lately and all I want to do is lie down on my heating pad and relax. Do I get to? No. I can't leave the boys alone for more than 20 minutes before there's an explosion and Brynn starts crying or yelling and comes in to me to make him feel better, or I have to have a "moment" with Daddy to say "I don't think you handled this correctly" or else I just yell for both of them to knock it off and let me rest...and it goes on. No rest for the weary. Hope your weekend is better, sweets!

[lin4gondor.livejournal.com]

Boy, does that sound familiar! I'm sitting down now, which is nice -- not quite in Boromir's lap, but he's close by, and maybe we might just get a minute to put our heads together and come up with a paragraph or two. That would be relaxing! Things should settle after tomorrow, and I have every intention of making sure my weekend goes as planned. Oops, I said the "p" word -- plan. Once that word is mentioned, Murphy's law goes into effect in our house!

Sorry about your back. Those pains that don't go away are a real drag! :-( I have a foot that pains me pretty much constantly; more so after I went and twisted it strangely by the amazing acrobatic feat of getting into bed. :-/ But backs are worse. There's just no getting comfortable when your back hurts.

I thank God and science every day for Ibuprofen. :-)

You have a nice weekend, too, dearest, whatever you have planned.

[solodancer.livejournal.com]

My life is pretty much like that now too. My house feels out of control. I need to spend like a week just getting it cleaned. I got the living room cleaned and rearranged last week and now I'm being a witch to the kids about keeping it that way. I figure if I have at least one room in my house that seems under control I can rest. (somewhat)

For me writing would not be a relaxing thing. About the only thing that relaxes me other than sleeping is watching a movie. Any movie. Lately I've been watching the Last Samurai. Good movie.

Hope your weekend is more restfull dear.