The World According to Leslie

On Saturday, we packed up our stuff and my parents’ stuff and headed to Myrtle Beach.   When we arrived, we discovered that the place we had rented was NOTHING like they described it on the internet, so we ended up repacking the car and getting the rental place to give us a different place.   It was nicer, but still not what was explained on the internet.   There was no internet access, so I had to use the hot spot on my phone. That lead to my internet freezing up.   Today, we packed everything up and came back home. Now I need a vacation from my vacation!     There will be pics of vacation soon.   Right now, I have to catch up some writing…since there was no internet and I couldn’t get anything done there.    And… I need to get some rest. Vacations are the worst for making you tired.  Right?

Wow! So I have to get used to getting up early again! I am SO not a morning person!   For the past two days, I have gotten up early for a class I have to take for work. You know “they” (whoever that is) say that teachers are continuous, lifelong learners. That’s true! It’s especially true when they REQUIRE classes.   This class has a two-day component over the summer. Then there are three days during the school year. They will be in September…right after school starts.  My kids are going to LOVE that I am not there!   I promise to leave LOTS of work to be completed.      Anyways…. I have also had some other work to take care of while in the evenings.   Last night we went for the Meet and Greet of the new principal for the Princess’s new school. The Princess seems to like her. I will take some time to get to know her. No snap judgments. (It could all be a show!)    Tonight, the Princess has a try-out for a softball tea...

Friday, I wrote about 1500 words. Saturday, I wrote about 2000 words. Sunday,  I wrote over 3000 words. But none of those words were as important as the ones my mom said on Sunday morning.   Recently, Tony, the Princess, and I have been on a “church tour” as my bloggy friend from over at Single Infertile Female calls it. I like that better than the term “church hopping” that my parents use. And, “church shopping” just sounds wrong.   So anyways, we aren’t going to church with my parents any more. This is a huge deal for me. I have always gone to church with my parents, except when I first got married and didn’t live close enough. We had been at this church for 10 years. We started attending in June 2003, and we left in June 2013.   So, I don’t get to see my parents at church, but we usually see them for lunch afterwards. Yesterday, mom called about 8:30am and said that a friend of ours, Todd, was in the hospital. He and his wife and their two sons ...

Yesterday, I spent all day rewriting articles I had written the day before. I used the information I was given and wrote them the best way that I knew how. Then the client changed his mind and decided that he wanted something different. I changed them. All 10 of them! They were easier the second way..wish he had said that the first time!     Today, I wrote and article to get it approved for a huge project of 45 articles.   As soon as that was submitted the client send me a huge project of 2000+ words that have to be re-researched and rewritten. I didn’t write the first one. So I have to read it, find what I can in it and then re-research and rewrite the whole thing. I think it is a short ebook about something.  I have 2 days for that.   So now I’m working on that. Waiting for the other approval. And starting to stress again!   But…. I will get it done. I always do!

Today was pretty productive.    Until… Let’s start with this morning.  I got up around 8am, finished a Newsletter I needed to finish and submitted it.   I wrote another article (1500 words) and submitted it.   Then it was 11am!   I wrote a 900 word Press Release.   Then… I took a shower and ate lunch. Now, I just can’t get going again.  I should have done the shower thing at 8am so I wouldn’t have to stop during the day, but I didn’t.   I should have had the Princess bring me a sandwich to the office so I could keep going.   Now I have 5000 words due before midnight, and I’m a little worried about that.  :/  Should have just kept working.   Productivity Rule #1: Never stop when you are making great progress!

Here in the great state of NC, it has been raining almost every day since….. well, I don’t remember when it started.  I just know that we have had rain every day—with the exception of 2-3 days.  (NEVER in a row though!)   Anyways, this weekend has been soggy.  Mom, the Princess and I went to get her uniforms.  It sprinkled on the way up there.  Then on the way back, it poured.  However…the sun was still shining. Since my eyes are sensitive to light, I had on my sunglasses in the pouring rain.  (Sure, I looked like and idiot!)      Today, Tony had to work.  (Good for pay, but bad for family! lol)  The Princess and I missed church because neither of us felt well.   I feel some better; it was just a headache.  The Princess, however, still feels rotten.     Yesterday, when the Princess and I were waiting for Tony to get home from work, it was raining so hard that it was sideways.  The windo...

Today, we have to go try-on and order school uniforms for the Princess.  There are still a few weeks of summer vacation left, but if we don’t order by Monday, we aren’t guaranteed to get them before school starts.    Drawbacks to these uniforms: 1. Price—I am going to spend a couple hundred dollars today. 2. Location—I have to drive almost an hour away for the Princess to try on the uniforms and to order them.  Then when they come in, I have to scoot back up there to pick them up.  (Not loving this!) 3. Timing—We are supposed to go on vacation with my parents (and siblings and their families) in two weeks.  I could use this money then for that!   Anyways, I guess I can just stop complaining.  Nothing is going to change about it.  I just wish these things were different.  Actually, I’m hoping that before it is all said and done the school will find a store with a more central location for uniform purchasing, but if not….. le...