Off to the Races (Blog to Learn, Day 15)

I probably shouldn't feel so wretched and anxious about returning to work, especially considering that I spent much of my break sick and sad. Even though I am not looking forward to the mad rush of concert season, I am pleased to have the opportunity to make some progress, at home (a.k.a. "where my stuff lives"). It has been a week. The girlfriend is here again, and probably has been for days. Very little has been done around the house, in my absence. The stove seems to be in the process of being cleaned. That's about it. Next time though, my cat is coming with me, or I am paying someone to look in on her. The litter box hasn't been touched in over a week, and she had very little food and no water when I got home last night. Ugh.

I got home late, but I couldn't sleep. I'm already too ready to jump into housework and job-hunting. I also have to consider the fact that the grand majority of my time this week will be spent attending to the spring musical and spring choir re-boot. I also started thinking about next month's blogging challenge/experiment. I have done a fair job of keeping up with writing here, but I still have a while to go before it becomes a habit. The one place where I'm going to need some assistance this month--as I always do at this time of the year--is freeing up enough time to get everything done without crazy-making getting in the way.

I'm considering a dual challenge, in which I try to free up some time by batching everything from chores to email, and adding a PM challenge for relaxing and getting to sleep earlier. I have a bit of research to do this week, to consider my options, but I think that I'm heading in the right direction. For now, I have gotten far to little sleep, and I am rushing out the door. Hopefully, that will change, soon.