For starters, I have a 5,000 word literature review draft to hand in before I go. It is mostly done but I am feeling pretty stuck with it today. I literally sat and stared my computer screen doing basically nothing for at least an hour today (what a waste of kiddie nap time!). I'm really hoping that inspiration will hit tonight and I can get rolling with it so it is a serious draft by Thursday night at the latest.
Then of course, there is the packing. I keep saying I'm just going to pack a bikini and a dress but really packing for me is the easy part. We now have five people to pack for, and I am going to have to do four of those five. Thankfully, our kids are getting older so we don't have to take all the baby stuff, but there is still lots of little things to remember.
Our lovely friends have agreed to house sit for us to feed our cat and our fish (if our fish is still alive by then). Somewhere in between the typing and the packing, I have to do some serious cleaning. House sitters are not like regular guests. Whenever I have someone house sit I feel the need to make sure everything is really clean because they will be looking in places that an ordinary guest wouldn't. Not that our friends would care, but I still don't want them to be confronted with a moldy potato in the cupboard or kiddy food smooshed into the couch.
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| Lucky wasn't looking so lucky this morning (but he's ok now) |
I also have at least two sick kiddies (one who is choosing to bash her head into the tiles if I do put her down) so that is sure to slow us down and make for a fun week.
So that's the week ahead for me. I'm so sure are feeling really sorry for me and my worse than first world problems. Feel free to give me an imaginary slap across the head and tell me that I need to appreciate that fact that I am going to FIJI!!
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| Remind me I am going here! |
Do you get stressed in the lead up to holidays?
