There are just times when you don't feel like going to work. Right now is one of those times. Ally is curled up asleep in my room and I'd love to curl up in there with her. It feels like there's going to be a thundershower any minute and I'm going to miss it in my no windows office building.
My summer has progressed from happy, lazy and unemployed to stressed and overworked. The stress is coming to a head right now as 2 major summer events converge.
Firstly, we have Allison's brother's wedding. As Allison's brother and his fiancé were stationed in Afghanistan all winter we were left to make most of the arrangements. The wedding is Friday.
Saturday morning Ally and I have to be on the road at 9:00 a.m. to travel 3 hours for provincial hockey camp. Not one where we play, but one where we're on coaching staff. At some point we need to do laundry and pack for a week. We need to gather all of the equipment we're going to need for the camp. At the camp we're basically responsible for fixing anything that goes wrong. If someone gets a blister, we Band-Aid it. If someone needs to go to the hospital, we take them. If someone cries because they've never been away from home before then we comfort them. If someone's helmet falls apart we are expected to have the screws and tools to put it back together. We're equipment managers, counsellors and first aid people all rolled into one. It's the most stressful job at camp and it's the least respected.
We're having a hard time preparing for both the wedding and the camp since all we seem to have time to do is work and sleep. To add a little more stress, we're supposed to attend a pot luck/bbq/beach party after the wedding on Friday night AND it's my mother's birthday on Saturday.
Go ahead and ask me if we have a present bought for her yet.
I need to shower.
Nicole