4 days off...

I was so excited at 4 p.m. on Friday because I knew that I had  the next 4 days off! I was going to get my house cleaned and my yard mowed and everything in my home life back in order... Unfortunately, that did not happen (yet).

On Saturday morning I received a phone call from my sister asking when I was coming to the church. I had completely forgotten that we were doing a fundraiser and that I was expected to be there to help. I rushed through a shower and ran to the store to pick up some needed items for the church and finally got to the church around 10:30 a.m. I didn't leave until nearly 5. By the time I got home I was utterly exhausted. Nothing got done at my house on Saturday.

Sunday morning rolled around and I woke up to get ready for church because I had to play the service since the normal pianist was not there. Once the service was over, my parents and I went out to lunch and I didn't get home until almost 3. I made the mistake of sitting down in my recliner and cuddling with my dogs and I fell asleep... When I woke up I thought it had only been about 15 minutes and decided that I was going to brew some iced tea and when I saw the clock, I was appalled to see that it was 5:15. I had rehearsal at 5:30 and was there until 9:30... Needless to say nothing got done on Sunday.

Today, I slept in. I actually slept like the dead last night which was absolutely fantastic although it did lead me to have some very bizarre dreams. I didn't wake up until 10 a.m. at which point I went outside to mow my lawn and weed eat around the perimeter of my fence before the rain started. I'm not sure if it's just me or if everyone gets exhausted whenever they have to push no no matter how big or small the area... I finished around 12 and came in and showered. Afterward, I made lunch and sat down to watch something on Netflix while I ate and lo and behold I fell asleep LOL. I woke up around 5:30 and realized I had no food in the house so I went out to grab some food and got home around 7. I've managed to wash 2 loads of laundry and that's it. Still no house work has been completed.

I am setting an alarm so that I will wake up no later than 9:30 tomorrow and tomorrow will be house cleaning day. If I do not get a dent in this filth that I'm living in, I will go crazy.

When I mention this to people, they ask me how it got so bad and, in all truth, it's been a Snowball Effect since September. When I went in the hospital for my gallbladder surgery, the house was untidy. Once I got home from recuperating at Mom and Dad's I let things go. My boss went out on medical leave on October 4th and I was the only manager at the hotel all the way through until the new owners took over on January 18th so when I wasn't working, I was utterly exhausted and nothing got done at my house. Since January 18th, I have been working less hours then before but still 45 to 50 hours per week and I am just tired all the time. I believe part of that is depression but I also believe that my body is still trying to catch up. Anyhoo, I have been in a very bad cycle of not cleaning and I really need to get a handle on it ASAP