Meh

I'm sitting here, having just finished watching tonight's episode of LOST...trying to decide what to do next. I have a load of laundry in the dryer, and one in the washer. I have plenty of cleaning up I can do in the kitchen. If I vacuum upstairs really quickly, then I can safely fold the clothes up here (dog hair is evil and lurks EVERYWHERE). However, I don't want to do any of these things. I'd much rather sit here, staring into a computer monitor, perusing the internet, letting my very full mind slowly purge itself of thoughts...and let them evolve into something more tangible, like a to do list :)

I don't know what the deal was, but I was SO. TIRED. on my way home from work today. I practically fell asleep while driving home! Not so good. So, I decided to take a cat nap before my evening Krav class. It didn't work. I overslept, and when I woke up, I felt disoriented, dizzy, and gross. So much for that. My hubby coming home has helped my mood tremendously. He's so funny. Tonight, he has been entertaining me with self-composed jingles, of sorts...about things you would hope nobody would ever sing about. But he's cute.
I digress.

Other than the general "meh" feeling I inherited upon waking up, I also got a full brain. What seems to be limitless thoughts, plans, projects, and ideas are just piling on top of each other, each clamoring to be heard. It's rather irritating. Like a brain full of rowdy school children or something.

I suppose there are three main categories right now: church stuff, house stuff, and future stuff.

As for the church stuff, I have a lot going on, and a lot that I need to accomplish. A friend of mine and I co-wrote curriculum for our backyard Bible clubs this summer...and I have to finalize that, enter some game details, and get it ready to be sent wherever it needs to be sent to be printed so we can distribute it to the teens once we assemble them into teams. That same friend and I will be splitting the responsibility of teaching those same teens how to teach the aforementioned curriculum. I have to practice all of that, so that I'm prepared and can actually be a good example for them. Following this rigorous ordeal, I have volunteered to be a driver for a team; to get them from club to club, as they teach the curriculum we taught them. I am also responsible for the festival-like event that closes out the week of Bible clubs - a celebratory, invite-the-community sort of festivity. So, I'm thinking of vendors, activities, games, reservations, budget, etc. for that.

House stuff is a category that encompasses far too many things. There are the obvious daily chores and concerns that I mentioned earlier, along with long-term sorts of plans. I've got a lot of laundry to catch up on, and several tasks that have been on my to do list for way too long. That includes things like decluttering the garage so that Sean and I can both get our cars in there -- a definite must for the impending thunderstorm season. There are boxes of things in the attic that I need to sort through...closets full of things that were haphazardly chucked together...most of which I doubt we even need anymore. A friend installed some new light fixtures for us a while back, and I need to fill in the holes from the previous lights, and touch up the paint around the fixtures. Then there are rooms I want to finish painting, floorboards, borders, and doors that I want to touch up. Etc. etc. etc.

As for future stuff, I'm now 31 days away from my last day at work. I'm trying to have faith that God will provide everything we need, as I believe that I'm following His will to leave and be more available to serve His church. I'm excited about the art classes I plan to take starting next fall. I'm curious as to what I'll be doing six months from now...where I'll be...what I'll have learned. There's a strong possibility that we might put our house on the market in order to move closer to the church. Even thinking about that presents a new array of extreme emotions and tentative excitement.

As you can see, my brain is simultaneously imploding and exploding. :sigh:

I've mentioned this before, but I am hoping to get a practical list of the things I need to accomplish house wise, and post them on here. Accompanied by before and after shots, it would be both a good motivator to get things done, and a way in which to see my progress.

Now that I've gotten all of that out, I'm going to turn off my brain and watch more Bones.