a simple case of the understated
I can't even begin to tell you how many projects I have going on at work right now...because I've lost track.
Did I say I was busy?
Silly me.
What I meant was swamped, buried, plate's full, overloaded, snowed under (oh, how I wish it really was snow), up to my eyeballs...OVER. WHELMED.
UGH!
I can't even begin to tell you how many projects I have going on at work right now. No, really - can't even begin. Because....I'VE. LOST. TRACK!
Seriously, people. I can't keep track of it all. I know I have a story due tomorrow at 4 p.m., which of course I haven't started writing because today I did the interviews and then I put in an extra five hours on a big (36 pg) design project that is due Thursday, which of course I don't have all the articles for because my freelancers aren't holding up their end of the bargain.
But before I can start writing that story tomorrow, I have to compile a report for the women's expo, which I'm coordinating again (LOVE IT!) but again, something I haven't started.
Then I have to fit my stellar article writing in between no less than three meetings in the afternoon.
Once I finish that story - like, THAT is going to happen, I get to decide whether I should put in a few more hours on the big design project which...have I mentioned?..is due THURSDAY, or start interviewing for my next story which is due first thing on FRIDAY morning.
And that doesn't even bring up the 30-trillion stories which are due before the end of the month, because we're launching a new family magazine, which I'm totally stoked about...and I am the feature reporter on...but it means a TON more writing!
AUGH!
The good news is I'm realizing I can write a lot faster than I thought.
The bad news is I haven't seen my children in about 24 hours...haven't eaten a real meal in 48 and have no idea what I'm going to wear to work tomorrow because I haven't done any laundry in something like 72...actually its more like 168!
I keep thinking it will settle down...and honestly, it probably will. But right now I've decided to wallow in my self-doubt and have myself a great-BIG woe is me, I'm so overwhelmed, pity party.
And you KNOW I am an awesome party planner! ;>)
7 salty messages:
Remember when you were worried about ever finding work again...When you are stressed, just play the video clip of the freaks riding bikes in the snow in Grab-Your-Lasso...Praying for you and HUGS!
Wow, I can't even imagine! Somehow, I have faith that you'll pull it all off (I, however, would be in the fetal position in a corner). Good luck!
But you took time for us--**Thanks!** Sounds like a terrific job....for THREE people! :-D
When you interviewed for this job, did they accurately describe the job responsibilities? Sounds like too much for just one person.
I'd have a new case of shingles from it.
Hope someone in your house is doing some laundry or you'll be doing nothing but that over the weekend.
Oh, boy. I understand. I don't often say that, but I think, in this case I do. Sounds like churchwork. Never ending, and full of "events" (or in your case "deadlines") that have no flexibility at all... So the "flex" has to come at home.
I sincerely hope your kids (and husband) are up to the challenge. My Aidan and Lydia were. (Though I always wonder if they'd be brain surgeons now if I hadn't imposed that childhood on them).
I bet there will be a tiny bit of ebb and flow....though now I think of it....the newsroom never sleeps. Well, the church doesn't either, but it does doze a bit in the summer.
If your paper is like OUR paper, they've been laying off... You probably DO have the job of three.
God bless you. Thanks for checking in.
I am exhausted after reading that!!! Hang in there!!
Hang in there! You can write! May God inspire you! Put up your sail & let Him do the hard work for you... much easier than rowing yourself! Praying for you!
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