Do you ever feel like you have so much to do that you don’t know where to begin and you end up just moving paper from one side of your desk to the other. Well, that’s me right now.
Even though I’m seeing so many races coming back in person, my State is having increasing Covid cases and large annual events are beginning to cancel, AGAIN. I fear we are heading into another year similar to 2020, and to be honest, I do not have the strength to do that again. When the country shut down last March, I was one of seven employees remaining from over 200 employed at my Club. We all took on extra duties, however being in charge of membership at a private Club meant the number of irate phone calls sky rocketed. Trying to keep our membership number up without lowering dues too much was quite the struggle since we shut down twice and then reopened with limited amenities and lots of restrictions.
With Disney’s Princess weekend registration opening up next week, I’m wondering if I should bother should it be cancelled and if it doesn’t, that will mean two travel races in February. I also have a very expensive oral surgery coming up in October that will put my training on hold for a couple of weeks. I’m stressing about that cost as well as those expensive Disney races, not to mention the loss of training during surgery recovery.
I am a goal oriented person and I’ve set daily, weekly and month goals for myself which I’m not coming at all close to meeting. This makes me discouraged and frustrated. Plus those Disney Virtual races…. Not done, I’ve made one of the costumes, but between the heat and the smoke, I’ve not had the chance to get out and run them. My summer is quickly coming to a close and the deadline to complete them is fast approaching. I’ve rationalize in my head that I’ve already completed well over three 5K’s doing the “Close Your Rings” Challenge of 30 days 30 5K’s back in June, but I really wanted to do something special for those cute Lion King themed races.
And what about those Craft fairs that sent me confirmations, one in October and one in November. Although my basement is overflowing with inventory, all my displays and such are stored away in different areas of the house and garage. I hate the feeling of not knowing where everything is….my own personal OCD. Will these actually take place with our Covid numbers increasing?
Then there is making sure all my Race-Cation travel details. Already had a near miss when I discovered I reserved our rental car for the Surf City race for the wrong weekend and I almost forgot to call my travel agent to move my Disney resort reservations because Princess weekend was booked for the week prior. Trying to keep all my races, reservations and details straight is much harder, why? Is it because I’m out of practice with that COVID year of isolation? Who knows, but I am always on the brink of hysterics and feeling nervous all the time.
Plus the added task of making costumes for all those Disney races. I made the mistake of counting how many I need to make………..10 COSTUMES! and they is not even counting the ones for the mystery Spring races if I choose to register for those. I have so many ideas, and absolutely no plan on how I’m going to get them done.
Balancing work, training and just keeping my house clean is almost becoming too hard to manage. This week I have a 9 mile run on the weekend, and I have to go in to work on Saturday. Plus I have to plan and prepare those weekly recipes… I actually really love that part, but it’s one more thing on my plate.
How beautiful are Mickey's version of Kronk's puffs.
Take a look at my struggle this week and the comedy of errors in the kitchen, then click here
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