Crazy Cat Lady Chapter 2 - Groundhog Day

crazy_cat_lady

Just a quick hello, and to let everyone know I'm still here - just now I'm back at work I'm juggling that with marking as well so I have even less spare time than usual. No time for crochet at all but it's only for a few weeks.

Florence_J

crazy_cat_lady wrote: »

Just a quick hello, and to let everyone know I'm still here - just now I'm back at work I'm juggling that with marking as well so I have even less spare time than usual. No time for crochet at all but it's only for a few weeks.

Take care

Didn't you start this diary in the summer of 2016? I seem to remember you and DS going on lots of Pokemon Go walks

Just thought that it might be coming up to your anniversary

crazy_cat_lady

Florence_J wrote: »

Take care

Didn't you start this diary in the summer of 2016? I seem to remember you and DS going on lots of Pokemon Go walks

Just thought that it might be coming up to your anniversary

It is - it'll be my second anniversary :beer: I remember doing loads of pokemon go in the summer last year. Hopefully we can enjoy something similar this year as well. If the weather is good. It's been raining here for the past 36 hours which is starting to get a bit miserable and starting to bring me down a little bit. But I am still too busy to pay it too much attention to be honest.
I'm a bit worried about dd who seems to have been attacked by the hormone fairy. She's going from really angry to tearful in the blink of an eye. I know it's all normal but doesn't make it any easier to deal with.
Bagged another nsd - I still have plenty of nutritious food in the fridge for the time being which should keep my energy levels up while I'm so busy. Thankfully (touch wood) now that the exams are in full flow work is a little quieter. Exam marking is still hectic so I'm just going to grab my dinner and then make a start for the evening.

crazy_cat_lady

Hi everyone :coffee:
So last night was the night that I just got far too busy to get on here to say hello. I had a meeting after work and then needed to do some grocery shopping - it was well after 6pm when we got home and then by the time I finished unpacking the shopping I had a couple of hours to get some marking done and then head to bed.
I predict that I will be similarly as busy tonight - I have another meeting from 4 until 5 and then I have to make time to go and vote with dh (because he won't bother if I don't make him). So I'm popping on quickly now to say hello. Not that there's anything in my life to report other than work and marking. No crochet happening at all, which is sad for me but I will get back to it. I think I'm almost at the half way point with the first batch of marking (there are another 2 to follow after this) but I don't feel as overwhelmed with it this year as I did last year. I'm definitely shattered, but not tearful like I can be...

crazy_cat_lady

Guess what? My life continues to be the boring boringness that it has been for the past 10 days or so... Not enough sleep and too much work basically. I'm hoping to get the majority of this first batch of marking done over the weekend - it always feels better when it's mostly done. And then I might feel less guilty about getting my crochet out again. I haven't done any for about 10 days now and I don't half miss the relaxation time and watching the telly while I'm doing a bit of crochet. It will be worth it when the money starts rolling in but at the moment I'm just really busy and really tired.

crazy_cat_lady

So I had a day off from rest and relaxation yesterday to do a full day (ish) of work and marking. The exam marking didn't go as well as I'd liked - I thought I would get loads done but I just didn't, even though I worked for hours. I perhaps underestimated the time it would take to mark the long questions that need a lot of concentration... I also managed to catch up with bestie over a coffee for an hour and to do my tutoring session (just one of those left now :eek:).
I plan to do some more marking later but I'm going out with the kids and my mam in a little while - we're going to have a picnic and a day out at a science place in Newcastle. DH isn't coming which is a shame, but he really does struggle with mornings. It will be nice to have a day out and not be working - the coffee was much appreciated yesterday with bestie but I seem to be drowning in a sea of school stuff at the moment and it's nice to have a break.
So I've been up and I've done the bare minimum of housework - hoover, mop, washing, dishes and packed a bit of a picnic - my mam will do the lovely main bit.
Later everyone

crazy_cat_lady

Afternoon all :coffee: Today is a double or even triple :coffee: day - I am so tired. I had the worst night of sleep I can remember in ages last night. I was still awake approaching 1am then up from not long after 5am. I feel pretty grotty.
Think I am stressing about this meeting with the Head. I was summoned last week for a meeting that is in about 10 minutes and I don't know what it's about. He has already told me not to worry but I obviously can't help but worry - that's what I do best. We shall see what comes out of it, but I'm resting assured that I think he likes me as much as I like him so hopefully it's not too bad. It was on my mind lots last night so I think it stopped me switching off.
Coupled with my latest round of nagging from my mam about the state of my house, which has quite upset me. She asked me if I'd sorted a cleaner out yet and when I said no she said I might have to get someone in to do a deep clean before I could get a cleaner. I asked her what she meant by it and was told that my house is shabby and in desperate need of a good clean. That has upset me a fair bit - I do the best I can with the time I have. We have clean clothes, the house doesn't leak, we can afford to eat. But now my own mother has passed her judgement on me. I was talking to my sister about it and she reminded me that my mam was never a clean freak when we were growing up. Surely I'm not the only person in the world who thinks that there's more to life? Plus there are 4 of us in that house and nobody else is doing their fair share...
I'm kind of busy with being a mother, working full time and marking my exam contracts. So the cleaning can bot off for the moment. She has shamed me into contacting a company though....:(
Right - it's time for my meeting. Wish me luck!

crazy_cat_lady

So, not allowed the big reveal just yet about the meeting but it was quite good news and fairly hopeful about the future there. Once I can say for sure then I will - but there had been no need at all for me to panic about it the way I did - my stupid brain...
Still feeling poo about the state of the house though. My anxiety is bad enough at the minute without my being paranoid about what my own mother thinks. Meh.
Just got home from ds swimming lesson - I'm finally in my pj's with my feet up and relaxing for the evening. Just arguing with my inner self about whether or not to do an hour of marking.

Florence_J

Can't wait to hear your news CCL

kirtsypoos

That sounds exciting CCL - I hope you aren't taking your mothers comments too much to heart, I'm overawed by how much you fit into a day and Iam 100% with you - there are more important things in life!