A stressing bleep

I’m actually going on holiday next week, but right now it’s all stress. There is a press date soon after I get back, and I’m not ready, which isn’t all my fault as the material hasn’t come in in time for me to get it ready, so I am just going to have to deal with it when I get back.

And I have my sister and brother-in-law and two nieces coming to stay tomorrow (yes, four people in my flat!) and I am not ready for that either. It should be really good, though I don’t know how much of a holiday it is going to be for me, with all the chaos and traipsing around Sydney every day to see things I’ve seen already, and working out what to feed them. (I’d love to have a holiday where I can go away with some good friends to somewhere I can just relax – as opposed to going somewhere where I feel like I need to buzz around catching up with people, which tends to be what happens when I go places Brisbane where there’s people there to see, as well as in Toowoomba, and I don’t usually have my own car and it all takes effort. Anyway, some other time.) For now, before tomorrow evening I need to clean up and go shopping.

We also have the next Made Fair markets at my church tomorrow, to raise money for East Africa, so I’m there all day and I am not ready for that either. I’ve got to finish things off and put labels on things to sell and be there at 8:30 am etc.

Then today I had to drop my car in for registration, because it’s actually due today (don’t how I managed to leave it to the last minute but I did) and this morning I couldn’t find the rego paper anywhere to take, so I was chucking things off my desk and flapping through bits of paper knowing it was supposed to be there (I am not so orderly, and my desk is currently a disaster, but I do usually manage to know where important things are) and eventually, when I was about to go without it, I discovered it had slid off the top down the side of the desk. So I raced out leaving a big mess behind me. And the brakes need fixing on my car.

And I’m feeling personally stressed and discouraged. It will be nice to spend some time next week with people who just love me and understand something of who I am and what things mean to me.

So, don’t be surprised if I go quiet.