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It's only Tuesday....

And I am exhausted beyond belief.  I have not had time to breathe and relax since Thursday ( I can't even remember how the week was prior to then). The entire weekend was hectic, and yesterday I left work at nearly 9PM! (My hours are typical 9-5). I needed to get some stuff out by yesterday, but before I could send my portion, I needed to wait on people in other departments. I was only able to get 2 of my 4 items out (the other 2 I sent to our attorney for review so I need to wait for his response), which was frustrating. 

On top of it all, we finally finalized the engagement party venue on Sunday with FMIL, so yesterday she was sending us emails with cake options, balloons, etc. I responded to one email, but I was too swamped for more. She sent  a text around 7 last night saying she wanted us to call her to discuss some options for candles. I was still at work scrambling to finalize things, so I briefly read the text and did not get a chance to respond. I figured FI would respond for us. After work, I went to the supermarket for lunch stuff and dinner, and I completely forgot about her text. I was soooo exhausted, I just laid on the couch, without my phone for a while. At like 10 she sent  a text basically said "Forget it, I'll get what I think, I'm going to sleep" or something along those lines. I then saw it was not a group sent to FI and I as I misread earlier, but just to me. And I did not see it for an hour later since I was not near my phone. Lovely. 

I was dreading coming in to work today because I had no idea what was awaiting. Still no response from the attorney, but I forgot to send out one minor item last night, which will cost us more money. Yay. On top of that, I have some other items to get out, so basically today looks like it will be another late night. Which sucks, because I wanted to go to my friends house to hang out and cook for her maybe. I'll have to see how my day goes, but it is not looking good. I'm also new to certain aspects of my job ( I started in this department mid September), so it also takes me longer to figure things out and get the hang of things.

I just cannot wait for the week to be over. FI and I have no plans and I want to keep it that way. I just want to relax all weekend, and binge on Madmen before the final season on Sunday. Okay, rant over. 
Hope everyone else is having a better Tuesday! What's on the agenda for today?
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  • Ugh, I'm sorry your FMIL was being passive-aggressive about the candles. It's really hard for people sometimes to understand that you are, literally, TOO BUSY to respond to a text/call them/respond to an e-mail. I have friends like that, and it drives me effing crazy. 

    My Tuesday isn't as bad as my Monday -- I had a meeting with three presentations Monday morning and then I had to drive to the capitol for a two-day seminar. This morning I started at the capitol for the seminar but got to go home after the main speaker.

    Today I have to catch up on all the stuff I didn't get done YESTERDAY because I was in a seminar all day, and send out a weekly e-mail, and prep for tomorrow, when I'll be out of the office for most of the morning.

    I'll be very glad when the primary season is over.

    Also, DH is on my last nerve right now because we leave for our honeymoon on Saturday and I haven't started packing yet and he's fussed about that.

    Dude, between now and then I have to do at least two loads of laundry, and figure out what I'm going to wear each day and I will be packed and I'll get it done but OMFG don't bug me on MONDAY that I haven't packed for a trip on SATURDAY yet.
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  • @HisGirl - while we have no honeymoon scheduled, FI and I are the same way. He'll start packing a week in advance, planning things carefully. I prefer to get the house clean and take care of all laundry before I start packing- I hate coming home to a messy house and figure that I'll need to take care of the laundry anyway.

    I'm a crazy list-maker though: I make packing lists in Excel then save them by trip name. When the next trip comes along, I find a list from the most similar trip and use that as a starting list. I used to travel extensively for work so I was usually just a load or two of laundry away from being packed without even starting.

    I've also learned that there are very few things you can't live without or replace while on vacation.
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  • @hisgirlfriday13 - Yea it totally sucks when people don't understand that, you know, we all have other things going on. I did not even take a lunch break yesterday, because I was so busy. I did not have time for anything or anyone, yesterday. Sounds like you had a really busy Monday, too. The worst part is always playing catch up after an extremely busy day.

    You're going on your honeymoon this weekend, that is so exciting!!! You definitely have plenty of time to pack, I am one of those last minute packers myself. I try to pack a bit each day, and then I end up finishing the day of the trip. I do this a lot for early flights, because I HATE flying, so I just stay up all night packing to keep busy. 
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  • I have a list started of what I need/want to pack. It's just that it's, you know, MONDAY (or it was when we were having that conversation), and I didn't see why he was fussed that I hadn't started packing yet.

    I'm a pretty organised packer, quite frankly. Organised and efficient. 
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  • I'm a crazy list-maker though: I make packing lists in Excel then save them by trip name. When the next trip comes along, I find a list from the most similar trip and use that as a starting list. I used to travel extensively for work so I was usually just a load or two of laundry away from being packed without even starting.

    I always make packing lists but, even though we use google docs for EVERYTHING else, I never considered saving them to reuse.  Thanks!
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  • At my firm, we call it Stupid Tuesday.  And it always lives up to the name.

    For what it's worth, your FMIL is being ridiculous.  She's throwing the party, she picks the balloons or whatever.

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  • I feel ya! We were at work till 8 last night. I hate passive-agressive texts!  Why do people think that just because the message is instant we are all sitting their with our phones ready to text right back? There are days I do not look at my phone all day.  I would just say sorry MIL just got home from work, will call you tomorrow. Pick whatever you think is best!   The only think I do not miss about wedding planning is all the random decisions we have to constantly make!  It is a candle, I am sure she can pick a color.
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    Today is my busy day...faculty meeting before a LONG day of school (we're still going an extra hour to make up snow days). Then, I have to go directly to church to rehearse with the children's choir. I have an hour break at church, so I'm bringing dinner with me to heat up there and I'll work on my shower thank-yous, before rehearsing with the adult choir, before the church service itself, which will go long because it's questioning for confirmation. I'll be happy if I'm home by 9:00...

    (ETA: I'll be leaving the house in about ten minutes, so my day today will be 7 to 9. Ugh...)
  • At my firm, we call it Stupid Tuesday.  And it always lives up to the name.

    For what it's worth, your FMIL is being ridiculous.  She's throwing the party, she picks the balloons or whatever.

    Ugh stuck in the box. Stupid Tuesday is an awesome name! I'm super grateful that she is throwing us the party and is letting us have some input, but at the same time I feel that she wants us to do every little thing with her. 

    erinlin25 - I know right? My mom can be the same way - she does not text, but she calls me and god forbid I don't pick up. Then she calls a few hours later "Why didn't you answer me I called you 3 times!!!" Yea, there's this thing called work - she always calls at the worst times when I'm at work haha.
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