Hell on Wheels & the Penman Shipwreck

This month has been nothing but a disaster for me. Too the point where I really hope the rest of the year goes better than this month has.

Work has been a mess. There’s been so much happening, and there’s so much to do. Half of our department is out with maternity leave and illness. Those people that are missing are the ones who train me the most. So, as I’ve fondly thought of it, I’ve been thrown into the fire and someone’s squirting lighter fluid all over it. I’ve been in early all week, working my tail off and coming just flat out exhausted.

By the time supper is done, and I’ve taken care of Piper, I’m wiped. I don’t even think I could put together a coherent sentence if I tried. So I’ve not been writing. I haven’t completed a page in my special Penman Shipwreck notebook. There are lots of ideas in my head, but not enough time to get them to the paper.

 So I look ever forward to when things will settle down at work, and I hope still for one of fun Debacle or Shipwreck events in a month with no major holiday or that does not fall in the first month at the end of the year. I am in accounting after all.

Piper’s Diaper

Okay, so someone had to know about this, so I’m nominating all of the blogosphere to have a laugh with me.

 My daughter went to climb up in my lap earlier, and as I help her up, I notice this very hard something in her diaper. I’m thinking, Good Lord, what does she have in her diaper?I reach my hand down there to find out and pull out this toy cell phone she got at Christmas. My aunt, knowing my daughter all too well, got her a sparkly purse and loaded it with a wallet, a toy cell phone, a brush, a mirror, and chapstick (which I handily removed and hid, foreseeing a great deal of chapstick all over my house otherwise).

So I pull the phone from her underpants, and give it back to her. This is one of those days were she refuses to wear clothes, so she wears her diaper, and I bump the thermostat up a notch. She takes the phone and promptly stuffs in back in her diaper. Now, one of two scenarios are left here. She’s either going to pee all over the thing and ruin it, or she’s going to plop down and hurt her bottom on it. But she’s not to be convinced right now, so I scoop her up and take her to the bathroom where her daddy is finishing his shower to show him what’s she done.

All this time, I’m trying to convince her that it would be a good idea to remove the phone from her diaper, but alas, she is drawing on paper with a toy cell phone on her bottom. Makes for interesting conversation.

Resolutions

I’m skipping this week’s article, which was going to be about resolutions because I’m just too exhausted. This week at work was insane, and I’m too beat.

I am happy to report that my husband went and got my treadmill so that I can walk at home, which should help my fitness goals for the year. The Penmanship Wreck has gotten off to a rocky start for me, but I’m hoping to make up ground later.

This whole year has already gotten off to a very bad start, and one of the things I’ve resolved for this year is follow my heart. Which is saying a lot of things are wrong in my life. It may mean major and hard choices, but I want things to be better in the long run. My family needs me, and I’ve not been able to be there for them. That needs to change.

Plus I want to follow my dreams. If you only get one life to live, how can you not take a chance on a dream? All successes come with some level of risk.

 So while this isn’t an article, it does touch on some of my resolutions. What resolutions do you  have?

Whiny Wednesday: Invisible

Do you ever just feel like you are invisible? Like you put yourself out there, and people just keep on going right around you, ignoring the fact that you might take up any space?

I’ve been feeling that way lately.

In fact, I’ve been feeling down right miserable. Everything feels off, and it seems the rest of world doesn’t notice I’m here. Which is fine because I’m a whatever kind of girl, but it does feel lonely. I’ve been feeling rather alone lately. When I speak, the world fails to hear me, which I’m sure will spawn a slew of comments from you lot.

 But it’s my rant for the week, so there it is.

Welcome to Life, Writing & Other Things: WordPress Edition

Hello everyone, and Happy New Year!

 I’m moving over to WordPress for a bit while I try out some features to see what I like.

 Not long ago I mentioned that I would be doing something new for the new year, which included doing specific posts each day based on a schedule, and an editorial calendar of sorts for each month. January’s topic is going to be the ever popular resolutions. Tuesday is observed for random thoughts, so anything can go here.

In an update to my mentions of Christmas goodies, I now have a grand total of $90 to spend at Barnes & Noble. Besides being ecstatic, I super duper happy. Now, I am planning a big relaxing day to go browse and enjoy the bookstore.

In a note of utter boring-ness, my daughter and I have spent New Year’s Eve in the comfort of home. I have to work a bit on New Year’s Day, and the little one has tonsilitis. About this time last year she had it as well. My husband and I both had tonsils removed, so I’m figuring that she’ll have to have the same at some point in time. It’s not so bad really, except for the part where the toddler will not go to bed. I need some quiet time, so bad.

That’ll be all for this Tuesday’s Random Thoughts.