Exhausted

[tarotgal]

I'm utterly exhausted. Business meeting and work every day and I've spent maybe 7 hours in the last two days baking the last of my Christmas presents for people. My parents keep pulling me in to move things to the new house, without telling me ahead of time. I come home from a very hard day at work and as soon as I finish eating it's "are you ready to help us move the couch into the van and carry the dresser up the stairs?" GRRRRR! And all the helping eats up 2 or 3 hours easily as we have to make numerous tiny trips (example: why the HECK do my parents have four tables? LOL!) and my family is hands-down the MOST disfunctional when it comes to moving heavy objects. I haven't even BEGUN moving my own things, but I'm going to wake up early tomorrow and grab things and throw them in boxes and drive them over before work... and then on the way home I'll go by my storage unit and grab a few things. Slow and steady, right?

It's all making it very hard to write, though. So tired. I keep falling asleep at the computer in the middle of scentences. Or I type stupid things because I'm tired and not paying attention. I haven't made any entries on my rec journal for two days now. *groan* I owe everyone many thank you's for feedback, and I'm behind on e-mails as well. I'm very sorry about it.

I'm pushing myself a little too hard and still not getting things done. I DON'T like when that happens. I like when I push myself and things get done. The only thing I've accomplished (apart from the baking) is to tire myself out.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

tg,
I'm sending HUGS your way! Sorry things aren't going well for you now. I wish you were closer, I'd send my husband to move your stuff - he is the man with a truck who moves everyone. Make sure to take some time for yourself and get some rest, everything else will wait.
Thinking of you,

Tina

And what did you bake?

[vatergrrl.livejournal.com]

Inquiring minds want to know, you know? I have dreams of baking something fabulous, but my last project (oatmeal Scotchies) was a disaster. You must have the touch!

Re: And what did you bake?

[tarotgal]

Inquiring minds want to know, you know?
heehee :-)

I made my neighbors and my new bosses batches of peanut butter fudge (which is pretty much the only thing I have EVER made from scratch that actually tasted and looked like it was supposed to). It's my mother's mother's mother's recipie and is VERY sweet and yummy.

And then I made cookies using half of the recipie (which is about 12 cookie sheets) for my my new bosses and my current boss & his family. They're called sandtarts (because they look a bit like sand dollars), and they're my mother's father's mother's special cookie/recipie. They're dough painted with vanilla extract&egg, sprinkled lightly with cinnamon, and topped with a few crushed walnuts. When I was a kid, we used to bake a batch a year and give them to teachers for holiday gifts. I've NEVER met a person who didn't like them (clearly excluding those with allergies to nuts). This time was the first time I ever made them on my own and without help... and it showed. LOL The sides of the cookies were almost all ragged... I don't know whether that means I cut them too thin or too thick... and a few came out a little darker than they should have been (which makes me air on the side of too thin) but they all tasted wonderful, so it wasn't a complete disaster.

I'm not sure if I have the touch, though. Usually I'm FAR too impatient to cook. I'd much rather pop something in the micro and be done with it :-)