The Monday after the Worst Sports Weekend Ever

We’re all pretty crazy some way or other; some of us just hide it better. “Normal” is just a setting on the dryer.

by david78209

I swear I am still feeling the residue of the football game today. On top of that loss, there was the Padres stinking it up all weekend and the Chargers losing again. SportsBoy’s baseball team managed a victory which was the one bright spot. OK, not entirely true, it was not all bad 🙂 Sat night we went to the Padre game – our last this year – with one of his friends from football/baseball and his mom. So we both had someone to talk to during the miserable loss. And we had *great* seats! I had a really nice time hanging out with this mom. We first met about a year ago when her middle son joined Sportsboy’s baseball team and now he is on the football team too so I get to see her nearly every day when he is with me. It was a trip figuring out those small world connections. Turns out she knows someone from my high school – too funny! (Jax, someone from the class of ’81). So we had a great time and I loved getting to know her.

The other bright spot was that MusicMan did his chore so that I was able to just sit on the sofa and watch tv once we got home from the baseball game on Sunday morning. That was very very nice.

Today though – man! Talk about feeling hungover! Not physically, but mentally. Not a good thing at work when the auditors have suddenly started cranking up the heat. Their final report is due Wednesday and starting last Wednesday it was like they suddenly realized they only had a week left! After supposedly being on site since mid-August. I say”supposedly” because they were often no where to be seen. That was kind nice and things started to become manageable again, then whammmo! I knew I needed to focus today and I could tell it would be a challenge so I put on the radio and my earphones and tuned out all but the most obvious noises (like my phone) and hunkered down. I was feeling generally frustrated and discouraged at around 2:00pm as I was completely stuck with one schedule that just would not balance when a couple of things busted me out of it. First, a co-worker/friend came over to tell me something and then went back to her desk and texted me “are you ok?” She said I looked stressed – oh yeah! But, it made me feel good that she was concerned and so I tried to loosen up. Then I got an email from the mom I was with on Sat night thanking me for inviting her and just saying such lovely things that I beamed and then got a little misty-eyed and took off my head phones and shook off my stress. And, of course, I got the schedule to balance about 5 minutes later :->

I’m just glad that was aware enough to respond to the nice gestures which could help me unwind. I know some days it is so much easier to stay wound up!

Oh yes! Two additions to the blogroll! Another August Mom with Living Life One Day At A Time and a friend of August Mom Alto2’s with Add It To The List’s. Welcome to blogging ladies and have FUN!