I’m not writing this at 12:30a.m., noooo

We’ll just pretend it’s 12 noon because it is technically 12 noon somewhere, right?

Le sigh. I didn’t forget this time, honest. Today just…grew legs and walked away from me.

Let’s see. I had a dentist appointment at 11a.m. But see, I’d gotten to bed late (truthfully speaking, super late) the night before because work is madness right now (and so is my sleep disorder) so I ended up sleeping in a bit but still getting to the appointment on time. Yay me!

Usual stuff there — no cavities, thank God, and I was back home. Worked a bit, then had to take our cat Hailey to the vet for fluids at 3p.m. A bit of a wait there. Not our usual time, since we usually go at 12 noon, but the dentist appointment required an adjustment. So got home, very quickly messaged a client about a few things that needed doing, put together a newsletter for her that needed to go out today, hubby came home, had dinner (leftover tacos, yummy), gave the cat her medication, worked a bit more, found out I didn’t have Esperanto today as my study partner had a power outage…

Settled in to work on an editing job, a fun one, actually and…soon it was late. Very late.

Oops.

So here we are.

Sometimes my days are like that. Rushing around, doing this, doing that. Sometimes I’m doing newsletter swaps, a type of free promotion, and because I do them in batches, usually I end up talking to many people at once…it gets hectic. It’s fun, though. I enjoy that a lot. I also enjoy putting together newsletters and keeping things organized for my clients. I also have a few other things I’m doing that are pure fun. Some days, however, are slower. Or rather, feel slower. Maybe I’ve gotten a bit of a later start, or maybe I’m still waking up — I’m one of those people that needs an hour minimum to wake up (and I don’t drink coffee — I drink Diet Coke or Diet Mountain Dew) or maybe I’ve got a headache and I’m not feeling 100%…but I’m always here, doing my job, taking care of my clients.

This happened this morning at my dental appointment. It made me laugh:

Dentist: You get to do anything fun this summer?

Me: Not really. Just…work.

Dentist: Just work? Nothing fun?

Me: Yep. But I’m working on it.

And that’s basically my life these days. I am working on taking some time off, I swear, once things calm down. It’s just a matter of scheduling, and what needs to be done, and what can be done ahead of time — if I can do anything ahead of time, that sort of thing. As I explained to my hubby, owning your own business is completely different from being an employee. When owning a business…it’s just you. If you don’t do the work, it simply doesn’t get done. There’s no one there covering for you, as it is at his work when he’s on vacation. And my clients depend on me to do certain things for them weekly, monthly, daily…if I said I’m taking next week off….well…next week’s stuff doesn’t get done. What kind of assistant am I then? What kind of businessperson am I? Am I doing a good job?

Obviously there needs to be a balance, though, and that’s what I am thinking long and hard about right now. There are things I’d like to do that I haven’t done this year — like write more. Spend more time with the hubby. Read a few books. Binge more Bates Motel with my mom. Sit and do absolutely nothing for a day. I’ve forgotten what that feels like.

So, yeah. Craziness continues but will hopefully calm down and hopefully I’ll get my do-nothing time. And hopefully next month I’ll get my blog post up before 1 a.m.

We can hope.