I took the week off from work.  My hope was that I’d be less grumpy and more motivated.  Did I complete my goal? Eh.  Not only was my mental health a factor but I also had a whole list of to-do’s.

• Clean and organize the computer room, clean the basement, clean the living room, okay clean the house in general.  Did I finish this?  Nope.  Didn’t even start.  But I thought about it often while wading through piles in the basement. However, I did clean out my mom’s closet and drawers.  After that, my heart wasn’t into doing much more cleaning.  Okay, okay, I was lazy.
• Finish the New Beginnings preparations.  I’m in charge of the hand-out and program.  Did I finish this?  If you think of it in terms as “ready to hand out” then technically no, they aren’t finished.  I think I got a good start though. But I’m hoping to gather more supplies when I go to Salt Lake tomorrow.
• The dreaded, never-ending L word.  Did I finish this?  I am happy to report the laundry is caught up and even ironed.  However, my clothes are part of the mess I need to pick up in the basement.  I need to clean out my closet before I can put everything in its place.  So, this can fall into the yeah-no category.
• Pamper myself.  Did I do this?  I used my gift certificate for a free massage my friends gave me for my birthday (um, in August).  And, I got my hair done.  However, I never got my day of sleeping I desired so much.
• Young Women related business.  Did I do this?  We did a potluck for our activity on Tuesday night and I fixed my Momma’s BBQ chicken.  I’m so counting that.   I tried several times to order the posters the girls made weeks (all right months) ago.  But my files are corrupt.  Go figure!  Walgreen’s was having a 40% off sale on prints.  I’ll just have to take them into Staples on Saturday and pay. so. much. more.
• Go to the temple.  Did I do this?  Weather permitting, I’m going to Utah today so that I can attend the temple (I haven’t been since October).  I was supposed to go yesterday but we had some pretty high winds Wednesday night.  It wreaked some havoc in our community and the roads looked iffy to me yesterday.  I’ve heard some rumors we hit 80mph.  That’s right, 80.  This was impressive until I read this article on MSNBC.   Did I mention I’ve surfed the internet a lot this week? 
• As long as I’m mentioning the internet, I also checked out this video.  You know that mama E comes to the waterhole and is saying something along the lines of, “Quit messing around.  The herd is getting ready to move.  Of all the days to screw around and fall into this pit you had to pick today.  I told you not to get your trunk dirty!”  At least, that’s what it looks like to me when she’s pacing back and forth.  But then she has to get in and get wet to help her kid out.  Typical.
• Goof off.  Did I do this?  I managed to go see a movie on Monday (matinee no less!).   Since I didn’t travel yesterday I spent the day reading the Hunger Games.  Now I can see the movie next month.  That is one messed up book.  Not the writing, just the story line.  It’s so disturbing. I can hardly wait to read the next two in the series.  Ah, to have that kind of talent.
• Tonight I get to have dinner with my sister and her daughter.  Tomorrow I will go home and finish New Beginning preparations (I kinda have to since it is on Sunday).  And I will organize the computer room.  I will.  I will. I probably will.  I’ll try.  I might.  We’ll see. Mmm, maybe.
• Magically become less grumpy.  Did I accomplish this?  Too soon to tell but early reports indicate a rise in grumpiness.  Oops!  I thought for sure this would work.   I think I’m gonna need another week…