Your name is Chile and you let a bag of roasted green chiles, your favorite, go bad in the fridge.
You can't remember the last time you vacuumed. Or cleaned the toilet. (Oh yeah, that was this morning because it smelled so bad.)
You run out of clean underwear because you keep forgetting to do laundry.
It takes a month for you to realize you could return the unused roll of barbed wire to the store for a full refund, or at least store credit, rather than dealing with idiots on craigslist who don't show up to buy it for half what you paid for it.
You wear the same t-shirt to physical therapy each week, because it's one of the only ones without holes in the armpits and you haven't had time to shop the thrift stores for "new" clothes.
You haven't cleaned off your desk in several months which also means you have not reconciled the bank statement for checking since the beginning of September.
You really can't believe it's only a few weeks until the holidays already. You still haven't put away the suitcase your sweetie used when he went to his mom's house a week and a half ago. This is the same suitcase that didn't get put away after his trip to help her get settled in after her hip replacement several weeks before that. At this point, you wonder if it's worth putting it away since the holidays are coming up so fast.
It's 3:45 and you've just realized you missed the 2:00 funeral today for a friend you haven't seen in eight months.
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Oh, Chile, I am so sorry. I was reading through you list and making one of my own, but then I read the last sentence. My sincere sympathy for you. I hope you can find time top sit down with some hot tea and take a breather.
That all sounds terrifically unpleasant. Sorry to hear about the funeral.
There is absolutely nothing to say to this -- it's the month of October, I'm sure... I locked myself out of my car five times, last month, and left out a basic ingredient in a cake I made... Need to cut back on this retirement activity and you, my dear, you need to rest... But, I know you won't because you still have scads to do... {{{HUGS}}}
I think you need a holiday!!!! The sort you don't have to do anything for, during or after. With no thinking except for some rearranging of brain patterns into a less frazzled state :)
Sorry about your week - been there, done that and it makes you so mad too.
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Hello Chili,
I'm sorry not only for the loss of your friend, but also that you missed the funeral. I am concerned that you are pushing yourself to the point that it will affect your health. The town/city offices may have given deadlines on permits/fees, etc., but take a second look at your self-imposed deadlines, okay?
I really hope this doesn't sound critical. After reading your list, I really worry about you. (Yes, I've goofed too. Today I have to make a birthday call to a 9-yr-old who is very important to me!)
Stay well!
Chile - I was reading along your list and think that looked like mine did a couple of weeks ago until I got to the last item. I'm sorry about your friend and missing the funeral.
It does sound like you need some brain down time -- even if it's just sleeping in for a few days. You don't even get an "extra hour" today, do you? I learned as the result of a couple years recovering from a head injury that sometimes you just need to re-set. That's why I get to play a little solitaire on the computer when I'm working -- therapist approved as a reset.
You know the list of most stressful stuff - death, moving, spoiled roasted green chiles, etc.
As for my list, a couple weeks ago it could have been yours, this week it's just as long but it's all mine. ;-)
Do take care.
Like other commenters, I have a couple of these on the list, but not the last. I'm sorry you missed your friend's funeral.
Thank you all.
It was disappointing to miss the funeral, as I would have liked to express my condolences to her family in person and say hi to some other people I know would have been there. Oh well, these things happen.
I had hoped November would be when the rush was over but now I'm aiming for December as my time to rest. I'm also looking into ways to align how I spend my time with how I'd prefer to be spending my time rather than how I have to spend my time.
Oh Chile! I've so been there. It is a constant struggle, isn't it, to find time for the really important things. Good luck!
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