Rasita My Family, My Animals, My Food

Yesterdays rant is over. It was just a Monday I guess and the Monday got to me.

Todays delivery was easier. I did it different from normal and did the hilly/hard bits first with the flatter bits last. I still have some to do but it can wait till later when it is cooler.

Summer has finally hit us and the recommendation (from the weather reporters and health practioners) is to stay inside out of the heat of the day, which is from about 10am till 3pm.

The kids will earn their share of the money tonight by delivering tonight while looking at Christmas lights. It is a great encouragement and they are eager to do it. I don't mind as I now know how to work them and when to quit.

I am not allowing myself to do so much that I am then wrecked for the rest of the day. That just doesn't work because then everyone suffers.
Well, that is enough of a rant, time to go school the kids and catch up where I left off last night.

Exhausted. That I am. This catalogue walking is not helping me. I knew I would be tired in the beginning, I knew it would be hard work but I am plain exhausted and I don't feel like I have room to move/rest at all. It is never ending. I feel like I am always either folding or walking or recovering. Maybe I am tired because I was trying to be a polite host last night and stay up until the guests went home (well I did give in first and went to bed around 11.30pm).

Yesterday I felt like I was in a sleep deprived haze and I was probably right. I am in one today as well, I think. I keep forgetting what day it is, but that could be because all the extra-curricular activities have finished for the year and I have had to reduce the girls to half a day schooling so I can stay on top of things.

My nights are spent folding and catnapping while trying to spend time with the hubby. My mornings are early, starting before 6am and getting home before anyone wakes up, though they are going to need to be earlier still as the kids are now waking before 8am.

I don't think I can last until Christmas in this catalogue job. It doesn't really pay enough. I can't do it through January anyhow as we have a heap of things going on, as well as myself trying to get a new business up and running. I never thought I would do it past Christmas.

It is too soon, too soon! I am NOT organised or ready for it.

Now onto bit and pieces of my life.

I feel like I am on a tropical island, we are surrounded by water, there are lush gardens, waterfalls under which we can stand (the smaller kids can at least), I have not had to sit and stare at a computer screen for any length and the kids are amused by the vast quantity of swimming/splashing areas available.

Yes, we have had a LOT of rain, yet are still considered to be in a drought. The dams were that low. Today we have seen brown muddy water surround the house (mostly on the grass), white walls of water and kids in rain jackets! Before the rain happened, there was a delivery, on my reason to exercise (junk mail I deliver). Apparently the lady who delivered it was having a bad morning. They were using her horse truck (clean of course, I hope at least) and had been to the supplier to collect the pallets of junk mail. The first thing I heard was the fact that there was only supposed to be 5 pallets of catalogues, not 11. Then she got extra upset because the pallets were not secured (the catalogues atop of them) and well, it was a mess in there. It was a sea of jumbled catalogues and we were their first drop off for the day also!!! She was already in tears. And as they were finishing up (and my hubby came to the rescue) it started to rain!!! I am glad I don't deliver to the walkers.

Sunday, while I was delivering junk mail of all things, a mini-tornado hit our area. Well, it didn't hit me but the car did rock quite a bit in the wind while I took shelter in it. Looks like drought isn't the only thing now affecting the great southeast.

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,17385201%...

Summer storms are already here and it isn't even summer yet. 2 days ago we had a mini tornado in the area, today we had hail, lightening, thunder and rain so hard you could not drive because it was like looking at a grey wall. I still had to drive in it though. Tonight was the final night for girls brigade and it was their christmas party. The girls had been looking forward to this all week so I headed out (while it was only cloudy) and took off so that they could join in the festivities.