Not Enough Hours…

Posted by tiff in Tour d' Awesome, Travel in the U.S. | 5 comments

Tour d’ Awesome kicks off in 4 days! FOUR FREAKING DAYS! I’ve already established how unprepared I am for this epic undertaking, so I won’t delve into that any further. I’m hoping it will make the roadtrip spontaneously amazing instead of a failure of terrific proportions.

Before I leave for the trip I have to make sure lots of other stuff is taken care of, too. The kids need to be packed for their epic trip with their dad to a cabin in Yellowstone. The temperature and weather can vary from snow to 90 degrees…so….packing is a bit challenging. Also challenging is my lack of focus and attention to detail. It makes dealing with all my to do lists really hectic.

I have to remember to pay my bills. It’s the first time I’ve been in charge of doing that since I left home for college, so I’m a bit rusty. I manage to pay them, celebrate, feel like a big girl, then forget about them the next couple months until I start getting disconnection messages in my mail and email, then feel like a loser, then pay them, celebrate, feel like a big girl…etc., etc.

I have to make this house spotless so I don’t come back from my roadtrip without clean sheets/kitchen/floors/refrigerator. Ugh.

Cut my hair. It’s getting unmanageable at a few inches long. Back to an inch, follicles!

I’ve got to get my spotify organized so I have sweet roadtrip tunes!

Laundry, laundry, laundry.

Pack, pack, pack.

Make sure I have places to stay.

and about 34958039485039458 other things that are bouncing around inside my skull like rubber balls. I’ve stopped sleeping due to all my building energy in anticipation of this trip, so my thoughts and actions are a bit manic.

Good thing I have at least 3 more full days to prepare!

Except today is the county fair all day, with me riding a hippogriff at the Pageant of the Masters tonight. Tomorrow I’m dealing with getting the kids ready, then riding the hippogriff. The next day, I’ve got to be ready to go for me.

This could be a disaster. I just don’t have enough hours to get it all done.

But you know what? It’ll be a disaster of AWESOME!

I’ll leave you with a little exchange Golfer and I had this morning, I think it will help you all feel so much better about yourselves.

Golfer (who is turning 12….TWELVE!!!….next week) said, “Mom, you know what I want for my birthday?” I asked what. He replied, “I just want you to go grocery shopping at a real store, and to clean the kitchen.”

Lately I’ve taken to running down to the 7-11 when we need stuff. Like, something to eat. Because I’m too flustered to get to the store. And the kitchen, it is nasty. I’m too flustered to pick up at the end of the night, since I come back from being golden and literally fall into bed.

So, yeah. I officially suck. No matter how much you think you suck, it could be worse. Your son could ask you for food and a clean house for his birthday. I hope you feel really good about yourselves now. You’re welcome.

If you haven’t donated to the Tour d’ Awesome yet, don’t be shy! I know the economy is in the crapper and no one has two pennies to rub together. But who wants to rub pennies together anyway? Keep one for yourself and give one to me! I don’t need much! And you get something back…graffiti in your name, a print of one of my photos, a night of debaucherous karaoke, a big ole kiss, and anything else we can come up with! Right now I have enough gas money to get me to Iowa City…thank you thank you thank you…I am truly overwhelmed by how much love and support I’ve been getting in lots of different ways. Donations, comments, emails, offers to host me, roadtrip playlists…I’m verklempt. Verklempt I tell you! No matter how this trip ends, it’s already more awesome than I could have imagined.

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