Stretched.Too.Thin

That would be me. Lately I've been stretched too thing. I'm wearing myself out. Well, me and the Apple Store. And, I haven't been practicing very good time management.

In my last post, I mentioned Creative Escape. Wow! It was awesome. We didn't go on the tours. Instead, we spent time at the hotel/resort hanging out. They had this amazing system of pools called the River Ranch, and the first day we spent like 7 hours there. No lie. They had this great lazy river, and we spent hours on end there. It was fabulous. A couple of times, we even got adult beverages and lazy river-ed with them. For the most part, we were the only scrappers at the pool....out of 600+!! The second day, we registered late so we could spend more time at the pool. Turned out to be a good idea, as the only thing we missed out on was lines, lines, and grumpy, gripey ladies.

Most of the people there were crazy obsessed about the scrapbooking. Obviously, we are too, or we wouldn't have spent a premium to attend, travel there, and stay there. But, we really wanted to use this as a get away. And we did. It was fabulous. We both had ime to relax and really enjoyed the scrapping and the classes. And, but the time it was time to come home, we were ready.

I'm not going to rehash all the details for the 2 people besides me reading this (nope, my mom doesn't even read it....she forgets I have it for long periods at a time), but the gal who organized it all, Heidi Swapp, did a big review on her blog, here. (PS - I wasn't so excited about the so called yummy dessert, but then it was a mousse-like concoction with nuts in it, and we all know how I feel about crunch stuff in my soft foods.....totally not intended by God....and yes, he told me)

We got home Sunday and I took over a guy's 4-9 shift Monday night at the Apple Store - thank goodness there was a double-header of Monday Night Football and I actually got to seem some (they had a meeting at the store Sunday night, but I told them before-hand that I wouldn't be there), then I worked my regular schedule of 9-5 Tues, Wed, Thurs. Wednesday we had Financial Peace University.

Friday morning, Bob and I left for Fin n'Feather and the annual scrapbooking retreat put on by Scraphappy's. I'd spent all of my free time that week getting ready for the retreat. In the past, I've carted down skads and skads of stuff, but this year I found tons of sketches and planned out the pages. (most of the ones I used were from the website Valerie's Sketches). Of course, we stayed up late and scrapped every night. We had a great time! The weather was just gorgeous, and Bob and I drove the hour + drive down with the top down and had a great time together. I finished 11 pages, which wasn't too bad considering I didn't feel great Fri. afternoon and took an hour and a half nap and had to do the same Sat. afternoon. (and I didn't wake up grumpy...that's a novel concept when i nap!)

This week, I work every day from either 9 or 9:45 til 5 (expect tomorrow when I work till 6). That's 35 hours! What happened to the 20-25 I told them I wanted when I signed up? Let me tell you, that stone floor is wearing me out. But, I have to do something for myself, so I'm also working out in the mornings. By this time of night, I'm just worn down. Needless to say, I haven't been a very good friend lately. In fact, I've been a rather crummy friend! Oh, and yes, I have pictures of everything, but i'm too lazy to put them up here right now!