the race is on

Sometimes I wonder if my life is so busy because that's just how it is or because that's how I've orchestrated it to be. I literally have 10 e-stickies on my desktop with different to-do lists on them. I have 4 Excel documents that I have to regularly update so I can keep track of my major transactions, records of events, notes on things I need to take care of, research I've done, etc. My Gmail has 45 different labels. Even my Google calendar has to be separated into 7 different colors just so I can keep tabs on everything. IS THIS NORMAL?

Truthfully, most of my life chaos is not worth complaining about. I'm fortunate enough to have a house, which is why I have to F- with tax appraisal protests and maintenance issues. I'm fortunate enough to be able to go to school, which is why I have to juggle assignments, classes, projects, and tuition. I'm incredibly fortunate to be getting married, which is why I have files full of contracts and 2 powerpoints just to organize the photos I've saved. 

So like, I'm not really complaining. Just sharing the overwhelm-ment of my desktop.

Life's current chaos is as follows: while I'm wrapping up my final projects for the semester, we've started demolition on the laundry room at my dad's house, which is the only major work that we will do now that we decided to put the house on the market. Yay! Don the Realtor is starting with an informal soft-sell and then will list it on MLS, so I'll keep the blog updated if we get any bites. To get to that point, though, means lots of cleaning, yardwork, and appointments with people from pest control, energy audit, A/C service, etc. Brian came back in town (to the rescue) to help juggle the to-do list for this and next week. Everything will come to a blissful, screeching halt next Thursday when I turn in my final paper and we fly to Colorado for a long weekend. E-stickies and e-mail and e-chaos will be temporarily shut down....fantastico!