It has been a long time since I posted. I have been so overwhelmed with all kinds of stuff. I just shut down and haven’t done anything, except worry and fret about stuff I haven’t done. My mind constantly reviews my “unwritten to do list”. I have so much work related stuff I need to do. Whenever I do manage to start something, it snowballs into something else I haven’t finished. Then nothing gets accomplished or worse yet, what I do manage to get accomplished gets done half assed. I spent this morning searching the web for “how to get organized” articles and tips. I found some good ideas and started trying to get my tasks in some sort of order. I think I have started too many systems of “organization”. I have files, notebooks, 2 computers (each with a different system), a paper planner and a palm. All of these systems contain different to do lists, different address books. I would have been better off without a so called “system”
My office has a desk, files, boxes of records and to many duplicated systems of trying to keep up with stuff. I have too many calendars, all with different “subjects”. I am spending way to much time trying to find stuff. I pick something up and put it somewhere. Right now I can’t find the attendance records for one of the continuing education sessions. It’s either at home, stuck in a file somewhere, in my car, or in one of 4 fire stations. I have to have this roster. It is the original and I have to send it to the college, log the attendance in a computer data base and a hard copy.
Just getting organized would help so much. Having a place to file things would help so much. I need filing cabinets. Right now having a two drawer cabinet by my desk would help immensely. I can probably get by with file boxes for the actual educational material, since I don’t use it every day. I can’t get back into my office until Tuesday. Monday is a holiday. What I really need to do is bring my work laptop home with me at least until I can get everything set up. Right now I leave the work computer in the office and end up using my home laptop when I’m home. Then I have information and emails on two different computers. I did set up a yahoo email for work related stuff, but haven’t sent out notification to anyone. Why? You may ask, because I haven’t set up an address book on my work computer, it’s on my home one. What I’m having the most problem with is a starting point. When I think I have found a starting pointy, I quickly find out I haven’t.
You get the gist of the problem..
On the home front. Jodi seems to be doing well adjusting to college. She has to take public transportation home sometimes, but that’s not so bad. It’s just expensive, $7.50 one way. She rides to school with Wayne. I either pick her up or she takes the bus home.

Our heating system finally bit the dust. We are having a new system put in on Tuesday. Damn, I won’t be able to go into the office Tuesday. Oh well, what’s another day? I’ll at least go get the computer and transfer files and set up address books.

I haven’t been feeling well for the past two days, not sick or anything, just brain sick, emotionally sick. I’ve been feeling disconnected and scatterbrained. Overwhelmed. That sums it all up. Overwhelmed.