Woodi
Well-Known Member
I have been agonizing over the soapmaking class I promised this Saturday to a stranger who was to come to my home.
I'm not really ready for her. My house has been under construction for
3+ weeks, even the computers and my soap files got moved and packed away. During it all, I've been quite sick with a bad cold and flu. So I haven't had time to clean and organize the soaproom, let alone think about class notes.
But I was rushing around like a chicken with no head all day yesterday, trying to get ready, to find what I need, to locate my old class notes in the now operating computer...etc....... I had reserved today for the final cleanup and soaproom org. I so want to offer this person a good class experience.
BUT: my eye doc called at 4PM yesterday, reminding me that my yearly appointment was this morning at 9AM. I need it - he's hard to book, so off I go this morning, speeding to town; while there I decide I should get a visit in to the gym I just paid a membership to....(am I nuts? or suicidal?)...and return home only at 12:30 today.
Had lunch and was exhausted, so fell asleep on couch for an hour! DH let me sleep cuz I'm a nighttime insomniac. and still coughing a bit, while he continues to paint the hall (a last-minute decision on his part).
Finally at 2:30PM I wake up and head down to the soaproom to tackle it...only to find that I have not enough lard for the recipe I was going to use with her!!! Is this the last straw?
or Should I run back to town ( half hour drive each way?) and buy some at the grocery store?..... (maybe I AM a headless chicken....)
DH urges me to phone the student and postpone the class. I am afraid to. She sounds like a very assertive (almost pushy) broad....the kind I do not deal well with. So I keep flurrying around, intent on making it work. Besides, I want the $75 she promised to pay.
Until I realize: I'm not going to make it .....unless I stay up until midnight, and know I won't sleep well. I start to feel sick.
SO I reluctantly make the call at 4:30PM. She phones back within a half hour, as nice as can be, and is willing to postpone for a few weeks. Hallelujah! I didn't think it would be that easy.
Now I can breathe and get ready at a slower pace. ( I think I was literally holding my breath for the last 2 hours, while vaccuming, washing floors etc...). A big sigh escapes me. Ah, so good to breathe again!
What I learned:
it's ok to say 'no'; it's ok to postpone people, especially when I'm feeling sickly (recovering from a flu and bad cold). People can be understanding and kind. Life goes on.
Know the feeling of trying to be SuperPerson?
I'm not really ready for her. My house has been under construction for
3+ weeks, even the computers and my soap files got moved and packed away. During it all, I've been quite sick with a bad cold and flu. So I haven't had time to clean and organize the soaproom, let alone think about class notes.
But I was rushing around like a chicken with no head all day yesterday, trying to get ready, to find what I need, to locate my old class notes in the now operating computer...etc....... I had reserved today for the final cleanup and soaproom org. I so want to offer this person a good class experience.
BUT: my eye doc called at 4PM yesterday, reminding me that my yearly appointment was this morning at 9AM. I need it - he's hard to book, so off I go this morning, speeding to town; while there I decide I should get a visit in to the gym I just paid a membership to....(am I nuts? or suicidal?)...and return home only at 12:30 today.
Had lunch and was exhausted, so fell asleep on couch for an hour! DH let me sleep cuz I'm a nighttime insomniac. and still coughing a bit, while he continues to paint the hall (a last-minute decision on his part).
Finally at 2:30PM I wake up and head down to the soaproom to tackle it...only to find that I have not enough lard for the recipe I was going to use with her!!! Is this the last straw?
or Should I run back to town ( half hour drive each way?) and buy some at the grocery store?..... (maybe I AM a headless chicken....)
DH urges me to phone the student and postpone the class. I am afraid to. She sounds like a very assertive (almost pushy) broad....the kind I do not deal well with. So I keep flurrying around, intent on making it work. Besides, I want the $75 she promised to pay.
Until I realize: I'm not going to make it .....unless I stay up until midnight, and know I won't sleep well. I start to feel sick.
SO I reluctantly make the call at 4:30PM. She phones back within a half hour, as nice as can be, and is willing to postpone for a few weeks. Hallelujah! I didn't think it would be that easy.
Now I can breathe and get ready at a slower pace. ( I think I was literally holding my breath for the last 2 hours, while vaccuming, washing floors etc...). A big sigh escapes me. Ah, so good to breathe again!
What I learned:
it's ok to say 'no'; it's ok to postpone people, especially when I'm feeling sickly (recovering from a flu and bad cold). People can be understanding and kind. Life goes on.
Know the feeling of trying to be SuperPerson?