*sigh*

With another busy, stressful workweek and another wonderful weekend behind me, I am trying to do my best and live up to my blogging word. I still feel exhausted, still swamped at work, and still struggling to find the motivation to do my job to the best of my abilities. I realize my posts have been anything but uplifting, amusing or even interesting. I don’t want to turn this blog into a forum to whine about my current situation, but dammit, I feel like my current situation is slowly sucking the life out of me.

The fundraising event finally happened on Wednesday morning. Logistically, it went very, very well. This makes me extremely happy because this was the one area I actually had control over (and was in charge of). The room looked great, we didn’t run out of food, the speakers (all youth) were phenomenal, and the room was packed with people. A snowstorm the night before may have affected attendance ever so slightly, but even with the weather, around 280 people attended. Financially speaking, it was a little disappointing, but in an effort to remain as positive as possible, I’m not going to talk about that aspect. If I did go into it in any detail, a very long diatribe would follow. None of that tonight!

Getting through the week was a challenge, mainly because the beginning of the week involved 10 and 12 hour days. Looking back I really should have been more productive on Friday, because now I’m going to have to play major catch-up tomorrow, but I could hardly muster up the energy to get things done that absolutely had to be completed on Friday. On the bright side, being incredibly busy should make the days go by much faster.

Getting through the week had one very worthwhile reward: a weekend celebrating Abbey’s 21st birthday. I laughed so hard on Friday night, I could hardly breathe and my sides ached for hours afterward. Trout, Rothfuss, Phil and I watched the university’s football team win the annual “Border War” in the 30 degree, partly cloudy weather and Trout and I managed to leave L-town without having to take a big blue bunny named Lenny with us (as far as I know, anyway).

Despite all my bitching about my week, I really am fortunate to be able to retreat on the weekends. For the last three weeks, when work has been at its most stressful, I have been able to see Trout (on two different occasions!), hang out with my family (three weekends in a row) including Abbey (twice!), Jenn (all three weekends!), Mom (just once, but it was still a ton of fun), and Phil (all three!). There has been some relief during the week, in the form of lunches out of the office or drinks after work, it’s really the weekends that have pulled me through.

Thanks to everyone who has helped keep my wits about me this past month, hell more like the past four months. I know I haven’t been the most pleasant, but I really do appreciate the support

Even though work will still continue to be a challenge, things will definitely be clearing up a great deal sooner rather than later; there is a light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. As long as I keep that in mind, I’m hoping this blog will return to its regularly scheduled programming.