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.