Lundi Maniaque

The following is a glimpse into my Manic Monday....

5:30 Alarm goes off. Snooze.
5:45 Alarm goes off again. Realize that I set it way too early. Snooze.
6:00 Alarm again. I remember that my clothes are already ironed, so I can sleep a little more. Turn off alarm.
6:30 Finally get up. I wonder why I didn't just set my alarm for 6:30 to begin with...
7:50 I arrive early at the office, and discover I don't know where my office keys are. So, I sit in my car until someone arrives.
7:57 The other ladies arrive en masse. I start up my computer, check my email, and get settled in to 'work mode'.
8:14 Actually start ‘working’ working.
9:54 I turn in the MNWA attendance report before 10!!! WOW. That is a rare and glorious occasion, since I usually have to wait on other people to turn in their numbers before I can compile my report.
10:00 I look at my day planner, and realize that I might actually get to start on Blessing Baskets. This project was supposed to have been started at the end of August, but with the emergency stuff that has come up and required immediate attention, I had been told to put in on the back burner. This has caused great stress in my life, b/c I know that it is a very big project, and I don't like to be behind on my timeline.
10:05 Open up the BB files, and begin working through the timeline.
10:10 Big Minister Boss Man calls. He needs me for an emergency 'project' that must be ready before the disaster relief team leaves for Louisiana on Tuesday morning. Blessing Baskets goes back into the walk-in deep freeze from whence it came. sigh.
10:15 Begin "Office in a Box" project. This consists of creating "Office in a Box" es for the Disaster Relief Team to take to LA to set up temporary offices.
10:25 Go to shed to dump flashlights from plastic boxes into trash bags because I need the plastic boxes. Begin to sweat. Profusely. I dislike this.
11:00 leave office for Office Max to buy enough supplies for 10 "Office in a Box" es [number determined by Big Minister Boss Man's Assistant]
11:04 remember to reset trip odometer in car. Mileage will be reimbursed.
11:07 Near miss car accident when a crazy lady turns right in front of me, into my lane.
11:13 Arrive at Office Depot, only to realize that I had mixed up the locations of Office Depot and Office Max. I wanted to go to Office Max, yet drove all the way to Office Depot. We have an account at Office Max. Where is your brain, girl?? sigh.
11:14 Turn around in the OD parking lot.
11:20 Arrive at Office Max.
12:00 Exit Office Max with a cart CHOCK FULL of office supplies and $477 charged to my Visa. My personal Visa. In my rush to get out of the office, I neglected to grab the account information for Office Max. argh. I could’ve just gone to Office Depot.
12:10 change clothes at my temporary residence [aka La Maison de Jones], b/c I realize I will be having a work mule day, and need to wear my 'grubbies' instead of my nice work clothes.
12:17 Make a quick stop at Subway to grab a 6 inch seafood and crab on wheat with pepperjack cheese, lettuce, tomato, pickles, olives, cucumbers, and creamy italian dressing. yum.
12:32 My 'quick stop' wasn't as quick as I anticipated. Plan this blog while driving.
12:45 Load up my car with the now empty plastic boxes. Throw some in the front seat, effectively squishing my sandwich in the process.
12:48 Begin the task of hauling all that which is in my car to the room I will be using to assemble.
1:00 Open, toss, stack, bend, straighten. Repeat.
1:51 My Minister Boss calls as I am FINISHING. Informs me we only need ONE office in a box. Grumble. We settle for 2 and I redistribute everything. yeah. He also gives me another list of "essential" office supplies to purchase [essential says he, preference says I, but he's the boss :)]
2:10 Finally get a moment to scarf down my now soggy, squished sandwich.
2:25 Go back to Office Max for those essential items. Spend an additional $79 on personal Visa. [Might as well..]
2:56 At church again. Room is starting to smell like a garage due to the gas-powered pressure washer someone dropped off. I begin to get light headed from the fumes.
3:05 Head is really starting to buzz. wowzers. Finish "Office in a Box" Project and move on to "Operation: Gather All Empty Flashlights From ALL Over The Church".
3:15 I spend 10 unsuccessful minutes looking for a dolly. Resort to carrying boxes full of flashlights by hand. Think seriously of rewriting my job description to include "must be physically capable of hauling large, heavy loads. Mule Harness is optional."
3:49 Go back to office, finally finished with ‘mule mode’. Find out the power will be shut off for the remainder of the day due to construction. Since I really didn't get a lunch break to speak of, I clean up my office space with the plan to leave at 4. Fill out the check requests for reimbursements.
4:22 Finally leave for the day-- bruised, scratched, sweaty, and generally wore out.

What a wonderful day. :)

Ok, so it wasn’t that interesting, but I found humor in it…. :)