I hear you on it being hard to fit in all the daily living type stuff when we are in the middle of living! The weather finally turned nice enough for me to spend a day in the garden. I got a great workout and a sunburn Life under florescent lights doesn't seem healthy at all...

Thank you for the reminders that I am contracted to work a limited amount of time. I think it feels weird because *I* was the one who insisted on part-time and maybe a bit under false pretenses. I do bill them for anything I do outside of those hours, although not for email read in five minute bursts. I really *have to* focus on my other stuff. This is a nice way to get pocket change, not what I want to do with my life.

With regard to everyone annoying me... maybe it's an introvert thing? I mentioned it to a friend who is even more introverted than I am and she seemed to be very familiar with the feeling, lol. I *like* a lot of the people I find annoying - I just find interacting with them incredibly frustrating at times.

Re: mothers. Did I tell you about my BF's mother's latest idea? She wants to rent a house for her wedding anniversary and have all the kids come and visit. One kid won't speak to either parent, another kid only speaks to the mother, one kid isn't speaking to another, all kids wish their parents were divorced, etc etc. But all the kids are going and all will stay in the same house in the middle of nowhere!!! Count me out!

Did your mother make her visit yet? I hope you don't have to look forward to it for too long. I'm looking at having to see my mother every single week this month and it's bumming me out.

I had some kind of weird epiphany when I woke up this morning about how I could start living my life in a more goal focused way... and completely lost the thread in the hour and a half I've been up.