Adrenal me

It's been a crazy hazy week - which kind of started when I found out that I had TWO annual reports to put together. The first one was fine and I had the deadlines nicely lined up. Finding out on Wednesday (that's two days ago) that the deadline for the second report, which is always historically a HUGE task and mass of raw information that has not been sifted, ratcheted my world up into a no-sleep haze. That's the hazy part. Trying to do it all, now that has been crazy!

Still, in the middle of it there are moments like this:

Luke walking into my bedroom: Hello world. Hello Mom. Hello Dad. 
As he goes past the mirror: Hello me.

And of the course, the morning strawberry inspection.
Me: Choose which 3 you want. They're all huge. 
Luke: I'll just take two. I don't like the look of those ones.

Seriously!?!

With typhoons and hurricanes bearing down on two major coastlines, deadlines jumping at me, going to bed after 11 each night this week and losing all sensation in my fingertips because they get so cold in my little home office, I am so very grateful to my hubby for pausing me on Monday morning and, while I was trying to cram in a visit to Jhb on route to the furthest northern corner of the country for work and find umpteen flights (they were all expensive!), quietly say "Why don't you just go straight there and back? It'll be simpler."  You know what? I did it. And it is simpler. And it is a lot of money, but I'll be with my client in 4 hours instead of 12. I am worth it. (Gosh, I really said that!)

I am grateful for the people in my life who make me laugh, who offer quiet wisdom and a shoulder to let it all out on when it gets too much. Oh, and for the cat for her obsession with paper packets! If I thought I was tightly wound this morning, she sent me into the air in shock when I pushed the paper bag with my foot and it leapt too!

#AdrenalinGratefulCatsHubbiesKids (and yes, annual reports which will pay the bills!)  Viva Friday and another 10-15 pages of design, copy, editing, photos, graphics and layout.