craziness

well i'm off to the uk on the 25th sept. things have just been crazy busy leading up to going.
i guess i was a little worried about finances going away. there is the concern about leaving my baby clinic. but i think that the clinic will be ok. have felt like i needed a break since my last trip o'seas was 6 yrs ago. and i've wanted to go to the uk for a while now. so doing some chiro stuff over there gives me an excuse and also makes some of the trip tax deductible.

but... i also picked up a heap of shifts at mac uni. i kinda feel like i dont leave there actually cos i was doing mon, wed, thur and sat with rugby. one weekend i did oxfam sat and golden oldies rugby on sun so i was working 12 days stright.
chuck in church weekend away and kelly and greg's wedding on the weekends and it's been pretty hectic.

in hindsight i guess i might not have taken on so much but i guess you just put your head down and do it. so a week out i'm extremely sleep deprived and just tired in general including emotionally.

i'm actually very mindful of busy-ness atm. it's great that i have some great girls to keep me accountable. i have been working on my wed's which i tend to like to have off in the light of my 12 hr days on mon and tue. i also like to just be meeting up with people or having some time out to do errands and read the bible or other books to get my brain and heart ticking.
bible reading tends to go out the window when i'm tired but it's actually been good lately cos i know that i have a problem and i'm just making an effort. the challenge with travel too is going to be taking the timeout to spend with God and prayer time. it's harder when i dont have my awesome gals around to pray with and to chat through stuff with.

taking on the extra shift on monday kinda means i dont stick around so late at church which has been a bit of a bummer. it's just such a long day on mon that i cant afford to be getting home after midnight and waking up early. but i miss the conversations or rather fun, stupid mucking around with ppl.
i've just been informed that i wont be having the 12-4 shift on mon when i get back so i guess that is somewhat of a blessing. (will see what my finances are like when i get back but i'm guessing my clinic will also be busy). but yeh means that if i have a late night on sun i can have a powernap on mon arvo before going to clinic.

stressed about the planning for the trip. 2 weeks out and esther has told me that she is bailing on me with the road trip which is just great considering i had changed some of my travel plans to accommodate her. anyway the ireland coach tour was paid up so she will just have to meet me to do that.
oh well i had wanted to travel by myself anyway cos i was just gonna wing it. means i only have to please myself.

kelly and greg's wedding was also quite stressful cos i was helping out with wedding co-ordination duties. all was fine for the church but then they were running late with the reception. stuff had to get shuffled around. executive decisions made but in the end it all worked out well and it was a great day for the bride and groom cos it's their day so that's all that matters.
will have to write later about it cos there were many many funny moments.

so yeh 1 week out... i'm not sure how i feel... tired...