Fire was extinguished....

Well my dear readers, I must confess that the fire I talked about last week I not only allowed to have the flames be put out but they were also doused with water so it will take time in order for there to be a spark again.  That may or may not be the case but it seems like it after the week I had...

My week was filled with trying to project next year's budget (bleck...), meetings, trainings, trying to track down new computers for the building (they were delivered, the tech department was supposed to pick them up to format them, no one knew who had them, back & forth, they were finally located, formatted, picked up and on the desks - one out of five doesn't want to work though...) and I ended up working Monday - Saturday.  Yesterday I worked a carnival-type event for a similar program that I work for (we partnered with them for this event and they partner with us for one of our events in the fall); the unfortunate thing about the event is we were in a parking lot and my sunscreen wore off so I ended up with a bit of a sunburn...

I'm hoping that this upcoming week is a little calmer because even though a lot happened this past week, I don't necessarily feel as if I was able to get much accomplished.  The work is piled up on my desk so I'm hoping to be able to get myself organized tomorrow so I can start working my way through the massive "to do" list.  Although I have this massive to do list, I also know that I need to find ways to balance my days to keep me from getting overwhelmed and burned out - because I'm honestly feeling borderline burned out.

It probably doesn't help that I received news that one of my dance mentors is moving to the east coast at the end of the summer (she received a wonderful job opportunity and she's taking it).  She's selling her house and while I would love to live there, I plain can't afford it.  Because I was looking at her house (and there is no way I can afford any house in this area), I started looking at other houses...  In looking at houses, I absolutely fell in love with a home where my family lives.  It's hard to know that it's there and without a job there, it's just a pipe dream (and it's heartbreaking because I have fallen in love with this house just from pictures)...

One of the things I did just realize is since August 2009, I have written 300 posts here on Gypsy's Quest.  What started out as a project for me to document starting my new life as a newly wounded divorcee has hit quite a milestone.  When I'm feeling low, I just need to keep reminding myself just how far I've come since I started out on this quest and that quests by very nature of their name are going to be complicated/complex.  What I need to remember is to not kick myself when things aren't going "exactly perfectly right" (since that level of perfection doesn't exist no matter what I try to tell myself).

I know that I keep writing about attempting to find this balance and I haven't yet felt as if I've been able to do it.  This is something that I need to keep working on otherwise I'm going to end up sending myself over the deep end.  If nothing else, I need to find a way to find some dry tinder and start my fire again.

On that note, my dear readers, I am going to bring this to a close for this evening, gather myself, and get ready for the week ahead.  I have work, time at the dance studio, choir practice, and hopefully be able to find some "me time" thrown in there as well...  I hope you're able to find some time for yourselves this week.  Thanks for joining me again along my quest!  =)