Challenge Accepted...

Something I read in an article this past week made me go back to a post I wrote in December - what would you do if you weren't afraid?  I issued that as a challenge to myself and today I did something where that challenge was accepted.  I was looking through the catalog of classes offered through the local parks and recreation department and Mom asked if any of them interested me; that led to me, my sister-in-law and my Mom to sign up for a six-week Aqua Zumba class.  Signing up for this class is either going to the dumbest thing ever or the most fun thing ever but we're going to go into it with the mentality of "challenge accepted" and "GERONIMO!" (see post from 3/13/16 if you don't understand "Geronimo").

My sister-in-law watched a video clip of Aqua Zumba that I sent to her and she's convinced that she's going to die from this class but was put some at ease when I reminded her that Mom used to be a lifeguard and I am CPR instructor certified.  Since I don't really have any expectations going into the class, I'm going to embrace it as an adventure until the class starts in a couple of weeks...  In anticipation of our Aqua Zumba class, Mom and I spent most of the afternoon online so we could each buy a new swimsuit.  I, for one, find that to be a particularly arduous task but I finally found one that I think will work (and so did she) but we'll see what happens once it arrives and I try it on.

It's nice to have something to look forward to after surviving yet another work week.  We've had some different illnesses and it started to hit some staff members and I actually had six people call-out on Friday (one of them being a bus driver; I luckily got out of driving the bus because a few of the schools we usually drop off at had the day off so one driver was able to manage all of the stops).  I'm not exactly sure how I was able to bring it all together and get things covered but I somehow magically did...  Going into this upcoming week, I'm really hoping that I don't have to do it again (because I'm not sure if I could repeat the magic) but I'm not entirely optimistic about it; I just received a text message from my assistant director telling me she just started to throw up so we'll see what that means for tomorrow.  I really don't want to get sucked into working open to close again but I have a feeling that is what's going to be expected...  On Friday when so many people called out sick, I tried to get in touch with my boss telling her I really needed some assistance - it took her six hours to get back in touch with me...

I have once again found myself in an all too familiar situation where I am working far too many hours than should be expected of one person and I'm just told to figure it out.  I definitely need to find someway to obtain and maintain some semblance of a work/home balance but I have no clue where to start.  In anticipation of working too many hours in one day tomorrow, I am going to bring this to a close so I can attempt to get ready to face that kind of a day and head to bed.  Thank you for joining me, my dear readers and I hope you find your own challenge to accept....  =)