Work

This seemed to be the theme of today's day of Lent.  Work consumed the day allowing me to be free of the temptation of sitting down and watching TV.  I have taken on a very part time job being the administrative assistant to a financial planner.  There is a learning curve involved and I am still behind the curve, so my day today was consumed with keeping my ears open to learn all that was being taught and then also try and get some actual work done.  I was successful and mailed out a packet to a client and then also got another client packet put together for an upcoming meeting, this was all after about 4 and a half hours of just learning.  On top of being trained in a new job I also had some water leaking issues at my other part time job, this required the maintenance man, a plumber and jack hammer.  All of the physical work was done by others but I was still involved in communicating with the tenant and staying informed about what was going on.  This was enough to keep me busy until dinner time, however, at that point I had a headache and just wanted to sit down in front of the TV and zone out.  I stuck to my commitment, however, and started making dinner and doing other various household chores. 
Since coming back from Montana (a trip taken recently to visit my sister) my son has been trying out a big boy bed.  That only means that one of the railings on his crib was taken off to allow him to get in and out of bed freely.  Since then he has only slept through the night once.  We have not been able to determine if he is falling out of bed or just waking up and wandering into our bedroom, needless to say, it has made for longs nights and I was ready to try a railing to see if that would help.  Three stores later we could not find a used one so we went home to see how the night would go.  All the shopping did help to distract me and keep me busy until Wheel Of Fortune came on.  That is our nightly routine if we are home in the evening.  A good educational show and I enjoy seeing what Vanna will be wearing every night. 
The rest of the evening went by with putting my son to bed, getting out my crochet needles and starting another project, and listening to my hubby while he worked on his radio show.  Then I did some reading and when my eyes got too tired for that I headed off to bed.  I am looking forward to all the extra reading time that I will be getting without so much TV taking up my evenings and I am motivated to get some games out of the closet and try to beat my husband.  For those that don't know him, he is a genius at games and the times that I have beat him I can count on one hand (and are usually documented with a photo so that I have proof).