Man, I feel like a (new) woman!

I have had the most relaxing weekend since I don't know when. I am actually ready to go to work tomorrow.

Lately, I have been really pushed to the max for the past couple of months. Work has kept me very, very busy with the addition of another attorney to the family law group at the beginning of the year. Not that she's been giving me lots to do - it's just trying to keep the little things from falling through the cracks and keeping things flowing smoothly between two attorneys, in addition to keeping up with the paralegal stuff. It's been extremely stressful. My to do stack keeps getting bigger and higher instead of going down or at least staying the same. I have finally figured out that I'm just going to do what I can and screw the rest. If it doesn't get done, it doesn't get done. I've decided that I'm not going to stress about any longer.

School has been extremely busy for me, too. Taking two classes at one time has turned out not to be the best decision I made. Even though last fall I took two classes for several months, it never bothered me. However, they were also pretty easy classes and not a whole lot of work. Well, that changed. My HR Mgmt instructor needed a paper each week, a mid-term and final exam, and a 8-10 slide powerpoint presentation with notes. My Interpersonal Communications instructor needs a quiz every week, three papers, a powerpoint presentation, and a final exam. In the midst of all that, came a personal life - huh? What personal life? My sister came to visit and I wasn't even able to enjoy the time with her - I was too busy worrying about work and school. I feel bad cause I'm not sure if she enjoyed herself or not.

Well, this weekend that changed. Friday night came and Brian had started a fire before I came home from work. I stopped and picked up a 6 pack of hefewiesen. Good choice. Needless to say, one helped me relax, two helped me relax even more, three, four, five, and six - wow! - total relaxation! And I wasn't even drunk. Just feeling relaxed. At some point Friday night, we decided to go to Mesquite and spend the night on Saturday and do some more relaxing. OMG! That was the best thing we could have done. It was nice to do what we wanted. We got to Mesquite and stopped at the Eureka casino. Between the two of us we won about $100 at the penny machines. Nice! Then we checked in at the Casablanca and took a nap. Went to dinner about 7:30 and then listened to the band The Crush - they weren't too bad. First band that I've ever heard that was able to perform a Prince song decently. After we got good and tired we went back to the room and slept till 9:30 this morning. Bummed around for awhile then went back to the Eureka (however, not before Brian lost $40 in 8 minutes at the blackjack table) and cashed in $175 worth of tickets. All in all, we broke even with the gambling so that was nice. We usually lose it all.

So, suffice it to say that this was the best weekend I've had in months. Like I said, I'm even ready to go to work tomorrow. I never thought about school or work for at least 36 hours. IT WAS GREAT!! That being the case, the woman in me is turning over a new leaf and a new attitude and ready to take on the world again.

(Let's see how long it lasts.)