Now I am normally not a procrastinator but it seems like lately that is all I have done when it comes to my Pintrest activities. I wait until the last minute to even go get the supplies then I scramble around to multiple stores cussing the whole time because Hobby Lobby doesn't have anything and everything I could possibly need (shocking I know) or because I didn't know that Michael's which is way closer to my work and home than Hobby Lobby doesn't carry fabric. My poor friend Anna has been waiting for something I am making for her wedding for I think a couple months now but not only because I know she doesn't need it until June 6th and I have Mother's Day, End of school year, etc before then but also because I had a Pintrest fail with the first one I did (sadly I do not have any pictures before or after I hulked out on it due to frustration). But have no fear Anna, I have already made it my personal mission to get it done while all my friends are at the Pirate Festival without me coming up. Its really partly all my friends faults anyways when they have fun events all the time and get me drunk. Really the only thing I can do well in the crafting world when I am drinking is paint and as I told my mom this morning "you get a couple drinks in me and I think I am Bob Ross". But I digress because the whole point of this rambling paragraph was to get the point across that you would think a single mom with so little free time as it is would just say screw it and just buy something like normal people but no, not this girl, all because of fucking Pintrest and their cute little things I pin all the time that they make you think "oh, I can do that". What they don't tell you is that 1. not everyone can do what and how they do in the picture and 2. They can take up a lot of time.
Anyways, it seems this week in particular I have gotten in a little over my head. Not only am I working on 3 different Mother's day crafts from last week since we were at the beach right before then (sorry to my Mom, Step Mom, and Grandma and yes I know I don't have to do anything but they are just so darn cute) but I also had teacher's gifts to bring in this morning (that of course got worked on last night since I knew it had to be done today), then I signed up for rice crispy treats that I have to make tonight for Max's end of school party tomorrow, then I have to make Jello shots for Anna's bachelorette party Saturday which I will make Friday night. And now it seems like my overachieving has extended into my work (also might be in part due to compulsive behavior). I got an email last week with a very long list of things to be "fixed" (for lack of a better word) and due to the fact that I was going to the beach that next day and wouldn't be at work the rest of the week and also due to the fact that I hate having things pending and especially things pending in my email inbox (my obsessive compulsion) I was running around pulling files typing as fast as my fingers could go to get it done. At one point I even cockily looked at my co worker and said "I bet I can get this done today" to which he replied "I bet you can't" and then it was on. I finished in record time at 5:59pm (we close at 6:00) and then when I went to reply back that I had finished I see where I didn't finish reading the email that it isn't due until July 31st. I then reply back, "Well, seems as if I am a ridiculous overachiever as I didn't notice the due date and assumed it had to be done ASAP". But who am I kidding, I strive to be the quickest to get stuff like that done. That way I can delete it out of my inbox and my obsession is suppressed.
Maybe all I really need is a Pintrest board called "Inbox" that I can put all my projects in that are pending so I can just obsess about them until they get done? Nah...
(My Bob Ross moment. Finger print tree for Max's teachers.)
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