Not keeping up

Today has been a frustrating day, and it’s only half over by now. We were on vacation for a week, and before leaving, I only did the laundry we needed for the trip (no time to do more). We still have laundry needing to be done. Plus, we came home and each went straight back to work as soon as we got home. Ben was camping with the Boy Scouts this past weekend, and I slept a good portion of the weekend. We are still not unpacked, and I can currently hardly find my bedroom floor. It's a good thing I haven't needed to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night because I’d trip and fall on my face at least twice before I could even get to the door.

So I need to unpack us, sort the laundry, wash it (including sheets and towels). I need to clean the whole house, and finish unpacking buckets from moving in. I’m not sure if I’m at my point where it’s just too much that even I (the complete non-neat-freak) am completely fed up, or if I’m starting to nest. I know that “nesting” generally happens towards the end of one’s pregnancy, but I really feel compelled to clean the house. I almost didn’t come to work today because I’m just so frustrated with the house. I feel like I need to take off an entire day just to be able to get it done.

On top of that, I had wanted to make a bean stew for dinner tonight, but it gets cooked in the slow cooker, and the beans need to soak overnight before I can even put them in the crock pot. I also have to chop the carrots, celery, yellow squash, onions, and press the garlic, not to mention cut the stewed tomatoes into reasonably bite-sized pieces. I usually do all the veggies the night before and the tomatoes in the morning. I completely spaced out last night on doing the vegetables or putting the beans on to soak. And that was the second night in a row that I forgot to do that.

So basically I’m just really frustrated with myself right now. Apparently the hormones are setting in, because I had a great day yesterday, and today I’m just upset. But I get to have Boston Market soup for lunch.