So...I've already broken my goal in week 1. But the difference is that I THOUGHT about blogging on a couple nights. I was really just too dang tired and had too dang much to do to actually write one.

This weekend I learned how to drive a boat. A sailboat. No motors required. That means class Friday (after a full day of work) until 9 or later...without dinner. So we biked from class to a restaurant and then all the way home. Saturday and Sunday class was from about 9:30-5:00. Those are 2 LONG days. Some in the classroom, some out on the water. Saturday night was also Swing Out Rockford (annual dance) and since E had to do some changes for work (starting at like 10pm), I decided to head down thataways. Got there around 8:30...danced until a little after 11:00. Then since the dance was on my college campus, I went and visited a couple people I met on the Alternative Spring Break trip I went on (as one of the old fogey alum types) that are staying on campus over the summer. Left just after midnight and got home about 1:45. And got up in enough time to bike to sailing class. Oot woot!

The best part about the dance Saturday was probably that I got a birthday dance. It was a long, long song (or at least seemed like it), but I got to dance with more leads than I normally ever would during the night because I'm not known as a super good dancer and therefore don't get asked to dance all that often. But everybody wants to be part of a birthday dance, so I got little snippets with some pretty amazing leads. For the most part I danced alright, but I'm pretty sure I still don't dance as well as I used to since I've hardly danced at all in the past year (CPA exam...boo!) There was one lead that I just...couldn't really get into a good lindy groove with. But we danced 6-count later and that didn't work all that great either, so I think our styles just didn't mesh. At all. It made me feel bad. Generally I have good enough frame to be able to follow pretty well...but I just couldn't get this.

The rest of my time has been filled with bike trip planning. It's Tuesday night. We leave Saturday morning. Do you know how soon that is? Really. Basically it's 3 days. Basically we are still not ready yet. But last night I did venture out to REI and bought some cycle clothes and some camping food and such...spent kind of a lot of money. Cycle clothes are expensive. But I can use them lots of times. I now officially own my first pair of padded butt shorts.

Yeah. I know. It's been ages. Months and ages. But! I have passed 2 sections of the CPA exam...and I am taking section 3 on Wednesday.

The point of this entry is really just to de-stress myself. I feel you should be forewarned of this.

The theme of tonight is: Nothing. Is. Working.

So. Exam is Wednesday. Today is Monday. I took off tomorrow to study. Yay. I was working on a project at work today that should be quite helpful to the other worker-bees and since I'm not going to be back at work until Thursday, I really wanted to get as much of it done as possible today. I was close...it was really just a combining/consolidation of 3 or 4 spreadsheets into 1. Easy back and forth tying out. Just a bit time consuming. Things were going well. But I was rushed. Very rushed. I didn't even do the 3pm stair climb. (Aside: The stair climb is when some coworkers and I take the elevator to the basement and walk up to the top of the building - about 21.5 flights.) I'd already done a trek up in the morning, so I didn't feel super bad about skipping, but...generally I don't like to skip out on stairs. I'm the one that started this daily trek. Not really a big deal though. Except the extra 15-20 minutes didn't help me to finish on time.

E texted asking which bus I was taking home. I said I hoped 5:20, but 5:35 if I missed it. He rushed and ran and got on the 5:20 bus and...I wasn't there. In fact I was still at my desk. Sad day. And I didn't make the 5:35. In fact I got on the 6:02. And only then just barely. But I did catch it, so I suppose that is something working. Working late isn't really a big deal either. It's just that...I wanted to come home to study because...I have an exam in slightly over a day and...I haven't even made it through all the material yet. Did I mention that part? Yeah. I'm just a /little/ bit behind on my studying.

Then I get home and see that our shirts for the Amazing Milwaukee Race had arrived. This is another good thing. The race is super cool thing, too. Anyone that lives in or around Milwaukee should come play. June 11th. That's in 19 days. Teams of 2. Run around the city. Good times. We got 4th place last year. Improvement is required.

Another thing about getting home is...more stuff went bad. E took the little one out for dinner because he did super well in school today. They got home and it was pretty much bedtime. Then E was going to drive to the end of dance class and to hang out with some dance folks after cos it's the last night for one of the instructors to...instruct. I really wanted to go, but unfortunately this blasted exam takes precedence. Boo on me for being responsible.

So it's time to go. I tell E the car keys are in my purse. He looks. Asks if they're in some secret pocket. I say no. Have him hand me the purse. The keys are not there. This is not good. The reason this is not good is because the keys in my purse are the 2nd set of keys. The 1st set is MIA. And E drove the little one to school today and when we were on the bus on the way to work I specifically asked for the keys back so the 2nd set wouldn't get lost. Like...using those exact words. And what do I do? Lose them. I do think I maybe know where they are. Maybe. My only guess is that they got left on my desk at work. If they are not there, then...who knows? But I'm not going to work tomorrow. And I was supposed to take my car in for an oil change tomorrow. I was all excited because the places around here are only open M-F and I work M-F, which makes getting there harder. And since I have off it was going to be PERFECT! Only now I have no keys with which to move my car. AND because E was going to pick me up after dropping off the little one at work and we were going to drive into work, my car is parked on the street (since he got back before the bus came, we parked the car and quick ran to the bus stop). And it's parked on the EVEN side of the street. And today, being the 23rd is an ODD day. Which means I'll probably get a parking ticket (but there have been days when they didn't drive by our street, so there is a chance). Thankfully we share cars in this community, so E could just take the other community car to drive up. Actually, he decided to bike. But he could have driven.

But that doesn't stop me from feeling bad for messing up his plans and making him late.

And I didn't have time to fill out my timesheet for last week before I left even though my manager asked me to.

And I forgot to print out my NTS form that I have to have with me when I go to take the exam on Wednesday. And I'm not sure we have a functioning printer or paper here. Both can be sporadic. Though I suppose if I find out that I did leave my keys at work I can print it out when I go in to pick them up tomorrow.

So really, I know none of this is a big deal. And things will be fine. And I'll study a lot tomorrow and pass my test on Wednesday (though i won't get score results for probably a month at least)...but I'm feeling a bit overwhelmed. And I had a freak out moment tonight. And I kind of want to run away.