Adventures of adult ADHD

I have had WAAAAAAAAY to much going on recently. It recently started with the decision to update the ceiling fans and electrical outlets in my upstairs bedrooms in preparation for family visiting over Christmas. That progressed into "Hmmm...while I'm at it, I'll tear down the popcorn ceiling in my master bath." While staring at the ceiling and squirting it with water (a neat trick for easily removing a popcorn textured ceiling), I noticed the wallpaper was staring to peel away from the walls near the ceiling, so that turned into "Hmmmm...should I rip off the wood paneling at the same time and just paint this sucker?" And then we can't forget the bathroom vanity that is now cracked and needs replacing also. And I cannot leave out needing to fix some tiles in the master shower, repainting the wooden porch beams, and somewhere in there cleaning house for family...

Oh no, we're not done yet! I'm still waiting for a return phone call from a couple of places for estimates on replacing the drafty odd-sized french doors that open into my backyard, I forgot to call the plumber AGAIN to fix the busted valve in the upstairs bathroom, and I once again forgot half a dozen things when I went to Lowe's (such as pricing the aforementioned master bathroom vanity, paint, and who knows what else). Now I'm sitting in a house that smells like ETHYLENE GLYCOL, PHTHALATE ESTERS, N-BUTYL ACETATE, FORMALDEHYDE, CRYSTALLINE SILICA & TITANIUM DIOXIDE (hey, it's straight from the bottle) because I decided to strip and recaulk the upstairs bath and I can't light a Circle E candle out of fear of having the roof blow off the house like a scene out of Mythbusters. Oh, I also still have two three Christmas presents to get still.

So what is the cause of me becoming a one-man Extreme Makeover; Home Edition (minus all the important people - the designers and builders) over the past two weeks? Well, I sent in an application for a potential promotion back down to Lubbock. The job "closed" on the 13th, so it will likely be a month or two (thanks to Christmas and New Years) before I hear anything and I decided to play it safe and start getting the house ready in case I am going to need to sell it. By no means is this job a done deal; there are quite a few folks already in Lubbock who would be more than capable filling that Senior Forecaster spot.

So there it is. Potential Job Move, family coming to town (in 4 days I might add), my normal work rotation, and did I mention taking pictures of the annual Amarillo South Church Christmas play? I think that would cause anyone to come down with a temporary case of ADHD.

And crud. I've got to run to the post office to mail all my Christmas letters...