Feeling Frazzled

So I'm slightly freaking out. I hate being unprepared. I'm a planner and like to be organized yet I seem to find myself in unorganized situations that I bring on myself.


The next few days are going to be a blur. We found out, a little last minute, that we will be attending the Tri-State Horse Expo and hosting a scavenger hunt that's happening this weekend. Should be an awesome time and I'm totally looking forward to it. However, I am unprepared for everything. I've been sick since Sunday and haven't been able to plan anything or prepare anything. I'll be lucky to have my wits about me by the time the Expo starts. I have no hope of having my wits by the end. Our booth may not look like very much I'm afraid.


It wouldn't be a big deal, but there's a storm rolling in, starting tonight and they are talking snow and ice. So now I need to prep the horses with blankets and possibly get stalls ready to make sure no one gets chilled. On top of that, the Expo runs later into the evening so I need to make arrangements for the kids. It's all typical parenting stuff really and living in South Dakota.


But...my car is apparently dying as well. Again, not a big deal. We'll look at some cars after the Expo. Wrongo. Mike leaves for Fargo Monday morning bright and early. So if I'm left with a dead car, I'll be left with no way to get to work, and no way to get the kids to daycare or school. I doubt that'll happen but now I have an unreliable car. I drive 45 miles/minutes every day just to get to work and an additional 40 miles/minutes to pick up the kids after daycare and another 20 miles/minutes just to get home. I put on the miles so if something were to happen out on the road with my kids while Mike is in Fargo, that doesn't really give me a warm and fuzzy feeling. I also heard rumors of another storm rolling in around Monday. Go figure. That's usually what happens. Mike leaves for training and we get a storm and I have to figure out how to care for all the horses and make sure the kids dont' get into trouble. :-)


And I just realized, we'll need to put hay in before Mike leaves so after we do the Expo probably Saturday night, we'll have to go in and put hay in. That'll mean a late night. Not a big deal really but I'm just now getting over whatever I had earlier this week so I'm a bit drained. I've been crashing by 8pm so that means NOTHING has been getting done.


So, as usual I am totally unprepared. So if you see me at the Tri State Horse Expo and I look frazzled, now you'll know why.