The one where I ramble about things that are only interesting to me

I feel like I have too much to do but I'm not sure if it's true or if it's the season. The weather in NJ has been unbelievably beautiful this August. We haven't even turned the air conditioner on once. That's great in many ways, but for a few years now I've noticed that the hot months of summer are my energetic and happy months. Cool weather isn't so good for me. So I don't know if I'm feeling rushed and stressed because we actually are doing too much or because it's that time of year for me to start feeling like crap (the end of August is when it started last year too).

The good news is that this year I have a doctor who has actually diagnosed me with hypothyroid and I'm on the replacement meds. I've already told him I feel worse in the fall/winter and that many hypothyroid women I've talked to online also feel bad in the cold weather. It makes sense. One of the symptoms of hypothryoid is having a low temperature. My body was already running in the 96 and 97 range (in the mid afternoons) so add a few weeks of cold weather and it's just making it worse. Anyway, I told him all this months ago and said I expected I'd need to up the meds in the fall. I have an appointment next week and I think we'll be discussing that.

But yeah, we do suddenly have a lot to do. Maybe that part is true and maybe it's the fact that I am stressing over it that still means something is wrong? Because if I'm feeling good then no stress! I just deal with it, organize, say no when I have to, no problem.

But here is where I laugh at those people who don't understand unschooling and think we "do nothing" all day long (ha ha! I laugh at you! Bwah!).

Part of the problem is my sister's schedule. We are trying to find one day a week to work on Grandma's house. Sis had a big drama with her old job and right now is only working a few days a week there. This week she starts another job to make ends meet. Neither job has set hours so she doesn't know when she's available until that week. So I have to try and not commit myself to too many things until I know what she's doing. The place is going to be rented out November so at least I have an end in sight.

But meanwhile we have things to do. So it's one thing having to juggle all the playdates and activities, it's another having to juggle them while keeping an eye to having a day free for my sister.

Ugh. I'm totally rambling now. Well, we're having fun (when I'm not stressing). We've met some new people lately and hit it off with them. Roots & Shoots was fun last week. The rats are coming next week! But we don't know what day to pick them up yet so honestly, that's stressing me a bit (because what if I schedule a playdate and then it turns out the breeder wants us that day? - see? This is the kind of stuff I stress over).

Anyway, right now I have to get ready to go to the beach. Which will be fun but I just looked in the fridge and I didn't get enough good travel food for a beach playdate. So do I try and cobble something together or stop at a supermarket or just give up and hit the boardwalk for food? (which would mean digging into money I shouldn't dig into). Yeah, when THIS sort of thing is stressing me out it's definitely me.