Seriously? Has it been 10 days since I last wrote? I have so many posts in my head, but I am still in GAH! land. We are starting a new employee on Monday, so I have been literally swamped since J, my last co-worker started his new job. I also have my annual review next week. I think I need to express the sheer stress of this job to my boss. I am wavering on letting him know about my depression. I believe these are seriously connected at this point. But I also feel that it is none of his damn business to know that I have depression. And that I will be playing the "oh, poor Nance, she’s depressed" card. I have a week to decide.

Add to this, Jay has been summoned to a space weather  meeting (yes, there is such a thing, check out http://www.Spaceweather.com ) at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC or just plain Goddard) next week. He leaves Tuesday night and returns late Thursday. I have a meeting for the Girl Scouts Tuesday night and I need to take the girls. I need a sitter for Wednesday night because I have to go for Luna’s back-to-school night. Yeah, next week.

The following week is the "10 years of Chandra Science" meeting that Jay must be at everyday. He has been on the organizing committee and he will be staying in Boston Monday, Tuesday and possibly Wednesday. I have a book club on Monday that I want to go to. Yep, another sitter. Then on Thursday, I have a Girl Scout meeting in my house for the parents. Sigh. Jay has a science meeting on a particular target that night, so I need someone to hang with the girls. At the moment? It looks like Mr. Verizon Fios is going to babysit them upstairs while I hold the meeting downstairs.

And Girl Scouts? Well, last year my co-leader had a baby, so she couldn’t do much. This year? Her daughter had a terrible freak accident Tuesday (PLEASE PLEASE keep this child in your thoughts and prayers if you pray). A large tree branch fell on her head, shattering her left orbit and her nose. She was very lucky and never blacked out, no damage to her left eye (except the muscles are attached to the broken bones) and no brain damage that they have found. She undergoes surgery tomorrow. So, I am placing NOTHING on my co-leader for a good few months because, how could I do that to her? Seriously? Her poor daughter (one of our scouts). I worry about her.

So yeah, I am overloaded and I have gained 5-8 lbs out of sheer stress the last 2 months. This isn’t good. I need to chill!

I will leave you with an AWESOME PHOTO of the first day of school! (Soleil, Friend, Luna)