Busy busy busy today. My drivers license expired on my birthday and I forgot about it with all of the insanity in my life. Well, the nice little police officer who gave me a ticket for speeding about two weeks ago reminded me that it was expired...and wrote me a ticket for that, too. What a gentleman! So, I have been procrastinating because I really didn't want to tell the boss I needed time off work to do it. But, the plain fact of having an expired drivers license will prevent me from getting on the plane on Sunday, put a quick halt on getting a rental car in Atlanta, and a lot of other untold problems. So, I fessed up, told him that I had to go to court because of this whole mess on the 22nd, and he laughed at me and told me to go and that things like this come up from time to time. We are always hardest on ourselves, aren't we?

It is all taken care of, now (except the court date), and I feel like a huge pressure has been lifted off my body.

I am trying to get ready to be gone for a whole week, man I got a lot to get done. I still have 4.5 hours left. I can do it!

Update: Amazingly enough, and two unexpected problems later, I managed to get all my work done and only worked an extra half hour. Not bad. And I now have three happy clients right before I leave. No one will be waiting to hear from me, and I will not be holding any of my co-workers projects up because I got it all done. I felt like I accomplished a lot this week and I love that feeling. It has been 18 - 24 months since I felt productive at work. That is such an important part of who I am, that if I am not productive at work, I do not feel like a successful person.

I have been very happy with all aspects of of life, except my work, over the past few years. What a difference it makes in me when I am happy at work. The super-sized house was bothering me in Houston, but now that is no longer an issue, either. I wonder what I will feel like when I get my house in Dallas back in tip-top shape, get this house fully unpacked, and get an entire weekend to recoup? I can't wait to experience that. It will probably be close to nirvana, baby! Two weeks and I should get to do it...just two weeks.

Next week I will be working out every night at the hotel's fitness center. By time I return, I should be ready to start my regular gym trips back up. That will be wonderful, too.