So much to do, so little time

J asked the other day what I would like for Christmas this year. My response was something like, "Another hour or two a day..."

September has felt like May this year. I'm not kidding-- I've been running non-stop during the week, which I expect, but I've been booked solid every weekend. And as much as I love the month of May... I. HATE. IT. The busy-ness is too much. On top of the endless running, I got sick and was out of it for nearly 2 1/2 weeks. ICK. But I pushed through, like the trooper I am, and this weekend was almost boring we had so little to do :) Next weekend- not so much... J's going to be gone to NC with Scott for a Wake Forest football game and some NC fall golfing while I stay home and go to a dance show in Toledo with Samantha. Sunday will be our nephew's last Little Gridders football game of this year, so I'll be at that too. It will be busy, but not nearly as busy as the last few weeks.

On a downside, our neighbors got a new dog, I think (or it's been visiting for a few days) and it is tied outside right now. When they tie it out, it whimpers and barks nearly non-stop. It is irrrrrrratating. Something needs to be done about that before I throw open my back door and start screaming. Stuff like that gets on my nerves. UGH.

Energy Shots

I am NOT a big energy drink person. I think I may have sipped a few here or there, but never even had a full one on my own. To be honest, they scare me. I worry that I will get hooked on them. Or even worse, that it will cause my heart to race and I will have a heart attack at a young age (even though my heart is strong) and die or because laid up because I tend to have irrational fears like that.

So, anyhow, long story short, my cousin, who notes my busy, hectic lifestyle sent me (as a joke) a tray of energy shots to our family reunion (because he was not able to attend). I hadn't tried them yet, until Friday. I was pretty exhausted after our late night excursion to the Pirates game in Pittsburgh the night before and I had 11 little princesses to attend to at Princess Camp so I thought, "What the heck! I'll try it." And I did.

The taste was pretty awful. I chugged some serious water after drinking it. But you know what... it seemed to work. And I didn't have any nasty side/after effects that sometimes are had after an energy drink. It's sugar free so there is no crash when it wears off. And, as opposed to most energy drinks, this one is very low in calories, so you don't have to waste the energy it is providing by running a marathon to work off the caloric in-take. So let me recommend the 5-hour Energy shot. I can't say I'll be doing these daily or even often, but if I need a quick pick-me-up, I know where to go.