I am a saver and a procrastinator with ADD. You know what that means for my inbox? It means that I have 1200 messages in Outlook. Yep 1200. One two double zero.
When I saw this number last night I screamed at myself…”How did I get here!?”
This is how. Every morning I have about 30 new emails most of which are junk. My procrastination means that I only click on 1 or 2 interesting ones and leave the rest for later. My ADD is the reason that it takes me all morning to respond or do whatever it is I need to do with those 2 emails. But it is the saver/hoarder in me that is why those 2 emails along with the 30 others never get deleted. This goes on day after day until now I have 1200 mostly useless emails just rotting away in my inbox.
BUT, if I ever want to go back and read about the free financial seminar that was offered at my bank 2 years ago it’s there. Or the cartoon of Garfield drinking a cup of coffee in his pajamas that’s there too. What if I need to reread the email my sister sent out 3 years ago planning our annual tamale making day? How about who was going to be on the Oprah show the week of 4/16/2008. It’s there….somewhere.
I don’t even want to think about how high that pile would be if this was actual mail.
(If you’re like me you can probably benefit from xobni which my husband made me download last night and is a HUGE help.)
I came across this story today and it caught me attention. “Risk of child abuse rises when potty training.” When I was working with at risk families this was one subject that we always stressed to parents. Please Please Please have realistic expectations when potty training. Otherwise it can get ugly quickly.
Sorry that’s it for today…gotta get back to watching the Michael Jackson Memorial and a very very tired toddler who was up at 5:30 a.m. 
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Okay obviously I’m just kidding but seriously after last night I think she would in a heartbeat. This was my first time ever going to the Circus and it was AMAZING. Eva was enthralled throughout the entire show. It had all of her favorite things: beautiful Horses, Zebras, Elephants, Tigers, fun music, dancers, and acrobats. The entire thing was just filled with excitement. I don’t think she blinked once.
I would have to say her favorite part was probably the Elephants. The whole way there she kept saying she wanted to see Dumbo. She was not disappointed.
My favorite part was the human cannonball duo. Amazing to be able to fly through the air like that. Just amazing.
This might sound silly but something about Circus performers has just always fascinated me. I sat there wondering what each of there stories where. Did they grow up in the circus? Did they from a long line of clowns, animal trainers, and acrobats? I was so interested to read their bios in the program and to learn that many of them are from other countries. That just made them even more cooler. I started imagining joining the circus and touring Europe.
The Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Zing Zang Zoom Circus is in Phoenix until 06/28 this Sunday. If you can go I highly highly highly recommend that you do. Really, especially if you have young kids. Eva had so much fun I almost want to go again this weekend.
You can get your Tickets at TicketMaster.
Saturday June 27th 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m., 7:00p.m.
Sunday June 28th 1:00 p.m., 5:00 p.m.
On a more somber note. RIP Michael Jackson. His music was a part of my childhood and so many others for the past 40 years. I know there is a lot to be wondered about in how he led his life but he was a musical genius and well there have been many geniuses who have lead strange lives.
