Cain't Say No...

I had 3 goals for last weekend (well, I had more, but 3 that I HAD to get done)...
1. Go to Target to return some stuff
2. Do laundry
3. Call the guy who cuts our grass

I had one goal for this week (again, I had more, but this was for my sanity)...
1. Eat lunch AWAY from my desk ONE day this week.

Can you guess how many of these things were accomplished? Yep, that's right...ZERO. Will the world end because none of this was finished? Certainly not. But's it's still aggravating!

Target is 6 miles away. I had dinner about 1/2 mile from it on Sat. night. Did I make it to Target on Saturday? Yes. Did I remember to put the returns in my car? No. My laundry remains in the laundry room, ready to become clean. I hope to get to it tonight, but I'm not holding my breath. I'm sure someone in my house will have a trip they're packing for or something and my clothes will remain in waiting. I couldn't find Matt's cell # (landscaper-guy) and finally asked my roommate where it was..."on the fridge" was her response. Of course. Followed by, "I noticed the grass looked awful and wondered why someone hadn't called Matt yet". Wondered, but didn't pick up the phone and call him herself? P.S. the grass still looks like a jungle 4 days later. As for lunch away from my desk...I realize I have two days left to accomplish that goal, but it's not looking good. Meetings, conference calls, deadlines, etc. Why can't we ALL take the summer off like my three teacher roommates?!? And why am I the one worrying about the lawn?

To my credit, I did get stuff done last weekend, just not enough. Isn't that always how it goes? You can never get enough done. I've learned that the reason I can't get enough done is because, just like Ado Annie, I cain't say "no" (except she's gettin' much more action than I am). I don't know how to say "no" to things I want to do and things I'd rather not do. I couldn't say "no" to my friend's birthday dinner last weekend, to seeing a weekend movie with Jen (Transformers...it was AWESOME. At one point the guy in front of me turned to his wife/girlfriend and said with reverenced awe, "Look honey, that's Optimus Prime". I highly recommend it.), to making posters & flyers for Enrichment night (and we all know how crafty I am...this takes me longer than most), to creating the power point presentations for our team training session, to my visiting teachers coming over, to cooking dinner for the missionaries, to the midnight showing last night of Harry Potter 5 (even though I had to work today), etc. Now my laundry still isn't done, the grass still isn't cut, I still have to go to Target and I'm running on 4 hours sleep. Real smart, Sara.

So, my new goal (to replace other goals I'll seemingly never finish) is to learn how to say "no". But I hate to be more selfish with my time, especially since our Bishop keeps telling us that giving our time in service is what we need to work on, so maybe instead of saying "no", I'll try to put my priorities in better order. Yeah right, I've been saying that since I was in college. Though I guess by now I should know when I'm spread too thin. This week I'm definitely spread too thin. And even though a lot of the stuff I've been doing is fun, I still can't do it all. Lesson learned (I hope).

And I think I'm done with midnight movies on a work night...